Nancy Hwang is a member of the Vilcek Foundation’s Arts Advisory Committee, which works collaboratively to provide expert guidance to the foundation on the development of exhibitions and programs related to arts and culture.

Born in Seoul and based in New York, Hwang has created numerous audience-participatory projects in North America, Europe, and Asia. Her practice centers on building relationships and fostering connections. Prominent in her work are senses of open-endedness, chance, and spontaneity. Hwang’s solo projects have been hosted by the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City; Project Space Sarubia, Seoul; and White Columns, New York. Hwang has participated in group exhibitions at apexart, Artists Space, El Museo del Barrio, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, The Kitchen, Museum of the City of New York, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, SculptureCenter, and more. 

She has realized projects in the public realm with the support of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York City Parks & Recreation, Storefront for Art & Architecture, Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, and Artists Space. She is the inaugural recipient of AHL Foundation’s Biannual Jason J. Kim Grant for mid-career visual artists. In 1997, Hwang was the youngest artist to be awarded the prestigious year-long residency in PS1 Contemporary Art Center’s National and International Studio Program. 

In addition to serving on panels and juries, as a visiting artist Hwang has lectured at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; University of Nevada Las Vegas; Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, England; Hongik University, Seoul; and Korea National University of Arts, Seoul. In tandem with Hwang’s ongoing project Somewhere in America, which invites proposals for traveling with her within the U.S., she is actively pursuing international collaborations to nurture bonds across borders.

Hwang earned an MFA in sculpture from the Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BA in studio art from the University of Maryland, College Park.