The art museum is also going crazy for Korean Wave fever—Korean star Seo Dong-hoon joins Chu-Ming

In university, Seo Dong-hoon resolutely chose sculpture as his major—a dramatic shift that surprised his family. By his senior year, he won the Figurative Sculpture Award from South Korea’s MBC TV station, earning a prize of 10 million Korean won. But before achieving fame, Seo had a lesser-known struggle. There were days when his meals consisted only of plain rice with kimchi and a bit of makgeolli (rice wine). Driven by his passion for sculpture and his resilient character, he embraced even the toughest creative conditions without complaint, continuing to forge ahead on his artistic journey. Now an established artist, Seo still incorporates sports into his creative routine—whenever he faces a creative block, exercise becomes his go-to method for releasing stress.