Suji Park (born 1985) is a Korean-New Zealand ceramic sculptor and artist.
In 2015, she was Artist in Residence at McCahon House in
Auckland, New Zealand.
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. She studied at
Elam School of Fine Arts,
University of Auckland, graduating with a master's in fine arts in 2013.
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.
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.
It is also held in the collection of
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is the principal public gallery in Auckland, New Zealand. It has the most extensive collection of national and international art in New Zealand and frequently hosts travelling international exhibitions.
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. 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.
In 2016 Park published a book about her work, ''Original Unknown''.
References
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Living people
1985 births
Elam Art School alumni
South Korean emigrants to New Zealand
New Zealand people of Korean descent
New Zealand sculptors
New Zealand women artists
People from Seoul