Antic-Ham (Hyemee Kim) was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1974. She studied 'Play Writing' in the Seoul Art College and photography.

Since then she has made artist books with photographs, collage, drawings, silkscreen printing and writing. Ham has had various artist book exhibitions and participated in artists' book fairs in London, Oxford, Paris, Frankfurt, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Seoul.

She lives in Seoul and in Achill Island, Co Mayo where she makes book collaborations with Francis Van Maele from Redfoxpress. Since 2005 Ham and Van Maele have published limited edition artists' books and created zines, silkscreen prints, photographs and other ephemera. These works are small runs or limited editions, often hand crafted and all printed and bound in-house.