ARTIST

Sueyon Yang (b.1988) is an artist, painter and researcher. She obtained her BA of Fine Arts (2011) and MFA (2014) in Korean traditional painting from the Seoul National University, Korea. She then went onto receive her second MFA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2019). Currently, she has completed her DFA in Korean traditional painting from Seoul National University.

Sueyon’s works focus on life and death, particularly on fear of death and futile desire for immortality. She visualizes her theme through recreating the mythical symbols of longevity using Korean traditional painting techniques and materials which she studied while working as a researcher producing replicas of cultural heritages for national museums in South Korea. She would like to explore new possibilities of the traditional painting by combining traditional materials and contemporary expressions.

Sueyon was awarded the Ghasong Art Award (Korea, 2021), the Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize Highly Commended (UK, 2021). She has held six solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group shows both domestically and internationally. Her artworks were also shown in prestigious art fairs. She recently joined ‘Art Central Hong Kong 2022’ and in this fair her installation work ‘The Journey to the Infinite Circle’ was part of the ‘Yi Tai Sculpture & Installation Projects’ which is the program that presents site-specific installations and sculpture in a prominent, curated space within the fair.

Sueyon’s artworks have been collected by well-known institutions such as the Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Seong-nam Art Bank, Incheon District Court, Seoul National University Hospital in Korea and private collectors. She resides and works in both two cities- Seoul and Hong Kong