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Soi Park ( 한국어: 박소영 born 1977 ) is a South Korean artist working with large-format photography.

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Park earned her B.A majored in Visual Communication Design from Ewha Womans University. After several years of working as a junior art director at advertising agency in Seoul, Park moved to the U.S studied photography at State University of New York at Purchase. She received her Master of Fine Arts from Yale University School of Art in 2011.

Career

Park's work has appeared in The New Yorker,[1] was included in the 2011 Art Chicago NEXT[2]- New Insight is curated by Susanne Ghez, director of the Renaissance Society. Her preference to photograph in human migration began while she was still at Yale, when she placed street advertisements phrase,“Buscar Trabajo".This work culminated in the monograph “Dear Home” which was exhibited at the CUE Art Foundation.[3] For her recent series, she explores her surroundings in Korea Town. Park would photograph Korean communities in Los Angeles and New York City which named after the towns in South Korea, then revisited original site.[4][5]

Exhibitions

  • 2014 Faculty Biennial curated by Heidi Leitzke Main Gallery, Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA
  • 2013 Photographic Being curated by Orestes Gonzalez Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, New York
  • 2013 CUE Art Foundation 10th Anniversary Benefit and Art Auction, Tribeca Rooftop, New York, New York
  • 2013 Soi Park : Dear Home curated by An-My Lê CUE Art Foundation, New York, New York ( Solo Exhibition )
  • 2011 Yale Photo MFA 2011 curated by John Pilson Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, New York[6]
  • 2011 Chain Letter curated by Camilo Alvarez Samsøn Project, Boston, Massachusetts[7]
  • 2011 MFA Thesis Show Green Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
  • 2011 Art Chicago and NEXT_New Insight 2011 curated by Susanne Ghez The Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, Illinois
  • 2010 Soi Park : Where Are We Going? curated by Anthony Moir Aisling Gallery at THE STUDY, New Haven, Connecticut ( Solo Exhibition )
  • 2010 SPECTRA 2010 curated by Brain Paul Clamp Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut
  • 2010 Group show 37- TASCHEN curated by Jon Feinstein Humble Arts Foundation, New York, New York[8]
  • 2008 13th Annual Juried Photography Show curated by Charles H. Traub, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY

Awards

Park awarded the Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship in 2011.[9]

References

  1. ^ http://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/soi-park
  2. ^ http://renaissancesociety.tumblr.com/page/23
  3. ^ http://cueartfoundation.org/soi-park/
  4. ^ http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=3352793
  5. ^ http://www.koreatimes.com/article/920154
  6. ^ http://nicoleklagsbrun.com/exhibitions/past/2011
  7. ^ http://www.samsonprojects.com/past/item/153-chain-letter
  8. ^ http://humbleartsfoundation.org/exhibitions/groupshow/group-show-37/group-show-37-images/
  9. ^ http://www.yale.edu/printer/bulletin/archivepdffiles/Art/Art_2012-2013.pdf
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