Tommy Seo

Artisignner[Artist+Designer+planner]
An artist or designer does not become great just by focusing on work all their life.
Most people who produced great achievements in any field were well-read. Artists in particular should never let go of the humanities since they need a human-oriented mindset. Even Steve Jobs himself said, “We are living at the intersection of the humanities and technology”. This is the same for me; while attending secondary school, my outputs were born out of rigorous practice, but the outputs produced after university were the gifts presented by the books on humanities. I have no doubt in my mind that one can become a genuine Artisigner only when one reads humanities extensively, which is just as important as creating art.

KINGSTON UNIVERSITY LONDON, UK
MA DESIGN: PRODUCT + SPACE (Scholarship)

HONGIK UNIVERSITY, Seoul, Korea
DIPLOMA IN ORIENTAL PAINTING,
WOOD WORKING & FURNITURE DESIGN

2018. 05-07 3rd Solo exhibition (The Protagonist's Room)
2017. 08 K-Design Award Winner
2017. 03 installation in the Seoul Arts Centre, Korea
2016. 12 BlancBleu Hotel Art Fair, Grand Ambassador Hotel in Seoul
2016. 11 Spoon Art Show, KINTEX
2016. 09-12 Art works on TV programme appearance, Beauty Battle Show in Korea
2016. 08 Asia Hotel Art Fair Seoul 2016, JW Marriott Hotel
2015. 12 Home Table Deco Fair, Seoul
2015. 01 installation in the National Theatre, UK
2014. 12 SELECT, Miami Art Fair 2014
2014. 09 TENT London, London Design Festival 2014
2014. 09 Designersblock, London Design Festival 2014
2014. 08 Korea Chronicles exhibition at Korean Cultural Centre in London
2012. 03 Verge Art Brooklyn 2012 in New York
2011. 08 2nd Solo Exhibition (Visual Frame Story) at Gallery M and Gallery Mayjune
2011–13 Artwork (Illusion chair) listed in High School Art Textbook. Chunjae Publishing Co.: Korea
2010–13 Artwork (Illusion chair) listed in Middle School Art Textbook. Kyohak Publishing Co.: Korea
2009. 08 1st Solo Exhibition (Beauty & Honesty) at Gallery M
2008. 08 International Furniture Design Fair at KINTEX (Korea International Exhibition Center)
2007. 03 Seoul Design Living Fair at COEX (Convention & Exhibition Cen...