U-Ram Choe was born in Seoul, South Korea. He is a contemporary artist who works with kinetic sculpture. He graduated from Chungang University in Seoul, where he earned B.F.A. in 1992 and M.F.A. in 1999. He has had numerous exhibition including at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; the 2008 Liverpool Biennial at FACT, Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Shanghai Biennial; Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo; Art Basel; Seoul Museum of Art; and the Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul.