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Soo Rye Yoo was born , 1958 in Seoul South Korea. There she grew up with two brothers and studied painting, drawing and sculpture.

She graduated from the E-Wha Art School in 1975 before opening several studios.

Throughout her early and mid career she participated in nearly two hundred and fifty group exhibitions, and five solo-exhibitions.

She decided to make the United States her perminent home in 2001 and attended the New Hampshire Institute of Art to receive her second BFA.

At NHIA she was exposed to the freedom of American Abstract Expressionism and the openness of working large scale.

In 2009 Soo Rye opened her own gallery and studio space in Rye NH. Through the gallery she works to help spread the contemporary values which are growing within the art world.

Her time in New England has inspired her work greatly. She continues to reflect her inspirations

and experiences in her mixed media work.

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