Kyungeun Seo is an artist from South Korea. Seo’s most recent portfolio of work merges painting and installation to reflect on our experiences of private and public spaces. Seo’s social and educational backgrounds both play a significant role in her mixed media approach to her practice, and her major works incorporate Korean painting and oil painting on silk and canvas-based surfaces. Her art draws inspiration from diverse sources including photography, landscapes, books and textiles, as well as her personal space and belongings. 

 

Seo's current body of work is the creative counterpart to her Master of Fine Art’s dissertation Between Private and Public: An artistic exploration of liminality and the intersections of art and social media. Through her ongoing exploration of painting and installation Seo firmly establishes her quest to understand the invisible walls and areas of liminality between private and public space.The motifs and symbols present in Seo's work speak to the impact that the Internet has had on the sharing and encountering of art. Seo asks us to consider how the boundaries between our private and public spheres have ceased to exist in our contemporary times.

 

Kyungeun Seo completed her MAFA-R (Practice Led Research Masters in Fine Art) at the UKZN Pietermaritzburg campus’ Center for Visual Arts. She graduated from Hansung University in Seoul with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art and English Literature.

 

Seo was born in 1984 in Seoul, South Korea. She currently resides in Hillcrest, Durban, South Africa.