Sui Park

Sui Park is a New York based artist born in Seoul, Korea. Her work involves creating 3-dimensional organic forms and biomorphic ambiance that are static yet dynamic, illusionary and mystical. Park had several solo exhibitions and public art projects including Weaving Colors into Cosmos at Sapar Contemporary in 2023 and City Ecology at Bella Abzug Park in New York City in 2024. She recently exhibited at Socle du Monde Art Festival at the Herning Museum of Contemporary Art in Herning, Denmark in 2024. Park’s artwork has been acquired by many places including Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in Oregon and TAMAT Museum of Tapestries and Textile Arts of The Wallonaia-Brussels Federation in Tournai, Belgium. Her work were published and mentioned in the New York Times, Artribune, Washington Post, Hyperallergic, Artnet, Vice and Colossal and many more.

Sui Park’s education includes MDes in Interior Architecture at Rhode Island School of Design and BFA in Environmental Design at Maryland Institute College of Art. Sui Park also has MFA and BFA in Fiber Arts at Ewha Woman's University, Seoul, Korea.

“My work involves creating 3-dimensional organic forms in generic and biomorphic shapes” said Sui Park. “Through these forms, I attempt to express seemingly static yet dynamic characteristics of our evolving lives. While they resemble transitions and transformations of nature, the forms are to capture subtle but continuous changes in our emotions, sentiments, memories, and expectations.”

”I weave and connect traces and tracks of the subtle changes in organic forms. The organic forms are made with mass-produced industrial materials, in particular, Monofilament and Cable Ties. They are non–durable, disposable, trivial, inexpensive and easily consumed materials. But, when I weave and connect them, transform them into organic visualizations; I want them to be creating lasting moments, evoking and encapsulating our precious invaluable thoughts.”

“I often find these moments in nature. Nature allows me to pause and find things that have been overlooked and are inspiring. It provides me with rooms to find breakthroughs and answers, and gives me time to ponder into thoughts. Through my work, I want to bring to our attention the moments that nature allows us to find and look forward. I present nature in abstract porous ways so that they can be filled with our moments.”

Solo Exhibitions:
2023 Public Outdoor Solo Exhibition, City Ecology, Bella Abzug Park, New York, NY
2023 Solo Exhibition, Weaving Colors into Cosmos, Sapar Contemporary, New York, NY
2023 Solo Exhibition, A Kaleidoscope of Lines/ Forms/ Patterns, Materials For the Arts, Long Island City, Queens, NY
2022 Solo Exhibition, Gift Box, Garage Art Center, Bayside, Queens, NY
2022 Solo exhibition, Floating Imagery, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA
2019 Public Art Project, The 6th Edition Georgetown GLOW, Pompom, Georgetown, Washington D.C.
2018 Public Outdoor Solo Exhibition, Floating Imagery, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
2016 Solo Exhibition, Playing with Perception, Denise Bibro Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY 
2016 Solo Exhibition, Garden of Humans, Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY

Group Exhibitions:
2024 Socle du Monde Art Festival, Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark
2024 Collection, Musée de la Tapisserie, Tournai, Belgium
2024 Femina Creativa, Queens College Art Center, Flushing, NY
2024 Matters through Matter, Al Balad, Jeddah Historical District, Saudi Aribia
2023 Process and Delight, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
2023 RE:STORE, Mad Berry Farm, Seoul, Korea
2023 Wavelength, Chengdo Times Art Museum, Chengdo, China
2023 Geometry in Textile Art, Saxon Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2023 Asia - Europe 5, Deutsches Textilmuseum Krefeld, Germany
2023 다시, 자연에게 보내는 편지 ,문화역 서울 284, 서울, 한국
2023 Wavelength, Beijing Times Art Museum, Beijing, China
2022 Asia - Europe 5, Dronninglund Kunstcenter, Dronninglund, Denmark
2022 From Lausanne to Beijing, International Fiber Art Biennale, Yunnan Museum, Guangfu, China
2022 한여름 밤의 꿈, Lotte Gallery, Lotte Department Store, Incheon, Korea
2022 FLORA | FAUNA | FIBER, Mary M. Torggler Fine Art Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA
2022 다르게 조금 더 가깝게 (Differently, little more closely), 의정부 미술 도서관, 의정부
2022 Asia - Europe 5, Musée de la Tapisserie, Tournai, Belgium
2022 Asia - Europe 5, La Manufacture, Roubaix, France

Awards:
2021 Selected as a commissioned artist for Site-Responsive Art Biennale, I-Park Foundation, East Haddam, CT
2018 Excellent Award, The 5th Textile Art of Today, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Slovak Republic
2017 Award of Excellence, Juried Exhibition ‘All Things Considered 9: Basketry in the 21st Century,’ The American Art Company, Tacoma, WA
2015 Honorable mention, Juried Exhibition ‘Line Describing a Cone,’ Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2015 NICHE Awards Professional Winner in Basketry Category, Baltimore, MD
2014 Full Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2005 섬유부문, 동상, 제 4회 청주국제공예비엔날레, 청주, 한국

Education:
2013 MDes Interior Architecture at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 
2011 BFA Environmental Design at Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 
2002 MFA in Fiber Arts, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
1999 BFA in Fiber Arts, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

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수이 박은 한국 서울에서 태어난 뉴욕 거주 예술가입니다. 그녀의 작업은 정적인 동시에 역동적이고 환상적이며 신비로운 3차원 유기적 형태와 생물학적 분위기를 만드는 것입니다. 박은 2023년 Sapar Contemporary에서 열린 Weaving Colors into Cosmos와 2024년 뉴욕시 Bella Abzug Park에서 열린 City Ecology를 포함하여 여러 개인전과 공공 미술 프로젝트를 가졌습니다. 그녀는 최근 2024년 덴마크 헤르닝에 있는 헤르닝 현대 미술관에서 열린 Socle du Monde Art Festival에 출품했습니다. 박의 작품은 오리건의 Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art와 벨기에 투르네에 있는 The Wallonaia-Brussels Federation의 Tapestries and Textile Arts of TAMAT Museum of Tapestries and Textile Arts를 포함한 여러 곳에서 수집되었습니다. 그녀의 작품은 New York Times, Artribune, Washington Post, Hyperallergic, Artnet, Vice and Colossal 등 여러 곳에 게재되고 언급되었습니다.

