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Jakyung Seo

Jakyung Seo

School of Theatre and Dance
Professor of Lighting Design
Campus:
Kent
Office Location:
B150-A Center for the Performing Arts
Contact Information
Email:
jseo1@kent.edu
Phone:
330-672-2055
Personal Website:
Jakyung Seo

Biography

As a professional lighting designer, Seo designed more than 100 productions. Seo’s work has been presented at Steppenwolf, Congo Square Theatre in Chicago, Cleveland Play House in Cleveland, Contemporary American Theatre Company in Ohio (CATCO) in Columbus, HEAR theatre in NY, and Lodestone Theatre in LA. Her international credits include Face at Edinburgh (UK), BINARI at Avignon Off Festival (France), Theatre Laboratory Elizabeth Czerczuk (France), Sibiu International Theatre Festival (Romania), Busan International Performing Arts Festival, and What We Want Is for Thrust Dance Company where she got awarded the best prize at the International Dance Festival in Saitama, Japan.

Currently, Seo is co-artistic director of Global Women Performing Arts Festival (GWPAF) (https://gwfeng.imweb.me/). The Global Women Performing Arts Festival focused on female artists and their voices. Internationally, she has taught lighting design workshops in Thailand, Singapore, and South Korea. Seo is a Professor of Lighting Design and a Coordinator of BFA and MFA design, Technology and Production at Kent State University.

As a scholar, Seo has presented more than 20 sessions at PQ Scenofest in Prague, United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) and Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) since 2004.

Internationally, she has taught lighting design workshops in Thailand, Singapore, and South Korea. Seo. Seo is a Professor of Lighting Design and the Coordinator of BFA and MFA Design, Technology and Production at Kent State University (KSU). Prior to joining the faculty at Kent State University she taught at University of Cincinnati, California State University at Fresno and University of Toledo.

Education

M.F.A., University of Illinois, Urbana

Documents

PDF icon Jakyung_C_Seo_CV_June_2017.pdf
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