서예석
Yesuk Seo (B. 1988)
서예석은 장르 구분 없이 다양한 접근방식을 통해 회화적인 판화, 조각적인 회화, 판화적인 조각에 끝없이 탐구하는 작가이다.
"형, 색, 인"의 추상적인 관념에 초점을 두어, 그녀의 기억 속 가족, 사물들, 그리고 존재하지 않는 장소로부터 멈춰진 시간 안에 새로운 이야기를 채워가는 작업을 한다.
My work transcends the boundaries between painterly printmaking and sculpture. It captures my nomadic journey between 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional genres of art. Through hand-pulled silkscreen prints, I create abstract pixelated images depicting our constantly changing relationship with meaning and reality. Memories are often glamorized and distorted whether it is our childhood home, our neighborhood, or the city. My practice archives my family history and traces patterns in memory and space by using invisibility as a phenomenon to render newer explorations of abstraction in time and in urban landscapes.
전시
Selected Solo/Group Exhibitions, Fairs (*solo, **fair)
2027 (예정) 삼원페이퍼 갤러리, 서울
TBD, Samwon paper gallery, Seoul
2026 (예정) 손에 손잡고, 울트라, 서울
TBD, Hand In Hand, Ultra, Seoul
directed by Hyeounsun Park
(10/20-10/31)이시동도 異時同圖:한 공간에 흐르는 두 개의 시간, 권진규 아틀리에, 성북아트위크, 서울
Two Times Flowing in One Place, Kwon Jin-Kyu Atelier, Seongbuk Art Week, Seoul, KR
curated by Jiyoung Song
(10/9-10/25) 2026 인천 RE:PRINT ART FAIR, Pipe Chamber, 인천아트플랫폼, 인천**
2026 INCHEON RE:PRINT ART FAIR, Pipe Chamber, IAP, Incheon, KR
2025 한국타이포그라피학회 전시 19 : 그리드쉬프트, 리얼레이션 스페이스, 서울
Korean Society of Typography Exhibition 19: Gridshift, Realation Space, Seoul, KR
구름이 시작하는 곳, 권진규 아틀리에 창작공간, 서울
A place where Clouds begin, Kwon Jin-Kyu Atelier Creative Space, Seoul, KR
Pratt Institute Editions, Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair, Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn, NY **
The 99th ANNUAL International Competition: Online Portfolio Exhibition, The Print Center(Philadelphia, PA), Web
selected by Drew Sawyer and Claudia E. Zapata
<https://printcenter.org/99th/seo/>
2024 한국타이포그라피학회 전시 18 : 조판공의 다리, 리얼레이션 스페이스, 서울
Korean Society of Typography Exhibition 18: The Typesetter's Bridge, Realation Space, Seoul, KR
Bronx Calling: The Sixth AIM Biennial I, The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
curated by Eileen Jeng Lynch
2023 RISD GRAD SHOW 2023, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI
Graduate Printmaking Biennial, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2022 Of Soiled Bodies, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
curated by Veronica Bello and Corina Dorrego
2021 Great Exhibition 2021 Part.2:+(Plus), G Gallery, Seoul, KR
Fresh Ruins, The Parlour, Baltimore, MD
curated by Erick A. Bentiez & Ariel C. Foster
2020 Art Off-Screen, Neumeraki, Online
The 94th ANNUAL International Competition: Online Portfolio Exhibition, The Print Center(Philadelphia, PA), Online
selected by Charlotte Cotton and Gretchen Wagner
2019 Between Edge & Interior, Pratt Institute Fine Arts, UNTITLED, ART., Miami Beach, FL **
curated by Ashley James
잔상: 오브제들의 속삭임, 개인전, 갤러리 도스, 서울
Afterimage: Whispers from the Objects, solo exhibition, Gallery DOS, Seoul, KR *
기억의 편린: 구멍 너머로, 개인전, 갤러리시선/ GS E&C, 서울
片鱗/"A Piece of Scale: Beyond Holes," solo exhibition, GS E&C, Seoul, KR *
Awaken, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
curated by Eileen Jeng Lynch
2018 Optimism, 2018 Endless Editions Biennial, efa Project Space, New York, NY
curated by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo & organized by Endless Editions
Vacancy, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
curated by Carmen Hermo
2017 BRIC OPEN (C)ALL: TRUTH, BRICartsmedia, Brooklyn, NY
Published by the Artist 2017, Print Center New York, New York, NY
curated by Grayson Cox and Angela Conant
Sun Screen, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
curated by Paul John
Idols and Impossible Structures: New Prints 2017/Winter, Print Center New York, New York, NY
selected by Noel W. Anderson, Anne Coffin, Caitlin Condell, Lucia Hierro, Martin Nash, and Francoise de Saint Phalle
2016 Flashbulb Memories of the Spaces, solo exhibition, Pratt Studios Gallery, Brooklyn, NY *
Babylone - U.S.A., The Boiler/Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
curated by Daniel S. Palmer
수상/ 레지던시/ 펠로쉽/ 스폰서쉽
Awards/Residencies/Fellowship
