Lan Tuazon graduated from the Cooper Union in 1999, received a MFA from Yale University in 2002, and participated in the Whitney Independent Study Program in 2003. She has exhibited internationally at the Künstlerhaus Stuttgart in Germany; Floating IP and The Lowry Museum in London; and at the Ise Cultural Foundation, Artists Space, Canada Gallery, SculptureCenter, and Apex Art in New York. She has been a visiting artist professor at the Cooper Union and at Yale University. Tuazon, originally from Pacific Islands, currently lives and works in New York.