About

박재은__Jae Eun Park

Jae Eun Park is a visual artist from Seoul, South Korea. A drive to visualize the abstract nature of relationships and emotion define the work of Jae Eun Park. Her main tools for art making are, but not limited to, printmaking, sculpture and drawing. She received masters degree at Tyler School of art in Philadelphia and BFA from Hong-Ik University in Seoul with a concentration in printmaking and a minor in industrial art. In recent years, Jae Eun Park has participated in numerous exhibitions and art festivals in Seoul, Rome and Philadelphia. She was awarded the 2nd prize in competition for emerging artists granted by Korean Contemporary Printmakers Association in 2016. In 2019, she received the Project Completion Grant from Tyler School of Art.

   "I am interested in human behaviors and emotions. To be honest, I am interested in expressing my emotions that are provoked by internal/external circumstances. In order to visualize abstract concepts, I often use figure and their gesture. For example, depiction of senses and hands in action are used as metaphors to describe abstract concepts like the passing of rumor and knowledge, desire, greed, craving, attachment, and discrimination. Making art to me is like how children pretend play. Both involve thinking in many different perspectives and imagination. Power distribution in our world is what drew me to make the 24 series of monotypes about the relation and tension between so-called powered ones and less powered ones. Though this power can be interpreted as existing outside of oneself such as power dynamics in our society, I think of them as something that may be existing inside oneself. An example would be how certain emotions and thoughts can overpower others. I often imagine about imaginary beings in my body that formed a miniature version of society inside me. My works contains an observation of my emotions and my experiences living in society, both as one of many people and one unique being. "

Education
2009-2012 Sunhwa Arts High school, South Korea(Fine Art)
2012-2017 Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea (BFA, Printmaking)
2015 SUNY, New Paltz (Study Abroad)
2017-2018 Temple Rome Campus (MFA, Printmaking)
2018-2019 Temple University_Tyler school of Art (MFA, Printmaking)

Exhibitions
707 Plate group exhibition, Seoul, South Korea (June.2014)
2014 ASYAAF (Asian Students and Young Artists Art Festival)(@Culture Station Seoul 284), Seoul ( July.2014 ) asyaaf.chosun.com/
2014 Korean contemporary printmakers association annual competition exhibition(@SeMA) Seoul ( Oct.2014 ) www.koreanprints.co.kr/
16th Danwon Art Festival (@Danwon Art Museum), Seoul ( Oct. 2014 ) danwon.ansanart.com/w/danwon.asp
Conversation,Printmakers(@SeMA(Gyeonghuigung of Seoul Museum of Art), Seoul ( June, 2016 ) www.koreanprints.co.kr/
2016 ASYAAF (@Dongdaemun Design Plaza,DDP), Seoul ( July, 2016 ) asyaaf.chosun.com/
BFA Thesis Show (@HOMA(Hongik Museum of Art)), Seoul ( Nov.2016 ) homa.hongik.ac.kr/
Barriera Group Show(@Temple Rome), Rome (Apr.2018)
  Festa di Roma Group Show(@Stella Elkins Tyler), PA (Sep.2018)
MFA, Thesis Show (@ Temple Contemporary), PA (March, 2019) tyler.temple.edu/student-work/jae-eun-park-2019
Art in B & W (3 Square Art), CO (May, 2019) www.3square-art.com
First Edition:2019 (@University of the Arts), PA (May,2019)
Quarter Sheet Challenge, Artist of January 2020, PA (Jan,2020)
In Transit_SGC International Annual Conference Pop-up Exhibition, Puerto Rico (Apr.2020)-Cancelled
  The World on Paper(The John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art, University of Nevada,Reno), NV(Aug.2021)

Others
36th Korean contemporary printmakers association Emerging artist competition - (2nd Prize Winner)(이상욱상)
Print Think Conference 2018 (Temple Rome Campus), Rome (May.2018)
POST(Philadelphia Open Studio Tours)2018, PA (Oct.2018)
First Edition:2019 (@University of the Arts), PA (May,2019) - (Juror's Award)

Language
Korean, English