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Creators Profile
Wonjoo Park
South Korea
biography
I am a sculptor exploring the power of the vulnerable. I was featured as one of 100 Korean contemporary artists in <100.art.kr:Korean Contemporary Art Scene> published by Arts Council Korea in 2013.
I have been granted by the studio programs: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea; Swing Space Awards by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, US; Flax Art Studios, Northern Ireland; Sølyst Artist in Residence Center & VAK, Denmark.
Creator's Perspective
Sculpting came to me when I saw some piles of glass trash. I attended a residence program at Pilchuck Glass School, US. The useless leftover to go dump in the mornings was endlessly glittering under the fluorescent light. The discovery led me to make ‘a slightly crumpled picture-frame’ with uneven and irregularly slumped glass panes called
I am also fond of A4 copy paper (ISO216). I do the construction work
At Arts/Industry, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, I was presented in jest with a brass toy trophy made of defective products gathered from one of the factory workers as the first artist over achieving for my massive amount of work. I consider this to be one of my gems.
