Bio

Soo Hong's work navigates feelings of excitement, loneliness, and longing shaped by a nomadic life. Carrying a sense of being an outsider and dwelling nowhere, she moves between painting, collage, and film, following questions that emerge from small moments, readings, and intuition, working through layered imagery to find answers. Her artwork lives somewhere between memory and imagination, using abstraction as a universal language to communicate intimacy and connection in a way that feels more like a shared dream.

Hong received an MA from Central Saint Martins in London after completing a BA in furniture and product design at Hongik University in Korea. She has also created large-scale commissions for Meta, Google, and Cannonball Arts.

 

Photo by James Arzente


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(b. 1978, 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

2026 Illuminate, The Vestibule Gallery, Seattle, WA (upcoming)
2025 Mono Chameleon, Europa Gallery, Seattle, WA
SOO HONG, NYB gallery, Kirkland, WA
2024 LOOK at this LOOK at that, Chatwin Arts, Seattle, 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, Florence, Italy (Upcoming)
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

Selected Bibliography

Aiming to demystify contemporary art, Cannonball Arts gallery - International Examiner, Sep 8, 2025

Best Seattle exhibits to see in July - The Seattle Times, June 24, 2025

ARTS : Soo Hong’s abstract pastel, deep-hued paintings offer hope for a new season - International Examiner Feb 6, 2025

Soo Hong Artist Interview: Repetition, Reinvention & Not Staying Still, Redefine Magazine, Jul 21, 2024

ArtSEA: In Kirkland, a shower of artful raindrops - Crosscut June 9, 2022