Soon Young

Soon Young is a contemporary painter based in South Korea. Her work investigates visual and conceptual collisions that emerge within contemporary culture.

By juxtaposing imagery drawn from art history, popular media, and digital culture, her paintings construct unexpected visual relationships that generate shifts in meaning. These combinations create layered structures in which historical references, mass-produced images, and contemporary visual languages intersect.

The work examines contradictions present in modern society, including tensions between digital identity and lived reality, the coexistence of cultural abundance and global inequality, and the ongoing negotiation between past ideologies and present conditions.

Through painting, Soon Young explores how images circulate, transform, and acquire new meanings within the visual environment of the digital age.

Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Contemporary Art
Hansung University, Seoul, South Korea

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Western Painting
Hansung University, Seoul, South Korea

Solo Exhibitions (개인전)
2025 | Texture of Time; Gap of Emotion, Invitational Solo Exhibition, Gallery Majuan, Gongju, South Korea

2025 | Make Peace: Narrative of Boundaries, Invitational Solo Exhibition, Blueone Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2024 | Fantastic: Fanatic Gogh, Invitational Solo Exhibition, Post Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2024 | Soon Young Invitational Solo Exhibition, Mercedes-Benz Showroom, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

2023 | Vivid Irony, Invitational Solo Exhibition, Blueone Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2016 | Soon Young Invitational Solo Exhibition, Gallery Imok, Seoul, South Korea

2015 | Gap, Selected Artist Exhibition, Art Space O, Seoul, South Korea

2012 | Life: Over 29, YAP Selected Artist Exhibition, Art Sagan, Seoul, South Korea

2012 | M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, A&D Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2010 | New Entry, Awarded Curated Exhibition, Speedom Gallery (Hosted by Korea Sports Promotion Foundation), Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions & Art Fairs
2026 | Vans Collaboration Exhibition, S-Factory, Seoul, South Korea

2026 | Busan Outdoor Sketch Special Exhibition, Blueone Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2025 | Seongsu Art Fair, Understand Avenue, Seoul, South Korea

2025 | Art Plus X, Yeong...