Meet Seo, Our Signature Artist
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Born Seo Soo Kyoung in South Korea, Berlin-based artist SEO explores her two cultural identities through exceptionally detailed mixed-media canvases. Her journey started in 2001 at Universität der Künste (University of the Arts), where she studied under contemporary icon George Baselitz (Signature Artist of art’otel Berlin Mitte). Since then, she’s risen the ranks to become a crucial figure of German art in her own right. Her colourful pieces feature 10,000 strips of handmade Hanji paper, acrylic paint and detailed line work to draw the eye.
From Berlin to Seoul to New York, you can find SEO’s work in art galleries around the world. But you don’t need to go far – there are more than 300 of her works on display here at art’otel Cologne. Rich in colour and detail, these are the kinds of paintings that draw you in, that you can get lost in and see something different with every glance. It’s our very own art gallery in Cologne and it comes free of charge (as do our daily art tours) for everyone who visits.