CV
Statement
CV Statement
Seula Yi (b. 1990)
Painter
My work begins with a walk through the city. The city is a whole of rectangles filled with lines and planes. As I pass between the diverse rectangles, I think about which one I am filling.
The most significant change in recent years has been filling my 'rectangles'. My first home was an empty white space. The space has changed depending on what I choose to fill it with, and for the first time, I became curious about the other windows. More specifically, the people who fill them. The windows in the building are all the same rectangle, but beyond them are someone's rectangle, and in the same concrete, we are connected by a rectangle device, vaguely connected, separately and together, in small and large rectangles.
The varied facades with dense grey, windows, and dots/lines/planes are fascinating objects to draw. The buildings are full of lines and planes, shadows falling between them, and people are the only surprises in the uniform patterns. Thinking of this place as a big ecosystem planted with concrete, the things that live in this garden have certain rules.
One of the most interesting things as a city resident is to find things to do amongst the dense concrete. I suspect a person walking a dozen dogs at the same time every day and a person rolling up duvets and spending the weekend at the laundromat at the same time. I can be the same person in front of a computer or the person eating lunch from a convenience store while making reservations for a new restaurant for the weekend. The city is full of people lying in bed alone, not talking to anyone but leaning with their smartphones, longing for the stars but chasing the city's lights. People flow into the city for their own reasons.
The city sparkles day to day depending on the people's choices connected with lights organically. The facades reflected the sky with clouds on a bright sunny day, and they were quickly filled with lights when it got dark. It is where people work with the light and become one of them. As part of it, we are spectators and sometimes heroines simultaneously. It all scrambles to fill a rectangle sheet of paper, the paths I walked one day, and the buildings I passed by. A collection of aimless observations became a painting with the hope that my findings would remain as landscapes with sound.
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2009-2010 Bachelor Program, Painting
Busan National University
Busan, Korea
2006-2009 Painting
Busan Art High School
Busan, Korea
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2025 Too Much Caffeine, Dohing Art, Seoul, Korea
2023 You and I in Regtangle, 2gil29 Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2023 Lost in Paris, Slow Galerie, Paris, France
2022 Concrete Garden, Gallery Afternoon, Seoul, Korea
2022 Lost in Pause, Objecthood, Busan, Korea
2021 Blue in City, Slow Galerie, Paris, France
2021 OUR HOURS 2, CCC, Busan, Korea
2020 OUR HOURS, Coallactive, Busan, Korea
2018 Ondo, Cafe Fruity, Busan, Korea
2018 On the Universe, Kamome Books, Tokyo, Japan
2017 The City on the Ocean, Chaeum Gallery, Busan, Korea
2016 City People, Kamome Books, Tokyo, Japan
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2025 Autobiography of Hilton Seoul, Piknic, Seoul, Korea
2024 Scene and Scene, Objecthood, Busan, Korea
2024 Inside Out, Art Space Hohwa, Seoul, Korea
2024 Small Paintings - My Bijou!, Kimreeaa Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2023 Dear, My Day, Dohing Art, Seoul, Korea
2020 Another Reality, Sangsangmadang, Busan, Korea
2018 Goods is Good, D Project Space, Seoul, Korea
2016 summer moment, GS Group HQ, Seoul, Korea
