Seongjoon Hong
Seongjoon Hong
Seoul, b. 1987
Seoul, b. 1987
Seongjoon Hong(b.1987) continuously investigates the properties of painting, particularly its mediums and materials. Through various techniques, Hong repeatedly depicts scenes layered with smooth, thin, or translucent membranes that subtly reveal the flat canvas surface and the materials composing it. His works feature delicately colored landscapes where light refracts through layered silhouettes, leaving behind only faint shadows where color and image have dissolved. In his Layers of the air series, for instance, Hong centers soap bubbles on the canvas or positions them just beyond the frame, focusing on their lightness and transparency. By zooming in on these surfaces, he distorts the landscape, allowing waves of projected light to transform his work into abstract paintings. Hong holds both a BFA and MFA in Fine Arts from Hongik University in Seoul. He has held solo exhibitions including at SEOJUNG ART(Seoul & Busan, 2024), 68projects(Berlin, Germany, 2024), Prompt Project(Seoul, 2023), Galerie BHAK(Seoul, 2022), Pipe Gallery(Seoul, 2022) and Hakgojae Design Project Space(Seoul, 2020). He has also participated in various group shows, including at Art Space Hohwa(Seoul, 2024), Frieze No.9 Cork Street(London, UK, 2024), ThisWeekendRoom(Seoul, 2024), M5 GALLERY(Ginja, Japan, 2023), Art space Hohwa(Seoul, 2023), Galerie BHAK(Seoul, 2022), Seojung Art Center(Seoul, 2022), Koo House Museum(Yangpyeong, 2022), Ilwoo Space(Seoul, 2022), and UARTSPACE(Seoul, 2019). He was selected as a 2020 New Hero by Public Art Magazine and participated in the 68projects Residency(Berlin, Germany, 2023). His works are part of collections at the PARKSEOBO Foundation and Art Space Hohwa.
2015
MFA Painting, Graduate School, Hongik University, Seoul
2012
BFA Painting, College of Fine Arts, Hongik University, Seoul
Education
2024
Where did it come from? pt.2, SEOJUNG ART, Seoul
2024
Where did it come from? pt.1, SEOJUNG ART, Busan
2024
Study Layers, 68projects by KORNFELD, Berlin
Solo Exhibition
2024
H-EAA : HOBAN Emerging Artist Awards, ART SPACE HOHWA, Seoul
2024
APRICITY, Frieze No.9 Cork Street, London
2024
Flip Over, ThisWeekendRoom, Seoul
Group Exhibition