Bio
Heesu Won (Seoul, Korea, 2001) is a self-taught artist who navigates the intersection of environmental concerns and experimental visual storytelling, with work that engages with stop-motion animation, filmmaking, and painting.
After Covid-19, in 2020, she directed the stop-motion short animation 'Summer Snow', which upcycles marine debris. Since 2021, she has had several solo exhibitions, namely Colors In Emotional Time at Seoul Artists' Platform_New&Young (Seoul, 2021), WATER at Peace Culture Bunker (Seoul, 2021), and COLORS AND RHYTHM at M Contemporary (Busan, 2022), When Feelings Cross the Sea of Color at Sungkyun Gallery (Seoul, 2023), expanding her work to include painting.
Heesu Won also participated in various group exhibitions, including Mutualism at CN Gallery (Seoul, 2023), Animation Screening at Seoul Media Art Canvas (Seoul, 2022), Goodbye Summer, Good Luck Fall at A&M Gallery (Seoul, 2022), Fresh Buns at ANDTREE Gallery (Seoul, 2022), Looking Into at TYA Gallery (Seoul, 2022), and Video Screening at Seoul Media Art Canvas (Seoul, 2021).
Among her awards are the Ford Korea & Korea Green Foundation Sponsorship Program Award in 2020, the Excellence Award for the KTV Video Awards in 2020, the Grand Prize for the KTV Video Awards in 2021, and the Top 20 Artist Selection for the Glyndebourne Tour Art Competition in 2021.
CV
Solo Exhibition
2023 When feelings cross the sea of color (성균갤러리)
2022 COLORS AND RHYTHM (M Contemporary Busan)
2021 초대전 'Fairytale in the Middle of the Night' (2F SEOUL)
3rd Solo Exhibition 'WATER' (평화문화진지)
2nd Solo Exhibition 'Colors In Emotional Time' (청년예술청)
1st Solo Exhibition 'Music On Canvas' (충남도서관)
Group Exhibition
2023 <Mutualism> (CN Gallery)
TYA 갤러리 서촌 기획전 ≪ Thank You All ≫ (TYA 서촌)
서울로미디어캔버스 3회 전시 시민영상전 (서울로미디어캔버스)
Goodbye summer, Good luck fall (A&M Gallery)
서울로미디어캔버스 2회 전시 시민영상전 (서울로미디어캔버스)
ANDTREE GALLERY 개관전 (ANDTREE GALLERY)
TYA 갤러리 서촌 20인 기획전 '들여다보다' (TYA 서촌)
2021 서울로미디어캔버스 4회 전시 시민영상전 (서울로미디어캔버스)
작품소장
개인 컬렉터 소장
수록
2022 교학사 초등 사회 교과서 수록 (영상 '국토에게(The letter to our land)')
Awards
2023 국제해양영화제 공식 상영작 초청 '여름눈(Summer Snow)'
2022 서울로미디어캔버스 애니메이션 공모 선정 '바다별(Star of the Sea)'
서울국제어린이영화제 공식 상영작 초청 '여름눈(Summer Snow)'
2021 Glyndebourne Tour Art Competition Top 20 Artist Selected
KTV 국민영상제 최우수상 '여름눈(Summer Snow)'
2020 KTV 국민영상제 우수상 '국토에게(The letter to our land)'
포드코리아X환경재단 환경후원 프로그램 예술 부문 선정
해양폐기물 업사이클링 스톱모션 단편 '여름눈(Summer Snow)' 제작
국토연구원 영상공모전 대상
2017 BBS 불교방송 영상공모전 심사위원 특별상
한옥엑스포 한옥영상공모전 대상
Art Fair
2023 PLAS 조형아트서울 호텔아트쇼 (JW 메리어트 서울)
2022 BAMA 부산국제호텔아트페어 (그랜드조선 부산)
Art Jeju 아트제주 (롯데 호텔 제주)
Asia Hotel Art Fair 아시아호텔아트페어 (파크하얏트 부산)
2021 예술의전당 7월 5부 청년미술상점 운영 (예술의전당 한가람미술관)
Eulji Artfair 을지아트페어 (을지트윈타워)
Education
2020 성균관대학교 소프트웨어융합대학 컬처앤테크놀로지융합전공 재학