2016 DELITOYS ART TOY EXHIBITION, W Seoul Walkerhill, Seoul, Korea
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2024 Art by Art - Seoul, MAKERMAKER, Korea
City Guide, Co-author
ISBN 979-11-977150-5-1
2023 Closing Ceremony: Hilton Seoul, MAKERMAKER, Korea
City Heritage Archive, Co-author
ISBN 979-11-977150-1-3
2022 Things In City, MAKERMAKER, Korea
Artist’s Monograph, Author
ISBN 979-11-977150-9-9
2021 The Poster Book, Book 21, Korea
Artwork Series, Author
ISBN 880-950198-096-3
2020 Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery, Arte, Korea
Classic Novel, Artwork author of Korean Edition
ISBN 978-89-509-8614-8
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2023-2024 Artist's Theme for T Phone App, SK Telecom
2021-Present The Frame TV Art Store, Samsung Electronics
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BRANDING & CAMPAIGN ARTWORK
2025 Branding Artwork, Porsche
2024 Holiday Artwork, Genesis
2024 2025 Calendar Artwork, Ownist
2024 Aestura Holiday Edition Package, Amorepacific
2022 2023 Calendar Artwork, Millennium Hilton Seoul
2022 Fritz Artois Seoul, Flagship Store Mural, Stella Artois
2022 gram X Seula Yi, Artist Goods, LG Electronics
2022 The Year of the Tiger, Print Edition, WWF
2021 Hospitality Materials, PARK HYATT BUSAN
2021 NODAM Campaign, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea
2020 Spring, Branding Artwork, Hanhwa Life Insurance
2020 Walking Separately, Travel Guide, Korea Tourism Organization
2019 Chance Eau Tendre, Perfume Advertisement, CHANEL
2019 My First Induction, DIOS Advertisement, LG Electronics
2019 작은 참여 큰 숲 만들기 프로젝트, Yanolja
2017 100th Anniversary of Han River Bridge, Search Engine Logo, NAVER
2015 chCGV Identity, CJ Entertainment
BOOK COVER ARTWORK
2021 L’amant Du Volcan by Susan Sontag, Christian Bourgois Edditeu
2021 En Amerique by Susan Sontag, Christian Bourgois Edditeu
2020 서른 세 살 직장인, 회사 대신 절에 갔습니다, Booklog Company
2020 너의 목소리를 그릴 수 있다면, Long Tail Books
2019 책이나 읽을 걸, 21c Books
2018 존스 할아버지의 낡은 여행가방, DDStone
2018 몽골에 마음이 머물다, Soombook
2017 パリ行ったことないの （集英社文庫）, 集英社
POSTER ARTWORK
2022 17th Busan Firework Festival, Busan
2022 City Dilemma, Corporate Documentary, SOCAR
2021 Cinema Street, A Film by Kim Min-guen
2019 36th Busan International Short Film Festival
2017 4th Wild Flower Film Awards
2017 Because This Is My First Life, TV Series, TVN
2016 Midnight Sum, A Film by Norihiro Koizumi
2015 Trip To Italy, A Film by Michael Winterbottom
MAGAZINE: COVER
2019 Bongraebang, Volume 2, Korea
2019 Dasi Busan, Volume 6, Korea
2016 Wolsey Corporate Magazine, Korea
2014 CJ Corporate Magazine, Korea
MAGAZINE: ARTWORK
2020 Courbevoie, Issue 163, France
2017 Bold Journal, Volume 5, Korea
MUSIC ALBUM COVER
2019 Spring/Autumn/Fall/Winter | Musician: Hanall
2019 Wave | Musician: Voyeur
2019 Tunnel | Musician: Sejung
2018 Slow | Musician: Seungwoo Yu
2018 La Nuit Juste Avant Les Forets EP | Musician: Voyeur
2017 Stay | Musician: Seol Ah Lee
PACKAGE ARTWORK
2019 BYO, CJ
2016 City Forest Project, Korea Forest Service
2015 Ice Blending Tea, Osulloc
2015 Foundation Pact, SKIN79
Press
Op-ed
Interview
Press Op-ed Interview
Seula shares her thoughts about Busan, her home city
INTERVIEW — 6 Dec 2024
8 Contemporary Artists Capturing the Spirit of City Life by Maxwell Rabb, Artsy
OP-ED — 31 Jul 2024
Seula shares her love of the city with VILLIV
INTERVIEW — 22 Nov 2023
Review of a solo exhibition in 2023 by the newspaper Korea Daily
REVIEW — 3 Nov 2023
<You and I in the Square> highlighted by the Galleries Association of Korea
EXHIBITION — 1 Nov 2023
Telerama, a French magazine, spotlights Seula and her works
OP-ED — 12 Jul 2023