수이 박의 교육에는 로드 아일랜드 디자인 스쿨에서 실내 건축학 석사 학위와 메릴랜드 예술 대학에서 환경 디자인학 학사 학위가 포함됩니다. 수이 박은 또한 한국 서울에 있는 이화여자대학교에서 섬유 예술학 석사 학위와 학사 학위를 취득했습니다.

수이 박은 "저의 작업은 일반적이고 생물학적인 모양으로 3차원 유기적 형태를 만드는 것입니다."라고 말했습니다. "이러한 형태를 통해 저는 우리의 진화하는 삶의 겉보기에 정적인 동시에 역동적인 특성을 표현하려고 시도합니다. 자연의 전환과 변형을 닮았지만, 형태는 우리의 감정, 정서, 기억, 기대의 미묘하지만 지속적인 변화를 포착합니다." "저는 유기적 형태의 미묘한 변화의 흔적과 트랙을 짜고 연결합니다. 유기적 형태는 대량 생산된 산업 소재, 특히 모노필라멘트와 케이블 타이로 만들어집니다. 그것들은 내구성이 없고, 일회용이며, 사소하고, 저렴하며, 쉽게 소비되는 소재입니다. 하지만 제가 그것들을 짜고 연결할 때, 그것들을 유기적 시각화로 변환합니다. 저는 그것들이 지속적인 순간을 만들고, 우리의 소중하고 귀중한 생각을 불러일으키고 캡슐화하기를 바랍니다."

"저는 종종 자연에서 이런 순간을 찾습니다. 자연은 제가 잠시 멈추어 간과했던 것과 영감을 주는 것을 찾게 해줍니다. 돌파구와 답을 찾을 수 있는 공간을 제공하고, 생각을 숙고할 시간을 줍니다. 저는 제 작업을 통해 자연이 우리에게 찾고 기대하게 하는 순간을 우리의 주의를 끌기를 원합니다. 저는 자연을 추상적이고 다공성인 방식으로 표현하여 우리의 순간으로 채울 수 있도록 합니다."

개인전: 
2023 공공 실외 개인전, City Ecology, Bella Abzug Park, New York, NY 2023 개인전, Weaving Colors into Cosmos, Sapar Contemporary, New York, NY 
2023 개인전, A Kaleidoscope of Lines/Forms/Patterns, Materials For the Arts, Long Island City, Queens, NY 
2022 개인전, Gift Box, Garage Art Center, Bayside, Queens, NY 
2022 개인전, Floating Imagery, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA 
2019 공공 미술 프로젝트, The 6th Edition Georgetown GLOW, Pompom, Georgetown, Washington D.C. 
2018 공공 실외 개인전, Floating Imagery, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY 
2016 개인전, Playing with Perception, Denise Bibro Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY 
2016 개인전, Garden of Humans Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY

그룹 전시: 
2024 Socle du Monde Art Festival, Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark
2024 Collection, Musée de la Tapisserie, Tournai, Belgium
2024 Femina Creativa, Queens College Art Center, Flushing, NY
2024 Matters through Matter, Al Balad, Jeddah Historical District, Saudi Aribia
2023 Process and Delight, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
2023 RE:STORE, Mad Berry Farm, Seoul, Korea
2023 Wavelength, Chengdo Times Art Museum, Chengdo, China
2023 Geometry in Textile Art, Saxon Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2023 Asia - Europe 5, Deutsches Textilmuseum Krefeld, Germany
2023 다시, 자연에게 보내는 편지, 문화역 서울 284, 서울, 한국
2023 Wavelength, Beijing Times Art Museum, 베이징, 중국
2022 Asia - Europe 5, Dronninglund Kunstcenter, Dronninglund, 덴마크
2022 From Lausanne to Beijing, 국제섬유미술비엔날레, 운남박물관, 광푸, 중국
2022 한여름 밤의 꿈, 롯데갤러리, 롯데백화점, 인천, 한국
2022 FLORA | 동물군 | FIBER, Mary M. Torggler Fine Art Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA
2022 다르게 조금 더 유사한 (Differently, little more closer), 의정부 미술 도서관, 의정부
2022 Asia - Europe 5, Musée de la Tapisserie, Tournai, Belgium
2022 Asia - Europe 5, La Manufacture, Roubaix, France

수상:
2021 Site-Responsive Art Biennale의 위탁 작가로 선정, I-Park Foundation, East Haddam, CT
2018 Excellent Award, The 5th Textile Art of Today, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Slovak Republic
2017 Award of Excellence, 심사전 ‘All Things Considered 9: Basketry in the 21st Century’, The American Art Company, Tacoma, WA
2015 Honorable mention, 심사전 ‘Line Describing a Cone’, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY2015 NICHE Awards Professional Winner in Basketry Category, Baltimore, MD
2014 Full Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2005 식물 부분, 동상, 제 4회 청주국제공예비엔날레, 청주, 한국 

교육:
2013 MDes Interior Architecture at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 
2011 BFA Environmental Design at Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 
2002 이화여자대학교 섬유예술 석사 
1999 이화여자대학교 섬유예술 학사, 서울