Seung-Pyo Hong
Born in Seoul in 1980, Hong studied Printmaking at Hongik University, Seoul. In 2009, he attained his BA Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, London.
Recent exhibitions include Arco Art Fair, Feria de Madrid, Madrid 2011, 4482 Korean Contemporary Artists, Oxo Tower, London 2011, Journey to East, Jubilee Gallery, Nagoya, Japan 2011, The Monitor Lizard, Bearspace, London 2011, Multiplied Contemporary Editions Fair, Christie’s London 2010 and KIAF Korea International Art Fair, Seoul 2010. Collections include the UK Government Art Collection and Goldsmiths College, London.
Statement: In my paintings, people are posed inside machines and the machines are designed to function like the organs of a human body. In terms of my practices, I am playing with machines. My work is like a blueprint for building machines or a surreal space which human and machine inhabit together. The resulting graphic images depict fictional inventions which explore the relationship between human evolution and the development of technology. Focusing on the fusion of organic matter and machine, the works are directly etched and hand coloured in oil paint onto steel plate.
