Hideki Seo

was a Japanese-born French fashion designer and artist.

Biography Hideki Seo was born on 10 May 1974. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp after studying visual design at the Kyoto University of Art.

Seo worked as the assistant designer for Azzedine Alaïa in Paris as well as developing his career as an artist. His artworks have been shown in various museums throughout Europe and America in recent years.

Seo died on 21 March 2024,due to an undisclosed illness at the age of 49.

Exhibitions 2015 – Solo exhibition "ON MY WAY – HIDEKI SEO" projects+gallery (Saint-Louise, US)

2013 – "A queen within", World chess hall of fame (Saint-Louise, US) Launch of "A queen within" at Christie's New York "Rooms 27” ( Tokyo ) "50 years birthday of Antwerp fashion", at Mode museum (Antwerp) "ARRRGH!" Monsters in Fashion", Centraal Museum (Netherlands) "ARRRGH!" Monstres de Mode", La Gaîté Lyrique (Paris)

2012 – Solo exhibition "Hideki Seo", Galerie Papelart (Paris)

2011 – "ARRRGH! Monsters in Fashion" by Vasilis Zidianakis of ATOPOS at Benaki Museum (Athens)

2005 – Loveless (Tokyo) Rooms 10 (Tokyo) Labels inc. (Antwerp) Francis (Antwerp) Nieuwe Ontwerpers (Rotterdam) Side by Side in Laforet Harajuku (Tokyo)

2004 – Usage Externe deux, Collaboration with Kart Stallaert (Brussels)

Awards Laureate Prize of the magazine Week-end Knack Laureate Grand Prize of 'Perfume project IFF New York' Laureate Fashion week Brussels, Grand Prize by magazine Le Vif/L'Express

Publications HIDEKI SEO (, 2014)