Seunghwui Koo

Seunghwui Koo creates her works drawing inspiration from the daily happenings and intricate moments of her life in NYC. Her work is a commentary on the lives of New Yorkers as she has witnessed. She was born in South Korea, where she first had the idea of combining the pig’s head and human body. The significance of the pig’s head lies in the different symbolic meanings from the Eastern and Western cultures. Good fortune (Eastern) and greed (Western), two very different connotations of the pig, are themes that are a part of her works. She uses resin, acrylic, plaster, clay, and mixed media to create her works. She is one of the artists in the Chashama organization in NYC.

2005 Kyungpook National University, B.F.A in Sculpture, Fine Art, South Korea

Awards & Residencies
2019 ‘2019 Real Art Awards’, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

2017 'Small works, A national juried exhibition Award', Best in Show, Main Street Arts, NY

2017 'Con Artist Collective' Fall Residency Program, NY (Aug 15 - Oct 15)

2017 ‘23rd Contemporary Juried Art Exhibition Award’, Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles, CA

2016 '37th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention', Monmouth Museum, NJ

2015 'Studio Montclair's 18th Annual open Juried exhibition, 2nd Place', Aljira A Center for Contemporary, NJ

2015 'Meyer Family Award for Contemporary Art', Main Line Art Center, PA

2014 'Focus New Jersey 2014, 1st Place Sculpture', The Art Center of Northern New Jersey

2014 'The Allied Artists of America Members and Associated Award', Allied Artists of America, INC.

2014 'Call for Artists 2014 Exhibition Award', Korean Cultural Center New York, NY

2013 Winner of '1st Call for Bushwick' International Art Competition and Exhibition', NY

2013 ‘Chashama Visual Art Studio Residency’ New York, NY www.chashama.org



Selected Solo exhibitions

2019 ‘Double Sides’, Paris Koh Fine Arts, NJ (Apr 15 - Jun 3)

2017 'Seunghwui Koo - Solo exhibition', ForGround, NY (Jul 27 - Sep 1)

2016 'Amazing Piggies' NJ Em...