SEOSY is an artist whose art engages with eastern philosophical discourses on the nature of existence. A central theme of SEOSY's work is the Buddhist concept of emptiness (Śūnyatā in Sanskrit; 空 in classical Chinese). Buddhism understands all things to be empty in that they lack intrinsic nature or existence; they are instead dependently originated, meaning that the existence of each thing is dependent on the existence of all other things. In this light, the strikingly textured paintings by SEOSY are aesthetic demonstrations of emptiness. A SEOSY painting is empty in that it is not a depiction or representation of any one thing or idea. Rather, it being art comes from the manifold ridges and cracks that arise from the way that the thick mulberry paper has been shaped and formed before being painted with gold leaf; the dendritic patterns that spread out in a labyrinthine manner—folding in and out of themselves seemingly chaotically— provide a visual parallel to the the dense web of interconnections upon which all existence depends. SEOSY's art thus echoes the famous line from the Heart Sutra, "emptiness is form, form is emptiness." SEOSY is an anonymous artist whose alias is a stylized reading of the Chinese characters 世悟示 which can be read as “revealing enlightenment to the world.”

SEOSY lives and works in Los Angeles and Seoul. SEOSY has received not only a BFA and MFA, but also a PhD in historical materials and techniques.