Yiye Cho was born and raised in Korea and was also educated in the United States and Europe. Yiye Cho has a Master of Arts from New York University, Venice Abroad Program, 2003; Post-Baccalaureate from School of Visual Arts, New York, 2000; BFA from Parsons School of Design, 1991; and studied abroad with Antonio Lopez in Altos de Chavon, La Romana, Dominican Republic, 1985. She attained her Fashion Design degree in1987 from Fashion Institute of Technology and was a certified Unix Systems Administrator with Silicon Graphics Incorporated in 1994.

Cho's approach to art emphasizes the importance of the artist's hand. Her most current work includes an installation based on the thoughts of Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s on "perception." "The Green Room," is another installation made up of waste products of the 21th Century, which promotes "hope of the unification of all races" [from the Book of Philippians, 2:2-4, "Unity through Humility".]

Cho´s work is displayed in the permanent collections of ProHealth Care Association, LLP (New York, USA, 2016, 2015); Altman Mel M DDS Dentistry (New York, USA, 2014); Centro de Arte de Sevilla (Seville, Spain, 2006); Luis Navarro, M.D., The Vein Treatment Center (New York, USA, 2005); Clara Scarampella Gallery (Brescia, Italy, 2002); and Brooklyn Hospital (New York, USA, 1991).

Other works by Yiye Cho which feature interpretations of written words into images include: "The Song of Songs" from the Bible; "Rhinoceros" by Eugene Ionesco; "The Myth of Sisyphus," an essay by Albert Camus; and Plato´s quote upholding "The marks we leave on children are indelible." Yiye endorses this with her art class students, encouraging them to make their marks as aspiring artists by being the voices for the voiceless to seek positive social change.

Yiye has been teaching at Parsons School of Design at the School of Art, Media & Technology since 1996 and was nominated for the Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award in 2010. She was a faculty grant recipient in 2001 for "The Solution Book," a digital imaging website solving design projects in the form of an electronic flipbook. That same year, she created a "Color Theory On-Line" class and it was the first on-line Art and Design class that Parsons ever offered.

Consulting as Project Director and Information Architect for India China Institute (a division of the New School, 2012), Yiye created their third-generation website. In 2010, she participated in the Tolstoy Centennial Symposium through Eugene Lang/New School as a mediator and fine artist with works which included Multilingual Tolstoy "Alyosha The Pot," and an exhibition of artwork of Tolstoy in etchings and paintings. In addition, Yiye created the animated E-vite and an oil painting for the Symposium’s opening ceremony banner.

Yiye resides in Long Island with her husband and two children and works in New York City.