I’m Hyeonkyeong Heo, an illustrator and artist based in South Korea.
I draw from people, places, and feelings understood a moment later. Working across drawing, painting, illustration, books, and moving image, I collect fragments from everyday life and reshape them through observation, editing, and sequencing.
Alongside commissioned projects, I develop personal projects that extend drawing into images, narratives, and artist books.
︎ @hyeonkyeongheo
I draw from people, places, and feelings understood a moment later. Working across drawing, painting, illustration, books, and moving image, I collect fragments from everyday life and reshape them through observation, editing, and sequencing.
Alongside commissioned projects, I develop personal projects that extend drawing into images, narratives, and artist books.
Contact
︎ hyeonkyeongheo@gmail.com︎ @hyeonkyeongheo
RESIDENCIES & GRANTS
2026 Gyeonggi Arts Activity Artist Creative Support Program Grant, South Korea
2025 Art for Lab Residency Program, Artist-in-Residence, South Korea
AWARDS & FESTIVALS
2026 Shortlisted, World Illustration Awards (AOI), UK
2026 Longlisted, Jackson's Art Prize, UK
2025 Winner, Mobile Film Festival (The Paper)
2025 Winner, Wanju Children's Rights Film Festival (The Paper)
2025 Official Selection, 38th Girona Film Festival (The Paper)
2025 Official Selection, International Subway Film Festival (The Paper)
2025 Official Selection, Chania Film Festival (The Paper)
2025 Official Selection, Festival Internazionale Nebrodi Cinema Doc (The Paper)
2023 Finalist, 4th Busan Illustrator Fair Poster Design, South Korea
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Youth Flow in Seoul, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul
2025 2nd Korea Print Art Trading Fair, db print studio, Seoul
2025 Small Art Shop, Becoming Gallery, Seoul
2024 B.F.A. Degree Exhibition, Hongik University, Seoul
EDUCATION
2025 B.F.A. in Visual Design, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea