ABOUT
Sena Kwon is an illustrator, senior designer at Arizent, and former art educator(Pratt Institute) in Brooklyn, NY.
She enjoys visual narrative, mainly using ink&graphite materials with the digital process, especially portraying international myths and religious parables and carrying a voice for feminism and diversity.
Her biggest inspiration comes from Sprint Prints (풍속화/춘화 Chunghwa or Shunga - pornographic images made in medieval times in East Asia), or romantic storytelling not only about love but also natural lights, clouds, cycles of seasons, and trivial things that make us happy.
Feel free to reach out for any inquiries or CV - kwonsenart@gmail.com
all rights reserved © Sena Kwon | 2024
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2024 Jesse H. Neal Awards - Best Art Direction/Design: Financial Planning (finalist), National Mortgage News (finalist)
2020 MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence - Special Format, Gold Medal
American Illustration & American Photography - Selected into Book
Creative Quarterly 54, 53, 52 (Illustration Winner), 46
American Illustration & American Photography - Selected into Archive
MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence - Single Image form
3x3 Illustration Annual No. 13 - Merit
IF International Design Awards - Discipline Packaging Winner; Hanger Paper bag | Hannover, Germany
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Upcoming - Salute! 9 Coaster Show | Nucleus Portland, OR
2023 Solo Show - ‘친애하는 자연에게 My dear Mother Nature’ | 갤러리 지지향 Gallery Jijihyang, 파주 Paju, South Korea
2021 ‘Wilderness II’ Group Show I Teagan White & Antler Gallery, &Hashimoto Contemporary’s gallery, NY 2021 MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence Online Exhibit | Society of Illustrators, New York, NY 2021 Red Envelope show | Chinese American Museum LA & DeKalb Market Hall, NY
2020 Good bye Corona 19 | Paju Typography Institute, Paju, South Korea 2020 Red Envelope show 2020 | Grumpy Bert, LA & NY 2020 Salute! 5 Coaster Show | Nucleus Portland, OR
2019 84th Annual National Exhibition | Cooperstown Art Association, NY 2019 Pop up show ‘CAMP’ | Gallery MC, New York, NY 2019 Juried Exhibition ‘Refreshing Feminism’ | Women made Gallery, Chicago, IL 2019 56th Annual Masur Juried Art Competition | Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA 2019 Solo Show - Gallery I found on my walk | Lamina Showcase, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2018 International Juried Exhibition ‘Transformation’ | Gallery MC, New York, NY 2018 13th Juried Exhibit | Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA 2018 Asian American Women Artists Associations Group show ‘Dear Mother’ | San Pablo Gallery, CA 2018 Oh My PMS! 2018 | Gallery Bomontiada, İstanbul, Turkey
2017 MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence Annual Exhibit | Society of Illustrators, New York, NY 2017 Oh My PMS! 2017 | Gallery Bina, İstanbul, Turkey