She discusses that in Korea, women are pressured to be submissive and demure but in America she is encouraged to be expressive, particularly as an artist. She also finds that her pieces, while still made with Korean artistic techniques, are having more and more American influences. As the effects of Americanization become more salient and her world becomes more of a melting pot, she is forced to reckon with the dissonance that comes with merging multiple established identities.

A contemporary of Wangechi Mutu, Lin Tianmiao and Tania Brugeera she is working in the ethno-futurism aesthetic. Her work features startling hybrid figures and otherworldly images that evoke the idea of breaking free from a life of servitude. In her current body of work, she is using video and installation art to address ideas like intruders, torture and subjugation. Problems that women face in Korea like footbinding, misogyny, and sexist gender roles manifest in Seongmin’s surrealistic figures being shackled, attacked, and, ultimately, liberated. Provocative, powerful, and profound, Seongmin Yoo is considered one of the most important conceptual installation artists of our time.