Jieun Park

The artist Park Jieun’s work, most of all, impresses viewers with dynamic, powerful and raw brushstrokes like one of the Wild and Heterodox School of Ming Paintings. Her explosive, swift brushwork makes Jackson Pollock’s action paintings look almost neat and quiet. Such energetic and exuberant brushstrokes could make one wonder how it could possibly blend in with city night scapes. The artist was inspired by the view of Prague at night seen from the city hall tower during her solo trip and since then she started painting cityscapes and in particular night sceneries. This could explain a view of both a city dweller and a wandering traveller found in her work. While travelling, we often encounter the crippling feeling of loneliness in the concrete jungle, a crowded forest of skyscrapers. Her rough brushstrokes embody such emotions in an abstract manner. She paints cities realistically in dark ink strokes and records her personal travel memories of places, vibes, weather and many other things. As a result, Park Jieun’s paintings evoke a sense of excitement and a strange solitude that an unexpected discovery of a charming city during a trip may give. “I use white Korean paper and black Chinese ink to create a dramatic contrast and port...

2010 konkuk univ. fine art & advertising design.

PARK JIEUN

[Solo Exhibition]
2022 Seo Jung Art, Seoul
Bien gallery, Seoul
2021 Bien gallery, Seoul
Redsea gallery, Singapore
2020 Albemarle gallery, London
2019 7th Solo Show, Galerie Frida, Seoul
2018 6th Solo Show, Fullerton Hotel, Singapore, Redsea gallery
2017 5th Solo Show, Redsea gallery, Singapore
2015 4th Solo Show, Redsea gallery, Singapore
2014 3rd Solo Show, Redsea gallery, Singapore
2nd Solo Show, AP contemporary , Hong kong
2013 1st Solo Show, Gallery aile, Seoul

[Award]
2013 GIAF painting competition, the first prize
2013 The painting competition of Kyung-In, special selection
2011 The painting competition of Seoul digital Institute, excellence award.
2011 Seoul Metro national conference, 'win a prize'