Haegue Yang, born in 1971, is a South Korean artist working primarily in sculpture and installation, and lives and works between Berlin and Seoul. She received her BFA from Seoul National University in 1994 and an MA from the Städelschule in Frankfurt, where she now teaches as a professor of Fine Arts. Embracing vulnerability and alienation as creative forces, Yang explores themes of individual and national identity, displacement, isolation, and community, while maintaining ambiguity to avoid being fixed within categories of gender, race, or geography. Her practice frequently reconfigures everyday materials—such as venetian blinds, lights, fans, bells, and scent diffusers—into immersive, multisensory environments that engage sight, sound, smell, touch, and movement. Drawing on biography, history, film, and literature, Yang’s installations and performances encourage viewers to recalibrate perception and imagine shared experiences within transformed spaces.