Semin Hong (b. 1995, Pittsburgh) is a South Korean artist living and working in London. She reimagines relationship between people and home through installation, video, and performance. By building a temporary shelter and using repeated motifs from her childhood, she unfolds contemporary context of memory, place, identity, and belonging. Semin studied MA Fine Art at UAL Chelsea College of Arts and is currently in residence at Sarabande Foundation.
Projects
- Spatial Nostalgia, "Homeness"Countless things have changed with pandemic, but the most noticeable shift happened in the most banal realm, home. All of my projects start from the desire to investigate the concept of home and domesticity. Migrations within and across the country naturally led me to take interest in the influence and symbolic meaning of the first house I was born in and the residual quality of its memory. People change places and houses they live in but we always carry the impression of home with them. In Spat
Skills
- Painting
- Digital Painting
- Sculpture Installation
- Video Art
- Performance Art
- Curating
Education
MA Fine ArtUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom