Suji Park

Suji Park (born 1985) is a Korean-New Zealand ceramic sculptor and artist.[1][2][3] In 2015, she was Artist in Residence at McCahon House in Auckland, New Zealand.[1][4]

Park was born in Seoul, Korea, and moved to New Zealand with her family when she was 12 years old. The family settled in Auckland and she attended St Cuthbert's College.[2][5] She studied at Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, graduating with a master's in fine arts in 2013.[1] Many of Park's pieces are of distorted human forms, although vessels and abstract objects are also produced. Some of her art works are created in metal but appear to be ceramic, or are ceramic with a metallic glaze.[6]

Park's work has been exhibited in solo shows at galleries in Auckland and Dunedin, the Dowse Art Museum, Waitakere Contemporary Gallery and at the Sculpture on the Gulf exhibition on Waiheke Island.[2][6][7][8][9][10] It is also held in the collection of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.[11] In addition to presenting solo exhibitions, Park has collaborated with photographers and performance artists, such as for a 2016 show in Auckland, 647nM, with Zahra Killeen-Chance and Solomon Mortimer.[12]

In 2016 Park published a book about her work, Original Unknown.[13][14][15]

  1. ^ a b c "Suji Park". McCahon House. 2015. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Suji Park Looking back and looking forward". Art Collector. No. 74. October–December 2015. ISSN 1328-9586. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Suji Park | The First Kite". Artists Alliance. March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  4. ^ "After hours talk: Suji Park in conversation with Sue Gardiner". Auckland Art Gallery. 19 November 2015. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  5. ^ Hacking, Lily (2011). "Rebellious Friends". Art Zone. No. 40. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  6. ^ a b Dignan, James (3 July 2014). "Art seen: July 3". Otago Daily Times. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  7. ^ Tonga, Ane (15 January 2013). "Meet Miss Suji Park". Dowse Art Museum. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Suji Park - Garde, 2015". Sculpture on the Gulf. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  9. ^ Hurrell, John (24 February 2014). "Suji Park's Chunky, Elongated Aggregate Sculpture". Eye Contact magazine. Archived from the original on 6 January 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Five by Five: New Conversations with Clay". Te Uru. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Suji Park". Auckland Art Gallery. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Zahra Killeen-Chance, Solomon Mortimer, Suji Park - 647nM". Bowerbank Ninow. 2016. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Suji Park - ooO0oO0o0Oo o o". The Big Idea. 3 December 2016. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  14. ^ Anthony, Ivan (1 February 2017). "oo0O0oo0O0oo0O0oo | Suji Park". Artists Alliance. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  15. ^ Park, Suji (2016). Bowerbank, Simon (ed.). Original Unknown. Auckland: BN Books. ISBN 9780473375416. OCLC 978282224.