Seunghwui Koo

Seunghwui Koo is a contemporary award-winning South Korean artist. The artist draws inspiration for her artwork from the delicate details of her daily life in New York City. Her work is a commentary on the lives she has seen in New York. She was born in South Korea, where she originally developed the concept of combining the human body and pig's head. The significance of the pig's head is seen in the various Eastern and Western symbolic meanings. Her works often deal with the ideas of good fortune (Eastern) and greed (Western), two very different interpretations of the pig. Her artistic mediums include resin, acrylic, plaster, clay, and mixed media.

Seunghwui Koo was born in 1981, in South Korea. She lives and works in the USA. Seunghwui Koo exhibited her works in galleries and international art fairs, and won numerous awards: ‘2019 Real Art Awards’, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT; 2017 'Small works, A national juried exhibition Award', Best in Show, Main Street Arts, NY ; 2017 ‘23rd Contemporary Juried Art Exhibition Award’, Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles, CA; 2014 'The Allied Artists of America Members and Associated Award', Allied Artists of America, INC. etc.

Discover contemporary artworks by Seunghwui Koo, browse recent artworks and buy online. Categories: contemporary american artists. Artistic domains: Sculpture. Artist represented by DAKKARA Art Galleries. Account type: Artist , member since 2020 (Country of origin South Korea). Buy Seunghwui Koo's latest works on Artmajeur: Discover great art by contemporary artist Seunghwui Koo. Browse artworks, buy original art or high end prints.

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