Seonna Hong

Seonna Hong (born 1973)[1] is a contemporary Los Angeles-based artist working in the genre known as lowbrow or alternatively, pop surrealism.

Biography

Hong is the California-born and raised daughter of parents who immigrated from Korea. Her father was an architect. She graduated from California State University, Long Beach, with a degree in general art.[2] 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.[3]

Her paintings have appeared in exhibitions in Los Angeles, New York City, the Pacific Northwest, and Tokyo, Japan. Hong's artwork was also featured in the opening show of Chelsea's Jonathan LeVine Gallery, entitled "Pop Pluralism."

Her first book Animus was published by Baby Tattoo Books in 2006. Also in 2006, she received the Joan Mitchell Foundation grant.[4]

She worked on The Mighty B! as an art director and background painter from 2008 to 2011.[5]

She works closely with ex-husband Tim Biskup, with whom she has a daughter, Tigerlily.[6][7]

Her 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."[8]

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Seonna Hong Awards". Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  4. "Worlds Without End: The Art of Seonna Hong". FLOOD. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  5. "Seonna Hong". Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  6. Kids on Paper – Careers
  7. "Worlds Without End: The Art of Seonna Hong". FLOOD. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  8. Cho, Esther (2016-02-20). "A Colorful Journal of Secrets in Abstract Paintings". Vice. Retrieved 2020-03-09.


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