This is...

HyunJin Seo

_{︎ @glejinn

︎ glejinns@gmail.com}

In my role as a visual facilitator, I use style as a versatile instrument rather than a rigid constraint, adroitly blending diverse stories and visual elements to engage with the challenges and narratives of our time.

My tools, created through a combination of paintings, photographs, and digital techniques, are carefully chosen from my toolkit to propose creative solutions to social and environmental problems, inviting an unexpected audience to engage with the questions that must be addressed.

Most recently, she Independently published research-based speculative narratives; 'Kibitzers,' storytelling the repercussions of the Anthropocene era, receiving Honourable Mention award at United Nations x Artpartner COP28 UAE Competition (Click!)

Dedicated to research, writing, illustration, and design, encompassing a wide range of illustrative literary genre...

Education

Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London

BA Illustration
First Class of Honours
London, United Kingdom (2019 - 2023)

Australian International School
International Baccalaureate Diploma Visual Arts
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2017 - 2019)

Work Experiences

Natural History Museum
Digital Illustrator (2023 - Present)

Central Saint Martins, University of the arts London
Teaching Assistant (2023 - Present)

Freelance
Illustration & Graphic Designer (2020 - Present)

Camberwell College of Arts, University of the arts London
Guest Lecturer (2023)

Full Circle: 153° Show, UAL Camberwell College of Arts
Creative Art Director & Brand Identity (2023)

PrepforStudio
Co-founder / Art Direction (2021 - Present)

RED
Graphic Design Intern
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2019)

Gallery PongDang
Gallery Intern & Assistant
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2019)

Selected Commissions

BinJongyi
Book Cover Illustration, Seoul, Korea (2022 - Present)

SandBox
Editorial Illustration, Seoul, Korea (2023)

History Workshop
Digital Publication Illustration, London, United Kingdom (2023)

‘Biggest Fear’
Illustration and Jewellery Collaboration with YouJin Seo, Seoul, Korea (2023)

KMU VCD
‘Exchange Diary’ Digital Illustration Collaboration, Seoul, Korea (2023)

30Books x Geonggyi contents association
Book Cover Illustration, Seoul, Korea (2022)

SNU SUN
Clothing & Prints Designer, Seoul, Korea (2022)

The Dive
Logo Design, Seoul, Korea (2021)

Peace Road: Japanese Military Sex Slaves Museum
Visual Researcher, Seoul, Korea (2021 - 2022)

Awards

United Nations x Artpartner COP28 UAE Competition Honourable Mention (2023)

dPICTUS <the unpublished picture book showcase 4> Longlisted (2022)

dPICTUS <the unpublished picture book showcase 3> Longlisted (2021)

Ijungle Illustration Awards Longlisted (2021)

Be Still Media Finalists (2021)

HitMaker Product Design Convention Second Place (2019)

Japanese Military Sexual Slavery Peace Convention Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Award (2015)

Events/Exhibitions

2023

Solo Exhibition: Small Voices
Peckham Levels, London, UK
Full Circle: 153° Show
UAL: Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
Imprit (of Time)
UAL: Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK

2022

Now, I am in love
Artroom Blue, Seoul, Korea
The Weather of Green
Hushed, Seoul, Korea
Everything Changes, But... Poster Exhibition
Singalong Fair, Seoul, Korea

Everything Changes, But... Publisher
Singalong Fair, Seoul, Korea
Book & Art Market
Artroom Blue, Seoul, Korea
Littlepress Self Published Book Fair
Littlepress at Coex, Seoul, Korea
Writer x Illustrator Collaboration Exhibition
Kenetid Flagship, Seoul, Korea

2021

Art in Hanok
LeeSoo Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Published Book

<Dear Someone> Stocked at...

ThePollack (Daegu, Korea)
Kenektid Bookstore (Seoul, Korea)
gggmolip (Seoul, Korea)