SEUNGMO PARK
Seungmo Park, a mid-career Korean artist, hand-crafts and cuts elaborate layers of wire mesh to create hyperreal scenes through a mirage of visual perception. This particular body of work is called “Maya” and alludes to its Sanskrit meaning “Illusion”. This implies that “in truth, there is nothing” or just an illusion. In this body of work, the artist painstakingly recreates photographs into holographic wire sculptures with ethereal results. His aim is to construct scenes that transcend existence. The artist enacts a way of seeing beyond what is real and visible. Each piece is several inches thick and each plane that forms the final image is spaced a few finger widths apart, giving the portraits a depth and dimensionality that is difficult to convey in a photograph. In real life, they have an overwhelming presence and are hauntingly evocative – as if caught in between reality and a parallel universe. The dynamics in perception reflect the artist´s conviction that there
is no essence to be captured. Other works, such as “Ego” and “Heo”, show life size human figures and music instruments. Their skin is made out of thin aluminium wire, creating a pattern of waving, parallel lines that reflect the light, again alluding to the emptiness underneath the surface of ego.
Park lives and works in New York City. He has a BFA in Sculpture from the Dong-A University in Busan. He has exhibited in many countries, in galleries and institutions. His works are part of important collections such as Ali Koç Collection and Polimeks.
Ego
aluminium wire, fiberglass, lifecasting, 2012
maya1141
191×9.5x214cm, stainless steel mesh, , 2016
maya1512
200.5 x 10 x 33.5cm, stainless steel mesh, 2016
maya7655
90 x 47 x 285cm, stainless steel mesh, 2013
Grand-Piano
180 x 180 x 151 cm, aluminium wire, fibreglass, lifecasting, 2004
Maya 1221
161 x 133 x 110 cm, stainless steel mesh, 2015
Maya 2565
320 x 210 x 8 cm, stainless steel mesh, 2017
Venus
27.5 x 26.4 x 84.6 inches, aluminium wire, fibreglass, lifecasting, 2015
Heo 1118
84 x 84 x 70 cm, aluminium wire and fibreglass, 2016
BIO
Lives and works in Seoul and New York
CV
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
Young (影), Avenuel Art Hall, Lotte World Tower, Seoul, Korea
2015
Wired and Wrapped: Sculpture by Seungmo Park, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan, U.S.A.
2014
Meticulously Snipped & Wrapped, Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Michigan, U.S.A.
Absence, HADA Contemporary, London, U.K.
Seungmo Park: Meticulously Snipped & Wrapped, Dennos Museum, Michigan, U.S.A.
2013
Art Issue Projects, Taipei, Taiwan
2012
Gallery Bundo, Daegu, Korea
A Present Moment, HADA Contemporary, London, U.K.
2011
幻 Solid Illusion, Gallery Absinthe, Seoul, Korea
2008
Artside Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2005
Gallery, Seoul Korea
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
POST-POP: Looking From/Towards the East, galeria IMPAKTO, Lima, Peru
The Summer Art Loft, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY
Art New York 2016, Blank Space, New York, NY
Peru Arte C’16, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Lima, Peru
Art Central 2016, Art+Shanghai Gallery, Central, Hong Kong
The Need For My Care, Waterfall Mansion Gallery, New York, NY
Force of Nature, curated by James Putnam, galerie valerie Bach, Brussels, Belgium
2015
Situationi of Existence: Contemporary Realistic Art in East Asia, Yu-Hsiu Museum of Art, Taiwan
Mixing Medias, Carole A. Feuerman Sculpture Foundation, Jersey City, NJ
Art Miami Context, Miami, FL
Winter Group Show, Cheryl Hazan Contemporary Art Gallery, New York, NY
Slightlines: ArtPrize 7 Exhibitions, The Fed Galleries at Kendall College of Arts and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
The Wolf and The Tiger: Italian Sculpture and Korean, Museo Della Permanente, Milano, Italy
Revisiones, galeria IMPAKTO, Lima, Peru
Art Miami New York, Blank Space, New York, NY
Art Miami New York, Cheryl Hazan Contemporary, New York, NY
Immersion: Becoming You, Waterfall Mansion Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Start, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
His Gaze, ES Gallery, Seoul, Korea
三炭三玄, Samtan Art Mine CAM, Jeongseon, Korea
K.P.O.P., MOCA Taipei Museum, Taiwan
Cultural Code, Springs Center of Art, Beijing, China
FEEL LIFE, Waterfall Mansion Gallery, New York, NY
Art Miami Context, Miami, FL
2013
SCOPE International Contemporary Art Show, Miami Beach, FL
HONG SUNGCHUL and PARK SEUNGMO Group Exhibition, HADA Contemporary, London, UK
KIAF (Korea International Art Fair) COEX, Seoul, Korea
G-SEOUL International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea
BOS (Bushwick Open Studio) 2013, Brooklyn, NY
KOREA TOMORROW, Hangaram Art Museum at Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
VIENNAFAIR, Vienna, Austria
Houston Fine Art Fair, Houston, TX
KOREAN SHAPE, Paris-Beijing Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2012
Daegu Art Fair EXCO, Daegu, Korea
Illusion Space, Gana Art Space, Seoul, Korea
Power of Inner Mind, Soul Art Space, Busan, Korea
SCOPE International Contemporary Art Show, Miami Beach, FL
Landscape of My Mind, LIG Art Space, Seoul, Korea
KIAF (Korea Internation Art Fair) COEX, Seoul, KOrea
Solid Illusion, Hangaram Art Museum at Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
Korean Contemporary Art After 1990-Part II of 20th Anniversary Special Exhibition, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
