Sook Jin Jo has received two Master of Fine Arts degrees, one from Hong-Ik University in Seoul, Korea in 1985 and the other from the Pratt Institute in 1991. She has been living and working in New York City since 1988. Her first solo exhibition with wood construction was at the Kwanhoon Gallery in Korea in 1985 and her first solo New York exhibition was at the OK Harris Gallery in 1990. Since then, her work has been presented in many exhibitions throughout the US, Japan, Europe, and Korea, including shows at the International Artists Museum, Lodz, Poland (Lodz Biennale) in 2004; The Gwangju Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea (Gwangju Biennale) in 2004,the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC in 2003; The Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami (as part of an exhibition of the private collection of Martin Magulies, entitled "Unexpected Collections") in 2002; National Museum of Contemporary Art in Korea, Kwacheon, Korea in 2002; Staller Center for the Arts, State University at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY in 2001; Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York in 2000; Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, New York in 2000; Socrates Sculpture Park, L.I.C., New York in 1999; Exit Art, New York, NY in 1997; and Il Min Museum, Seoul in 1998. Prior to her arrival in New York in 1988, her work had been exhibited at the Kyoto City Art Center in Kyoto, Japan, the Fine Arts Center in Seoul, and at the National Museum of Modern Art. Her work has appeared on the cover of "Sculpture" magazine (September 2003) and "Art in Culture" (Seoul, Korea) (September 2002) with accompanying feature articles. It has been published in many newspapers, magazines and books, including Art in America, Art News, Sculpture, The New York Times, Newsday, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Miami Herald, Flash Art, Art Asia Pacific, Metro Times (Michigan), The Korea Times and the 1994 and 2002 publication, "The History of Korean Contemporary Art." She also appeared in the video magazine, "Art Today" featuring thirteen artists (including Jenny Holzer, Ilya Kavakov, Cindy Sherman, Cy Twombly and Jennifer Bartlett) in New York in 1990. She received a commission for a public art project at the new L.A. Metro Jail, in downtown Los Angeles, from the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, 2004. She received a Site-Specific Sculpture Fellowship from Global Arts Village, New Delhi, India in 2005, a grant from Korean Cultural and Arts Foundation in 2004, from a Residency Fellowship from the SACATAR FOUNDATION in 2001 and from Stone Quarry Hill Art Park in 2000. She also received an Artist Fellowship from Socrates Sculpture Park in 1999, a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 1996, and a Korea Arts Foundation of America (KAFA) award in 1993. Her work is now represented in private and public collections in the U.S. and Asia, including the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Korea, the Erie Museum of Art in Pennsylvania, the Housatonic Museum of Art in Connecticut, Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Young Un Museum of Contemporary Art in Korea, João Ubaldo Ribeiro School in Brazil and Stone Quarry Hill Art Park in Cazenovia, New York. "Color of Life", a 30-minute documentary film featuring her wood construction and public art installation of the same name received third prize from the Documentary Film Festival, KBS, Seoul, Korea in 1999 and was televised in Korea and United States. .