Suhyang Seo

My paintings focus on the surface as a field of interaction, not a finished image. They explore the balance between intentional gestures and unpredictable material responses.
Surface conditions — absorption, texture, and flow — interact with paint density to create a visual field that never fully resolves.
The work captures moments of tension between control and unpredictability, and inviting close observation, to reveal a subtle interplay of color and texture that changes with light and distance.

In the ‘Accumulation’ series, layers are built through the repeated acts of layering and overturning paint. As oil and water-based materials repel each other, they produce unpredictable densities. Consequently, the surface becomes a physical record of time rather than a single, static decision.
In the ‘Surface’ series, absorption and resistance coexist. Raw fabric draws in the paint while coated areas block it, creating a palpable tension between openness and closure. Rather than a uniform plane, the painting transforms into a field of shifting conditions.
I am interested in structures that do not resolve. Instead of stability, my work holds a sustained state of imbalance - a quiet negotiation between intention and matter.
Through the ac...

2006 MAITRISE, arts: arts visuels in University of Strasbourg, France
2004 LICENCE, arts plastiques in University of Strasbourg, France
2000-02 Studied painting in Pusan National University, Korea
2000 Graduated in Pusan Arts High School, Korea

2024 La passerelle, gongan 523 (Solo exhibition)
2024 ART VISION, ART GAGA Gallery
2023 Soar, Young Art Gallery
2022 Daejeon MBC ART&MEDIA, Gongju Art center
2022 Seoripul Art for Art exhibition, Seoripul young art gallery
2021 Abstract mind, CICA Museum
2020 DECOLLAGE. DECAL AGE. DECALCOMANIE, Gallery The Flow (Solo exhibition)
2020 Today's vision and method, Young Art Gallery, Korea
2019 Korea colored pencil association prize, Gallery Is, Korea
2018 Relay exhibition, Eulsukdo Art center, Korea
2018 Eulsukdo Love Busan-Young artist project 2018, Eulsukdo Art center, Korea
2017 Young artists group exhibition, Palais de Seoul, Korea
2017 Botanical Art awards exhibition, Gyeongin art museum, Korea
2016 Young artist solo exhibition, Palais de Seoul, Korea
2015 Vietnam-Korea Ottchil painting exchange exhibition, Vietnam Fine Art Museum, Vietnam
2015 Korea creative Ottchil Art exhibition, Korea
2015 KANIVAL PROJECT, KANIVAL! CARNIVAL!, Renaissance café, Korea
2014 Ottchil and vision, The gallery, Korea
2013 Korean Ottchil Painting, KNB Art gallery, Korea
2013 Selected artists of Korea, Gyeongheegung Art Museum, Korea
2013 The Derwent Art Prize, Mall gallery / Pencil museum, UK
2011 80 artists of Korea Ottchil again, Seoul art c...