Seongmin Yoo Exhibition 8/7-9/2 "Bondage to Freedom" Seongmin Yoo is a Korean- born conceptual and installation artist that now lives in America. Known for her inventive use of space and materials, her body of work involves collage, painting, video, performance, and installation. Seongmin often utilizes traditional Korean techniques that her mother taught her. Seongmin says she owes most of her success to the decades of experience and extensive knowledge gifted to her by her mentors. Seongmin's work deals with both her personal struggles and political struggles. A contemporary of Wangechi Mutu, Lin Tianmiao and Tania Brugeera she is working in the ethno-futurism aesthetic. Her work features startling hybrid figures and otherworldly images that evoke the idea of breaking free from a life of servitude. In her current body of work, she is using video and installation art to address ideas like intruders, torture and subjugation. Problems that women face in Korea like footbinding, misogyny, and sexist gender roles manifest in Seongmin's surrealistic figures being shackled, attacked, and, ultimately, liberated. Provocative, powerful, and profound, Seongmin Yoo is considered one of the most important conceptual installation artists of our time. Contact Us At: https://www.natsoula s.com