Anicka Yi (1971, Seoul – lives and works in New York)
A new symbiosis: AI as co-creator
Rather than viewing technology as a cold instrument of control, Yi embraces it as a partner. She developed software (Emptiness) designed to continue her artistic practice after her biological body can no longer do so. Her recent works, such as Radiolaria and Each Branch Of Coral Holds Up the Light Of the Moon, demonstrate how art, biology, and artificial intelligence together form a new language.
Those who wish to see her work now can visit the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH), where the exhibition Karmic Debt runs from June 29 through September 7, 2025. There, her luminous, breathing sculptures and a hypnotic video installation transport visitors into a world where the invisible forces of biology, technology, and spirituality become tangible. This is art that not only stimulates the senses but also challenges our responsibilities in an era of climate crisis, AI, and inequality.
Anicka Yi is featured as number 99 in the exhibition 100 Women in Art You Need to Know, an initiative of Artivisme Féminin. Her work is presented in Hall 3 F8 on Anasaea, the immersive space for experiencing art in a high-end environment.
Her work is important to present in this context of women in art because she represents a completely different approach: making the invisible visible, challenging entrenched systems, and imagining a new future where female values — such as empathy, intuition, and connectedness — go hand in hand with technology. Her art invites us to reflect — but above all, to act. What do we leave behind? How do we care for each other and the world, across the boundaries of species, time, and technology?
👉 Explore the exhibition: https://anasaea.com/viewExhibition/FocCNcLqQ8uqnSTam
Anicka Yi: Karmic Debt
June 29 – September 7, 2025 | Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH)
In Karmic Debt, Anicka Yi reveals how art, biology, and technology merge into a new, living language. Five luminous, breathing Radiolaria sculptures float through the space like hybrid cells, while the immersive video Each Branch Of Coral Holds Up the Light Of the Moon presents a virtual ecosystem where digital beings evolve and respond.
Yi’s work makes the invisible visible — from karmic connections and ecological debt to the legacies left behind by technology. Her art stimulates the senses but also demands reflection. How do we relate to each other, to other forms of life, to a world out of balance?
Karmic Debt is art as living matter — an experience that confronts, moves, and raises questions about the future we are creating together.
👉 Explore more about her practice at Museum of Fine Arts Houston – Karmic Debt.
Anicka Yi’s work transcends traditional art movements. While her practice resonates with Installation Art, Bio Art, and Techno-feminism, it ultimately defines its own space: a space where art, science, and technology merge to imagine new futures.