Ja Young Yoon grew up in Seoul, Korea where she attended the Hongik University and received Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Painting and Visual Communication Design, as well as a Master of Fine Art degree in Painting. She came to the United States in 2006 and received a post-baccalaureate certificate from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2007. She has shown in solo exhibitions and performance in Seoul Korea and numerous group exhibitions in the United States, Egypt and Korea.

She has danced tango for three years and has experience teaching tango in beginner classes. She has traveled extensively in 20 countries such as India, Nepal, Egypt, Turkey and Thailand. Her travels throughout the world have enabled her to consider various perspectives with each new decision process. As a result, she has developed a dynamic visual language and sensibility from her myriad experiences.

Her work varies in format from installation to sculpture, drawing and performance. She says about her recent work, “I focus on revealing ‘invisible' space between two distinct images, which becomes a connection and a metaphor for the metaphysical passageway between stimulus and response.”