2026-27 2026 삼원 아트 스폰서쉽 9기 / 9th Samwon Art Sponsorship, 삼원페이퍼 Samwon paper, Seoul
2025 2025 권진규 아틀리에 창작공간/ 2025 Kwon Jin-Kyu Atelier Creative Space(Sculptor-in-Residence), The National Trust of Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation, Seoul,
2025 Semifinalist, The Print Center’s 99th ANNUAL International Competition, Philadelphia, PA
2021 AIM Fellowship at Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
2020 IEA Visual Arts Experimental Projects Residency, Alfred Univ., Alfred, NY
2020 FCA Emergency Grant Covid-19, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York. NY
2020 Semifinalist, The Print Center’s 94th ANNUAL International Competition, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Artist-in-Residence at Sculpture Space, Inc., Utica, NY
2018 The Studios @ MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
2017-18 Keyholder Residency Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
2016 UrbanGlass/Pratt Partnership Scholarship, Brooklyn, NY
판화관련작업
Artist Printmaking Training Program/ Workshop/ Collaboration
2024 October Challenge(Letterpress)/ print edition, 두유프레스 Doyoupress, Seoul
2023 Instructor, Intro to Silkscreen(WS 2023), RISD
2021-23 Teaching Assistant, Experimental Relief by Megan Foster, Painterly Prints by Amber Heaton, Lithography by Andrew Eckhardt,
Single Edition by Lois Harada, Copperplate Engraving by Andrew Raftery, RISD
2020 IEA Residency/ print edition / "Keep it Bright", Photo Polymer Print on paper, printed by Thomas Logan, Alfred Univ
2016 Intern at Lower East Side Printshop, LLC, New York, NY
2015 Graduate Assistant (Laser Cutting) at Pratt Woodshop, Brooklyn, NY
학력
Education
2023 로드아일랜드 스쿨 오브 디자인 대학원 졸업 (판화과)
MFA(Printmaking) Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2016 프랫인스티튜트 대학원 졸업 (조소과)
MFA(Sculpture) Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2014 스쿨 오브 디 아트 인스티튜트 오브 시카고 대학 졸업 (파인아트)
BFA(Fine Arts) School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
전시 기록/프레스/출판/인터뷰
Press/Publication/Interview
BABYLONE – U.S.A., Selected works by second-year Fine Arts MFA candidates from Pratt Institute curated by Daniel S. Palmer, The Boiler/Pierogi, 2016 <https://www.pierogi2000.com/2016/04/babylone-usa-at-the-boiler/>
Idols and Impossible Structures: New Prints 2017/Winter, Print Center New York, 2017
GalleryDOS 기획전 서예석 ‘Afterimages: Whispers from the Objects 전시도록, 2019
<https://issuu.com/gallerydos/docs/_____bf696bce876a4a>
Corkery, Elizabeth. Women in Expanded Print “An Interview with Yesuk Seo,” Print Club LTD., 6 August 2019. Web.
<https://jointheprintclub.com/journal/2019/8/6/an-interview-with-yesuk-seo>
Between Edge & Interior, curated by Ashley James, Pratt Institute Fine Arts, UNTITLED, ART., 2019
<https://www.pratt.edu/news/pratt-alumni-push-the-boundaries-of-painting-at-untitled-art-miami-beach/>
"The Institute of Electronic Arts welcomed Yesuk Seo as part of Visual Arts program" Alfred Univ. 6 November 2020. Web.
<https://blog.alfred.edu/iea/2020/11/06/yesuk-seo-nov-1-7/>
great exhibition Part 2: + (plus), G Gallery, Seoul, 2021
<https://www.ggallery.kr/exhibitions/great-exhibition-2021-part-2-plus>
Solondz, Simone, "Reclaiming the Blackstone." Rhode Island School of Design. 6 December 2021. Web.
<https://www.risd.edu/news/stories/cross-disciplinary-geotextiles-studio>
"Bronx Calling: The sixth AIM Biennial," The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 2024. Web.
<https://bronxmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/BXM_Bronx-Calling_The-Sixth-AIM-Biennial_2024_Catalogue_.pdf>
Nayyar, Rhea. "Bronx Calling is All About Knowledge and Agency." Hyperallergic, 20 Feb 2024. Web.
<https://hyperallergic.com/871489/bronx-museum-sixth-aim-biennial-is-all-about-knowledge-and-agency/>
Sayej, Nadja. "This Year's Bronx Biennial Showcases the Struggles of Urban Life." OBSERVER, 2024 Web.
<https://observer.com/2024/03/bronx-biennial-review-bronx-museum-arts/>
학위논문 | 조소, 판화
Thesis
Seo, Yesuk. "Flashbulb Memories of Spaces: Looking through Suspended Windows." Pratt Graduate Sculpture Thesis, May 2016, book.
Seo, Yesuk. "Objects and Apparitions: A Portable Museum." RISD Graduate Printmaking Thesis, June 2023. Web.