Seungyeon Jo "Strike Against Myself"

Packed tight spaces, reshaped bodies, limbs that fill the pictorial space, and enigmatic apparatuses paired with surreal elements characterize the images and drawings of Seungyeon Jo (*1994, Seoul, South Korea). The starting point is her personal living radius, which in the works becomes a mirror of societal mechanisms, and which the artist sketches with an observant and empathetic eye. The focus is on the engagement with everyday experiences, cultural ruptures, and identity, which are constantly present for the artist as an Asian woman and migrant. In her narrative images, the artist opens up a multifaceted surreal panorama of joy, pain, and humorously absurd elements. Seungyeon Jo studied painting among others at the