‌“Like a fish arriving at a realization of water by first touching the air.”
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‌YeRin was born and raised in South Korea and  earned a BFA at Maryland Institute College of Art and later an MFA at California College of the Arts, United States. For the past decade, YeRin has worked with the themes of coexistence and interdependence. Her work often uses tactical installations that are interactive to viewers. YeRin co-founded Nomad Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland, which brought art to less privileged areas and presented non-commercial artists, as well as CTRL+SHFT, an all female identifying artists collective in Oakland, California.