Jump to content

Seonna Hong: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Added categories
Edited intro, wikilinks
Line 6: Line 6:
| occupation = artist
| occupation = artist
| known_for = painting, animation backgrounds
| known_for = painting, animation backgrounds
| style = pop surrealism
| style = [[pop surrealism]]
| spouse = [[Tim Biskup]] (divorced)
| spouse = [[Tim Biskup]] (divorced)
| children = 1
| children = 1
}}
}}


'''Seonna Hong''' (born 1973)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Krysa|first=Danielle|url=https://books.google.com/?id=CZhKDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=seonna+hong#v=onepage&q=seonna%20hong&f=false|title=A Big Important Art Book (Now with Women): Profiles of Unstoppable Female Artists--and Projects to Help You Become One|date=2018-10-02|publisher=Running Press|isbn=978-0-7624-6380-0|language=en}}</ref> is a [[Contemporary art|contemporary]] [[Los Angeles]]-based [[artist]] working in the genre known as [[lowbrow (art movement)|lowbrow]] or alternatively, pop surrealism. Her paintings have appeared in exhibitions in Los Angeles, [[New York City]], and [[Tokyo, Japan]].
'''Seonna Hong''' (born 1973)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Krysa|first=Danielle|url=https://books.google.com/?id=CZhKDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=seonna+hong#v=onepage&q=seonna%20hong&f=false|title=A Big Important Art Book (Now with Women): Profiles of Unstoppable Female Artists--and Projects to Help You Become One|date=2018-10-02|publisher=Running Press|isbn=978-0-7624-6380-0|language=en}}</ref> is a [[Contemporary art|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==
==Early life and education==
Line 19: Line 19:


=== Animation ===
=== 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.<ref name="Seonna Hong Awards">{{cite web|title=Seonna Hong Awards|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1220926/awards?ref_=nm_awd|accessdate=21 March 2014}}</ref> She worked on ''[[The Mighty B!]]'' as an art director and background painter from 2008 to 2011.<ref name="Seonna Hong">{{cite web|title=Seonna Hong|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1220926/|accessdate=21 March 2014}}</ref>
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.<ref name="Seonna Hong Awards">{{cite web|title=Seonna Hong Awards|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1220926/awards?ref_=nm_awd|accessdate=21 March 2014}}</ref> She worked on ''[[The Mighty B!]]'' as an art director and background painter from 2008 to 2011.<ref name="Seonna Hong">{{cite web|title=Seonna Hong|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1220926/|accessdate=21 March 2014}}</ref>


=== Fine art ===
=== Fine art ===

Revision as of 07:06, 23 February 2021

Seonna Hong
Born1973
NationalityAmerican
EducationCalifornia State University, Long Beach
Occupationartist
Known forpainting, animation backgrounds
Stylepop surrealism
SpouseTim Biskup (divorced)
Children1

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 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.[7] 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.[8][9][10]

In 2020, actress Lily Collins mentioned she collects Hong's artwork.[11]

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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ a b c "Worlds Without End: The Art of Seonna Hong". FLOOD. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  4. ^ "Seonna Hong Awards". Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Seonna Hong". Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  6. ^ Cho, Esther (2016-02-20). "A Colorful Journal of Secrets in Abstract Paintings". Vice. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  7. ^ Johnson, Ken (November 5, 2004). "Art in Review; Seonna Hong -- 'Animus'". New York Times.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Seonna Hong "Persistence of Vision" @ LeBasse Projects, LA". Juxtapoz. October 18, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Seonna Hong "If You Lived Here I'd Be Home By Now" @ Jonathan LeVine Gallery". Juxtapoz. October 14, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Martinique, Elena (March 5, 2020). "Seonna Hong's Characters Take On New Adventures in NYC". Widewalls. Retrieved February 22, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Radloff, Jessica (October 1, 2020). "Lily Collins Says This $16 Product Is the Secret to Her Amazing Brows". Glamour. Retrieved February 22, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Seonna_Hong&oldid=1008425324"