This paper examines the meaning of life-history research, which has become a significant method in the educational field, and its implications as a method in art education. A life-history is a history of one's experiences and is categorized as a personal document: autobiography, biography, diary, letter and so on, for it reveals one's perspective, circumstances, and perspective. On the other hand, life-history research is differentiated from the life-history itself by the reinterpretation and reorganization of a researcher based on the personal documents. In addition, life-history research simultaneously deals with the subjective aspect of one's life experience and the objective aspect of the society through the person's life. Therefore, a life-history is a method utilized not only to study one's life, but to analyze society based on one's point of view. First, this study investigates the development of the concept of creativity, and diverse research methodologies of creativity. Second, this study examines the relation between creativity and life-history research. Third, the previous study of life-history research and its research methods and processes are discussed in order to study the process of creativity development. Fourth, this study investigates the creativity system model by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, focusing on the importance of cultural context, social context, and the individual in the creative process. Finally, this study maintains that life-history research allows a reinterpretation of social phenomena through the shift in perspective from that of the subject to that of the researcher. The life-history research method can be a new research method in art education, and the results of life-history research can suggest a new counterplan for other art education researches.