She attended Ewha Womans University, earning her BFA in painting in 1992 and her MFA in 1994.
[1] Her works challenge the myths and repetitive narrativity of virtuous women.
For her 2004 video The National Theater, Song reenacted the assassination of Yuk Young-soo, wife of South Korean president Park Chung-hee.
[3] Song won the Hermès Foundation Missulsang, an annual award recognizing emerging Korean artists, in 2008, for her "animation work exploring environmental issues.
[1] Her work was featured in the 2007 Global Feminisms exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum.