Seulbin Roh(1996)
Seulbin Roh’s artistic curiosity began when she faced a dilemma about her vulnerability. The question that it began with was, “Why am I fascinated by dynamic shapes and vivid colours?” The dilemma was closely related to her multicultural background. Moving to different countries as a child, she has always found herself a bit in-between. Missing the advantage of using her surroundings as a way to generate a sense of belonging for herself, she found a great tool to substantiate this quest for self-determination through making art.
She is fascinated by the abstraction of nature. It possesses all the qualities that she desires: patterns, colours, odd shapes and sound. By investigating nature and the nature of things, she focuses on strong and evocative shapes of flora and fauna she takes from self-made photographs, and which she turns both into ceramics and installation.
She has developed a strong interest in human right and psychological health which is rampant in our society and everyday life. She addresses more psychological issues and racial discrimination related to depression, spiritual insecurity, and emotional vulnerability, using strong colour tones, complex patterns and sound work that have a resemblance to nature. She often feels a desire to have an emotional connection with people, which dissolves the barriers between the work and the viewers. Most of the time, the general concept behind her work and the starting point are based on these processes.
While installation is her primary medium of choice, she is also particularly interested in the textures of her work, using ceramics and sound to bring everything together. Throughout the therapeutic approach of her works, expression takes the centre stage over figuration as she continues to build a dynamic, spatial world for herself and her audience to find a place in.
She is fascinated by the abstraction of nature. It possesses all the qualities that she desires: patterns, colours, odd shapes and sound. By investigating nature and the nature of things, she focuses on strong and evocative shapes of flora and fauna she takes from self-made photographs, and which she turns both into ceramics and installation.
She has developed a strong interest in human right and psychological health which is rampant in our society and everyday life. She addresses more psychological issues and racial discrimination related to depression, spiritual insecurity, and emotional vulnerability, using strong colour tones, complex patterns and sound work that have a resemblance to nature. She often feels a desire to have an emotional connection with people, which dissolves the barriers between the work and the viewers. Most of the time, the general concept behind her work and the starting point are based on these processes.
While installation is her primary medium of choice, she is also particularly interested in the textures of her work, using ceramics and sound to bring everything together. Throughout the therapeutic approach of her works, expression takes the centre stage over figuration as she continues to build a dynamic, spatial world for herself and her audience to find a place in.
Education
2021 sep – Sandberg Instituut, Gerrit Rietveld Academie – Master of Dirty Art Department
2016 – 2020 – HKU University of the Arts Utrecht – Bachelor of Fine Arts
2018 – 2019 – Beaux-arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire, Radio DAM – Erasmus Program
2011 – 2012 – Daejeon Arts High school, Design Department
*UPCOMING*
Jan, 2023 - Intermission - Door open space, Amsterdam, NL
Publication - To Live As An Asian Woman – Onomatopee, Eindhoven, NL
Sandberg Graduation Show - Amsterdam, NL
Selected Solo Exhibition
Apr, 2022 – Disconnectedness, Exbunker, Utrecht
Group Exhibition
Oct, 2022 - Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
Mar, 2022 – (OFF Lab, Visual Arts) New moralities – Opera Forward Festival, De Nationale Opera, Amsterdam
Dec, 2021 – Sandberg, Green space – organised by Filmhuis Cavia and Touch Touch( Carolin and Theo) – Amsterdam, NL
Nov, 2021 – Never Together Forever And Ever – OT301 – Amsterdam, NL
May, 2021 – Nieuwe Liefde 21 – Kunstlifde – Utrecht, NL
Apr, 2021 – Ontmoetingshanden – Utrecht, NL
Mar, 2021 – All Inn – Het Hem, Zaandam, NL
Sep, 2020 – HKU Graduation exposition – Galerie De Pastoe Fabriek, Utrecht, NL
Nov, 2019 – Lee Mini Who – De Havenloods, Utrecht, NL
Mar, 2019 – Tuub, Crowded – Galerie De Pastoe Fabriek, Utrecht, NL
Aug, 2018 – Museum of Huis Doorn – Doorn
Aug, 2015 – Green Pigment – IGong Gallery
Jan, 2015 – Neo Art Sumer 2 – MBC M Gallery, Daejeon
Nov, 2014 – Neo Art Sumer 1 – Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall
Grant/Funding
Oct, 2022 - Stuenfonds Pictoright
Artistic activity
ARTIST MEMBER
Mar 2021 – now – Art gallery Kunstlifde – Utrecht, NL
ARTIST VISA
Mar 2021 – now
Assistant
Jun, 2019 – Midzomer festival – Utrecht, NL
2018 – 2019 – Beaux-arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire – Nantes, France
2017 – 2018 – Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten – Amsterdam, NL
Publications
UPCOMING
Dec, 2021 – To Live As An Asian Woman – Onomatopee, Eindhoven, NL
PAST
Mar, 2021 – INN(with Atelier Brenda and Rob Stolk)
Sep, 2020 – 2020 (with Koen Taselaar)
Jul, 2020 – BK-informatie
Certificate
2014 – Colour Clay Instructor Qualification Level 1 – Colour Clay Cultural Arts Association