Serena Yeo
SERENA YEO
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www.serena-yeo.com
EDUCATION and SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS
• B.F.A. in Print Making and Fine Art at Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea
• 6 Solo Exhibitions including: After Image, Gallery Som – Seoul, Korea, Washington D.C. & MD, USA
• 5 Art Fair Participations including:Incheon Asia Art Show – Songdo Convensia, Incheon, Korea & Labor Art Show – MD, USA
• 80 Group Exhibitions including: Soaring – Narsh – American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington D.C., USA
• “Artist of the Month” – The Gazette Newspaper, Maryland (August 2008)
• Awarded at National Level Art Fair: Korea National Art Festival (1992) / New Grand Art Festival, Design Wrapping Canter(1992)
• New York Fine Arts Association – Member / Han Mee Artists Association of Great Washington – Member & Board Member
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Serena was born in Seoul, South Korea, and currently lives and works in Maryland, USA. She studied printmaking at Hongik University in Seoul, where her early training in watercolor and drawing-skills she had practiced since childhood-significantly influenced her printmaking style. Drawn to the contrast between the freedom of painting and the precision of printmaking, she eventually shifted her focus entirely to painting after immigrating to the U.S. Elements of her printmaking background continue to appear subtly throughout her work, adding a layer of quiet structure to her expressive compositions.
Serena's artistic practice centers on two main themes: bridging the cultural divide between South Korea and the United States, and exploring the everyday challenges faced by modern society. Her semi-abstract style evokes a calm, poetic atmosphere that reflects these complex ideas. In addition to painting, she creates abstract sculptures and installations using everyday materials such as coffee grounds, capsules, and cup lids-infusing ordinary objects with new meaning.
Throughout her career, Serena has received several awards in South Korea, including the 1992 Korean Art Competition and the New Art Competition. She has participated in over 70 group exhibitions, including the Korea-Japan Printmaking Exchange Fair at the Hongik University Museum in Seoul. Her work has also been featured in five solo exhibitions, including shows at Gallery SOM in Seoul and the Orchard Gallery in Maryland. In 2008, she was recognized as "Artist of the Month" by The Gazette newspaper in Maryland. In 2021, Serena curated and presented a special exhibition titled Andante at the Jo Ann Rose Gallery at the Reston Community Center in Virginia.
여운용은 서울 출신의 작가로, 현재 미국 메릴랜드를 중심으로 활동하고 있습니다. 홍익대학교에서 판화를 전공한 그녀는 오랜 시간 수채화와 드로잉 훈련을 통해 반추상적인 회화 스타일을 구축해 왔습니다. 미국으로 이주한 이후에는 회화에 전념하며, 회화의 자유로운 표현성과 판화의 구조적 감각을 결합한 독자적인 작업을 이어가고 있습니다.
여운용의 작품은 한국과 미국 사이의 문화적 전환, 그리고 현대 사회가 직면한 일상의 문제들을 섬세하고 시적인 시각으로 풀어냅니다. 회화 외에도 커피 찌꺼기, 캡슐, 컵 뚜껑과 같은 일상 재료를 활용한 설치 및 조각 작업을 통해 평범한 사물에 새로운 의미를 부여하고, 삶의 흔적을 예술로 전환시키는 시도를 지속하고 있습니다.
그녀는 한국과 미국에서 다수의 개인전 및 단체전에 참여했으며, 2008년에는 메릴랜드 지역 신문인 가제트에서 ‘이달의 작가’로 선정된 바 있습니다.