Koo Seunghwui

United States  • 1980

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Seunghwui Koo is an exciting young talent based in The United States who has already exhibited her work in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Belgium and Seoul. The artist carves minuscule wooden figurines before painting and arranging them into incredibly detailed, captivating pieces that make expert use of dimension and scale. Her stimulating sculptures and 3D canvases are exceptionally colorful, exuberant works of art that have received widespread praise and appreciation.


Eastern and Western cultures

Seunghwui Koo is interested in the symbolism of the pig in the cultures that have shaped her. In Korea, it is traditional to celebrate new endeavours with a pig's head in the centre of the room, and money is put into its mouth. In Eastern cultures, pigs symbolise wealth and good fortune, whereas in Western culture they represent greed.


Mixed media 'piggies'

Seunghwui Koo trained in sculpture and works in resin, plaster, clay and mixed media to create the small 'piggies' in her works. Some of her works can contain as many as 12,000 handmade pig sculptures that create a textured surface. She uses bright colours and paints satiric images on these 'piggies' to create a whimsical atmosphere, but at the same time they represent a careful, sometimes critical commentary on modern society.


National success

Seunghwui Koo has exhibited widely across the USA, on both coasts, and in her native South Korea. She has exhibited in museums such as the Newark Museum and the Monmouth Museum and at art fairs, including Art New York and Art Context Miami.


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Who is the artist?

Seunghwui Koo is an exciting young talent based in The United States who has already exhibited her work in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Belgium and Seoul. The artist carves minuscule wooden figurines before painting and arranging them into incredibly detailed, captivating pieces that make expert use of dimension and scale. Her stimulating sculptures and 3D canvases are exceptionally colorful, exuberant works of art that have received widespread praise and appreciation.


Eastern and Western cultures

Seunghwui Koo is interested in the symbolism of the pig in the cultures that have shaped her. In Korea, it is traditional to celebrate new endeavours with a pig's head in the centre of the room, and money is put into its mouth. In Eastern cultures, pigs symbolise wealth and good fortune, whereas in Western culture they represent greed.


Mixed media 'piggies'

Seunghwui Koo trained in sculpture and works in resin, plaster, clay and mixed media to create the small 'piggies' in her works. Some of her works can contain as many as 12,000 handmade pig sculptures that create a textured surface. She uses bright colours and paints satiric images on these 'piggies' to create a whimsical atmosphere, but at the same time they represent a careful, sometimes critical commentary on modern society.


National success

Seunghwui Koo has exhibited widely across the USA, on both coasts, and in her native South Korea. She has exhibited in museums such as the Newark Museum and the Monmouth Museum and at art fairs, including Art New York and Art Context Miami.

When was Koo Seunghwui born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1980