Hyesoo You

Hyesoo was born in a small town called Cheonan, in her childhood memory Cheonan had vast fields and rich forests. As she grew up she witnessed new buildings and tube lines claiming landscapes which caused rapid changes in the environment and people's living customs. This surreal experience later influenced her curiosity and drew her attention to various urban landscapes in cities and stories behind them.

Hyesoo's art practice is concerned with the abstract voice of everyday objects, furniture, urban landscape, architecture, and how these elements express the cultural and historical backgrounds of their origin.
In her work, Hyesoo brings out nostalgia marked by its ongoing utopian dream, reviewing the "future of the past".
Her work is influenced by Memphis furniture and the Art Deco movement. Hyesoo's biggest influence is Constructivist architecture in Russia between the 20's and 50's. It is this ambitious urban landscape, this 'utopian dream', that established the birth of Communism. She seeks the practical impact on urban environment by social movement, this is crucial in informing her work.

Each title of her works represents the status of her mind and faith in God. Hyesoo became a Christian and accepted Jesus Christ as he...

2011-2012 MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design
2009 BA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
2006 Foundation Fine Art, Byam Shaw School of Art