Seonna Hong
Seonna Hong | |
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Born | 1973 |
Nationality | American |
Education | California State University, Long Beach |
Occupation | artist |
Known for | painting, animation backgrounds |
Style | pop surrealism |
Spouse(s) | Tim Biskup (divorced) |
Children | 1 |
Seonna Hong (born 1973)[1] is a contemporary Los Angeles-based artist who works in fine art and animation. Her paintings have appeared in exhibitions in Los Angeles, New York City, and Tokyo, Japan.
Early life and education[]
Born and raised in Southern California, Hong is the daughter of parents who immigrated from Korea. Her father was an architect. As a child, Hong enjoyed drawing cartoon characters like Hello Kitty and Strawberry Shortcake. She graduated from California State University, Long Beach, with a degree in general art. After graduation, she worked as a teacher.[2][3]
Career[]
Animation[]
Her work as a background painter has appeared in animation for television and motion pictures, most notably in the Nickelodeon (TV channel) series, My Life as a Teenage Robot, for which she received an Emmy Award in 2003.[4] She worked on The Mighty B! as an art director and background painter from 2008 to 2011.[5]
Fine art[]
Hong's inspirations include "the abstract paintings of Helen Frankenthaler, Sonia Delaunay’s vivid use of colors and patterns, and Jackson Pollack’s drip and expressive techniques."[6] She is known for her surreal landscape paintings, which often include small human and animal figures. Her work has frequently been featured in art magazine Juxtapoz.[7]
Her first solo show in New York was in 2004 at the Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, where she exhibited illustrations for her future children's book, Animus.[8] She received the Joan Mitchell Foundation grant in 2006.[3] In 2008, Japanese artist Takashi Murakami picked her as the first American artist to have a solo show at the KaiKai Kiki gallery in Japan.[3] She has since had solo shows at LaBasse Projects in Culver City, Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York, and three at Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco.[7][9][10]
In 2020, actress Lily Collins mentioned she collects Hong's artwork.[11]
External links[]
References[]
- ^ Krysa, Danielle (2018-10-02). A Big Important Art Book (Now with Women): Profiles of Unstoppable Female Artists--and Projects to Help You Become One. Running Press. ISBN 978-0-7624-6380-0.
- ^ Krysa, Danielle (2018-10-02). A big important art book (now with women) : profiles of unstoppable female artists--and projects to help you become one (First ed.). Philadelphia. ISBN 978-0-7624-6379-4. OCLC 1023484688.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Worlds Without End: The Art of Seonna Hong". FLOOD. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
- ^ "Seonna Hong Awards". Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "Seonna Hong". Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ Cho, Esther (2016-02-20). "A Colorful Journal of Secrets in Abstract Paintings". Vice. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Seonna Hong "Persistence of Vision" @ LeBasse Projects, LA". Juxtapoz. October 18, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ Johnson, Ken (November 5, 2004). "Art in Review; Seonna Hong -- 'Animus'". New York Times.
- ^ "Seonna Hong "If You Lived Here I'd Be Home By Now" @ Jonathan LeVine Gallery". Juxtapoz. October 14, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ Martinique, Elena (March 5, 2020). "Seonna Hong's Characters Take On New Adventures in NYC". Widewalls. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ Radloff, Jessica (October 1, 2020). "Lily Collins Says This $16 Product Is the Secret to Her Amazing Brows". Glamour. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- American women painters
- Living people
- Painters from California
- 21st-century American women artists
- 1973 births
- California State University, Long Beach alumni
- American artists of Korean descent
- 21st-century American painters