Sungho Bae was born in Seoul, Korea 1988. In 2013, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Seoul National University in Seoul, South Korea. In 2021, he received his Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has participated in two-person and group exhibitions at Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, as well as the Chicago Arts Commission, 062 Gallery, and Hyde Park Art Center, all in Chicago, IL. In 2020 he received the Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, from the International Sculpture Center, in Hamilton, NJ. In 2023-2024 he was Artist in Residence at HATCH Art in Chicago, IL.
Sungho Bae’s “Index of Chronic Overreliance and Visceral Death” features an oversized green adrenal gland made from monster plush toys, symbolizing chronic stress and alienation. Accompanying paintings, inspired by Renaissance anatomical depictions, obscure the doctors' faces with green stitches, highlighting the horrors of early science and human nature. Along with the installation, Bae’s artist's book, Codex: Archiving the New Mythos, unravels a saga of creation and despair from these monstrously transformed and resurrected artifacts.