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[Offstage] Oh Seong Seok

We’re back with a new Offstage and this time we’re taking a look at make-up artist Oh Seong Seok whose talent is stunning, innovative and otherworldly.

Oh frequently collaborates with photographer Cho Gi-Seok who we’ve featured on The K M.E.A.L. before. Part of what made these images go viral is because of the make-up, which was created by Oh Seong Seok.

Oh Seong Seok decided to become a make-up artist at sixteen. And studied make-up at the MBC Makeupforever Academy in Seoul. According to an interview with Kinfolk: “I didn’t like the standardized aesthetics that I was asked to follow as a makeup artist. I didn’t think it was beautiful. On the other hand, people said that my work, which I felt was beautiful, was coarse and scary.”

Here are some of his works throughout the years.

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Most of his commercial work you can find on this page.

A writer with a slight coffee addiction and a tendency to find K-Indie gems in the YouTube rabbit hole.