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| name = Seonna Hong |
| name = Seonna Hong |
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| birth_name = Seonna Julie Hong |
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| birth_place = [[Orange County, California]], U.S. |
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| nationality = American |
| nationality = American |
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| education = [[California State University, Long Beach]] |
| education = [[California State University, Long Beach]] |
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| occupation = artist |
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| known_for = painting, animation backgrounds |
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| style = [[pop surrealism]] |
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| spouse = [[Tim Biskup]] (divorced) |
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'''Seonna |
'''Seonna Hong''' (born 1973)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Krysa|first=Danielle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CZhKDwAAQBAJ&q=seonna+hong|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]]. |
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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Revision as of 03:28, 23 February 2023
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 | 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 animated series and films, most notably in the Nickelodeon 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.
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."[5] 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.[6]
In 2004 h er first solo show took place in New York 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.[6][8][9]
In 2020, actress Lily Collins mentioned she collects Hong's artwork.[10]
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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c "Worlds Without End: The Art of Seonna Hong". FLOOD. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
- ^ "Seonna Hong Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ Cho, Esther (2016-02-20). "A Colorful Journal of Secrets in Abstract Paintings". Vice. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
- ^ a b "Seonna Hong "Persistence of Vision" @ LeBasse Projects, LA". Juxtapoz. October 18, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Johnson, Ken (November 5, 2004). "Art in Review; Seonna Hong -- 'Animus'". New York Times.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "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) - ^ 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) - ^ Radloff, Jessica (October 1, 2020). "Lily Collins Says This $16 Product Is the Secret to Her Amazing Brows". Glamour. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
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