Sanghee Song (송상희; born 1970) is a South Korean artist. Sanghee Song was born in

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...

in 1970. She attended

Ewha Womans University Ewha Womans University () is a private women's university in Seoul founded in 1886 by Mary F. Scranton under Emperor Gojong. It was the first university founded in South Korea. Currently, Ewha is one of the world's largest female educational ins ...

, earning her BFA in painting in 1992 and her MFA in 1994. Her works challenge the myths and repetitive narrativity of virtuous women. For her 2004 video ''The National Theater'', Song reenacted the assassination of

Yuk Young-soo Yuk Young-soo (; 29 November 1925 – 15 August 1974) was the wife of the 3rd South Korean president Park Chung-hee and the mother of the 11th South Korean president Park Geun-hye. She was killed in 1974 during an attempted assassination of ...

, wife of South Korean president

Park Chung-hee Park Chung-hee (, ; 14 November 1917 – 26 October 1979) was a South Korean politician and army general who served as the dictator of South Korea from 1961 until his assassination in 1979; ruling as an unelected military strongman from 1961 ...

. From 2006 to 2007, Song was a resident at the

Rijksakademie The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam. It is a classical academy, a place where philosophers, academics and artists meet to test and exchange ideas and knowledge. The school support ...

in Amsterdam. Song won the Hermès Foundation Missulsang, an annual award recognizing emerging Korean artists, in 2008, for her "animation work exploring environmental issues." Song is also the recipient of the 201
Korea Artist Prize
from the

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) is a contemporary art museum with four branches in Gwacheon, Deoksugung, Seoul and Cheongju. The museum was first established in 1969 as the only national art museum in the country ...

, Korea. Song participated in th
2016 Aichi triennale
in the 2004 Busan Biennale, the 2006

Gwangju Biennale The Gwangju Biennale is a contemporary art biennale founded in September 1995 in Gwangju, South Jeolla province, South Korea. The Gwangju Biennale is hosted by the Gwangju Biennale Foundation and the city of Gwangju. The Gwangju Biennale Founda ...

and the 2006

São Paulo Art Biennial The São Paulo Art Biennial (Portuguese: ''Bienal de São Paulo'') was founded in 1951 and has been held every two years since. It is the second oldest art biennial in the world after the Venice Biennale (in existence since 1895), which serves as ...

. Her work was featured in the 200
''Global Feminisms''
exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. Song has had solo shows a
Seoul Museum of Art
in 2021, Gallery ICON, Seoul; Pool, Seoul; FreeSpace PRAHA, Sapporo, Japan; Insa Art Space, Seoul. Group shows include: Seoul Museum of Art; Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo; Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul; Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul; KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark; Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany; and Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul.

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Sanghee Song artist talk for the Global Feminisms exhibition
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art Forum, March 2007. {{DEFAULTSORT:Song, Sanghee 1970 births Living people Artists from Seoul Ewha Womans University alumni Feminist artists South Korean artists South Korean women artists