Works in Show
To be Updated After the Opening Ceremony
Artist Biography
Park holds a BFA and MFA from the Elam School of Fine Arts, majoring in Painting (Hons), 2003. She has exhibited regularly at OREXART since her graduation and has participated in numerous group exhibitions and award finalist shows in New Zealand, Australia, and the USA. She was awarded the Michael Evans Award in 2015 and the Walker and Hall Premier Award in 2021.
Artist Statement
Korean-Kiwi artist Joon-Hee Park spent many hours as a child in her late father’s studio, watching him paint and playing with his collection of oddities and art materials. Surrealism is a strong influence in Park's work, which she considers a process of exploring and mapping her psyche. She draws from a variety of sources: memories of a childhood split between two cultures; favourite toys, traditional festivals, and Korean sweets; revisited dreams, memories, and events; and the bittersweet vagaries of adulthood. Amusing and lyrical, strange and poignant, Park’s surreal, dreamlike paintings invoke the sharp tang of memory.
Happy Sweet Day by Joon Hee Park
Joon Hee Park
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