Seung Pyo Hong

Born 1971 in Seoul/South Korea.

Bachelor of Arts und Master of Arts in visual & industrial design at Seoul National University, Master of Arts in 3D Design at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI/USA.

He worked as an ID designer for Samsung Motors Inc. (Korea), at Ideo Product Development (Palo Alto, California), as a senior designer for ECCO Design (New York) and as a design manager at Ncsoft Corp. (Korea).

Selected Projects: “UPSET” (Solo exhibition, OneandJ Gallery, Seoul, 2006), “Young Korean Artists 2006” (group exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2006), “Mechanic Beasts and Fire Wars” (Solo exhibition, Kimjinhye Gallery, Seoul, 2005), “Tango! A non-verbal comic for journal D. T. 1” (Hong Design, Seoul, 2005), “Shanghai Cool_Creative Reproduction” (group exhibition, Duolon Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai/China, 2005), “Seoul Design Festival” (group exhibition, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, 2002), “In Progress” (group exhibition, Network Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 2001).

2001 he was awarded the Gersin Design Insight Prize of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, 2005-2006 he is an Artist-in-Residence of the Ssamzie Space Studio Program in Seoul.