ART SHOW BUSAN BEXCO, Busan, Korea
KOREAN EYE Fairmont Bar, Al Bahr, Abu Dhabi
Solid Illusion-Korea Special Exhibition CIGE 2012, Beijing, China
Heavy Shadow-International Sculpture Festa 2012, Hangaram Art Museum at Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
Korean Art Show 2012, New York, NY
Korea Galleries Art Fair COEX, Seoul, Korea
2011
Moment of Play, Hangaram Art Museum at Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
New Wave, GANAINSA Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Art Way Project, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea
Magic Hour, Lotte Gallery, Lotte Department Store, Busan, Korea
Korean Eye, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Korean Eye, Korean National Assembly, Seoul, Korea
KIAF (Korea International Art Fair) COEX, Seoul, Korea
KOREA TOMORROW, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
The 14th International Sculpture Symposium Icheon, Icheon, Korea
Taipei Art Fair, Taipei, Taiwan
FASHION INTO ART PLATEAU, Seoul, Korea
AHAF (Asia Hotel Art Fair), Grand Hyatt Seoul, Seoul, Korea
Moving Art Village, Nampo Art Gallery, Goheung, Korea
Gallery Seoul 11, Raum Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Korea Galleries Art Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2010
ART TAIPEI 2010, Taipei, Taiwan
Power of Sculpture-Sculpture Group Exhibition, Samtoh Gallery, Seoul, Korea
KOAS (Korea Art Special Festival), GANAINSA Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Power of Gyeonggi Provice, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
Scenery of Life in Art, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea
Form & Formless, Gallery Form, Busan, Korea
Teacher & Pupil Accompanied Exhibition, GANAINSA Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Like YVES SAINT LAURENT, Artside Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2009
‘Korea Tomorrow SETEC, Seoul, Korea
Outdoor Sculpture Project, Ansan Arts Center, Ansan, Korea
Mad for Furniture, NEFS Showroom, Seoul, Korea
Reasonable Conversation between Fashion and Art, Aram Art Museum, Goyang, Korea
Korean Eye: Moon Generation in Partnership with Phillips de Pury & Company, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Korean Aesthetics, Albemarle Gallery, London, UK
Language of the Body, Touchart Gallery, Heyri, Korea
TICKTACK-Korean Sculpture, Gallery Godo, Seoul, Korea
London Art Fair, London, UK
Korea Galleries Art Fair BEXCO, Busan Korea
2008
Albermarle Summer Show Albermarle Gallery, London, UK
Korea Now ArtLink, Tel Aviv, Israel
CIGE (China International Gallery Exposition), Beijing, China
KIAF (Korea International Art Fair), COEX, Seoul, Korea
The Party, Gayang Gallery, Busan, Korea
2007
CIGE (China International Gallery Exposition), Beijing, China
Lines in Space, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
ACAF (Asian Contemporary Art Fair), New York, NY
Park Seungmo, Lee Jaehyo, Choi Taehoon Group Exhibition, Manas Art Center, Yangpyeong, Korea
2006
CIGE (China International Gallery Exposition), Beijing, China
Gyeonggi Artist Invitational Exhibition, Ansan Arts Center, Ansan, Korea
Gyeonggi Artist Invitational Exhibition and Members Exhibition, Yeoju, Korea
Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China
Three Artists Sculpture Exhibition, Jang Eun Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2005
CIGE (China International Gallery Exposition), Beijing, China
Wind or Wrap-Park Seungmo & Yoo Jaeheung Sculpture Exhibition, EBS Space, Seoul, Korea
The Story Gets More and More Interesting, Gallery Eham, Wonju, Korea
CIPA Art Fair, Seoul Arts Cetner, Seoul, Korea
2004
Outdoors Project II, Sejong Public Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2003
Korea China Art Exchange Symposium, Yeoju Ceramics Expo, Yeoju, Korea
MANIF 9!03 Seoul International Art Fair, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2002
1234567890 Sculpture Exhibition, GANAINSA Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2000
NANDAN Art Festival, Calcutta, India
1999
NICAF (Nambu International Contemporary Art Festival), Gyeongnam Culture & Art Center, Jinju, Korea
1998
Busan Art Festival, Busan Cultural Center, Busan Korea
Dona-A Sculpture Exhibition, World Gallery, Busan, Korea
NICA (Nambu International Contemporary Art Festival), Busan Cultural Center, Busan, Korea
The 17th Korean Art Rewards Figurative Special Prize, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
AWARD
Grand Prize, New Core Art Competition, Gwacheon, Korea
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Amore Pacific Museum of Art, Yongin, Korea
Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
Mustafa Taviloglu Museum, Turkey
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Bank, Gwacheon, Korea
Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea
Yi-Hsiu Museum of Art, Taiwan
Daejeon O-World Sculpture Garden, Daejeon, Korea
Yongdong Sculpture Garden, Youngdong, Korea
Joogong Maseok, Namyangju, Korea
Joongryang-Gu HOMEPLUS, Seoul, Korea
PCA Life Tower, Seoul, Korea
Busan Lotte Castle, Busan, Korea
Centum Imperial Tower Building, Busan Korea
Daelim Apartment, Anyang, Korea
Daelim Apartment, Gimhae, Korea
Daelim Apartment, Pohang, Korea
Daelim Apartment, Seoul, Korea
Eobang Shopping Town, Gimhae, Korea
New Core Department Store, Korea
Shinsegae Chelsea Outlet, Busan, Korea
Standford Hotel, Seoul, Korea
MANCHESTER United Football Club, Joel Galzer, Miami, Florida
F1 London, Bernie Ecclestone, London, LK
The MS Kongingsdam, Holland America Lines