Soo Hong is a painter who uses fluid abstraction to navigate feelings of excitement, loneliness, and longing shaped by a life lived between Seoul, London, Shanghai, and the Pacific Northwest. These works often emerge from moments of displacement and unsettled conditions. Using layers of transparency, texture, and occasional traditional techniques, her work connects cultural memory with a contemporary visual language. Her work serves as a meditation on the fluidity of modern life, capturing the tension between intimacy and the expansive landscape.
Hong earned an MA from Central Saint Martins in London after completing a BA in furniture and product design at Hongik University in Korea. Alongside her studio practice, she has created large-scale commissions for Meta, Google, and Cannonball Arts, transforming environments into immersive visual worlds.
Born in Seoul, Korea Lives and works in Bellevue, Washington @soohongartist
Education 2003 MA Communication Design, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London, UK 2001 BA Furniture and Product Design, Hong-Ik University, Korea 1998-99 Interior Design, Maryland Institute College of Art & Design, Baltimore, MD
Solo Exhibitions 2025 Mono Chameleon, Europa Gallery, Seattle, WA SOO HONG, NYB gallery, Kirkland, WA 2023 Meditative Desire, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 2022 Rain Village, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA Metaplay, AMcE Creative Arts, Seattle, WA 2018 Unfold, U Concept Gallery, Shanghai, China
Selected Public Commissions 2025 Dreamtropolis, Cannonball Arts Center, Seattle, WA 2024 Future Alchemy, Google, Kirkland, WA Soundtrack series, Port of Seattle, Sea-Tac Airport, Tacoma, WA 2022 Cube Chapel, JW Architects, Seattle, WA 2021 See Through, Meta, Bellevue, WA Regional Arts & Culture Council, Public Art Collection, Portland, OR Rain Village, City of Bellevue Special Project, Bellevue, WA 2020 City of Bellevue Portable Art, Bellevue, WA Port of Seattle Public Art, Tacoma Airport, Seattle, WA Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA Selected Group Exhibitions 2025 Thirty Years, A Thousand Stories, Art X Contemporary Gallery, Seattle, WA 2023 Scanning the Room, Vashon Center Gallery, Vashon, WA Impromptu, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 2020 Storefronts Westlake, Macy’s, Shunpike, Seattle, WA ACES, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA 2019 Amazon Storefronts, Shunpike, Seattle, WA 2015 Past Time/Error, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Awards & Residencies 2026 Il Bisonte (Upcoming), Florence, Italy Open 4 Culture, 4 Culture, Seattle, WA 2025 Collective Power Fund, Northwest Film Forum & The Andy Warhol Foundation, Seattle, WA 2022 Neddy Artist Award (Painting Finalist), Seattle, WA 2020 Bellevue Arts Grants 2021, Bellevue, WA 2019 Grants for Artist Project, ArtistTrust, Seattle, WA 2014 Pantocrátor Gallery, Shanghai, China
