Assistant Professor of Studio Art

Born in Seoul, Korea, Soo Sunny Park has received her B.F.A. in painting and sculpture from Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio and a M.F.A. in sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. After a residency in Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME (2000), she worked actively in St. Louis as an installation artist and a Lecturer at the Washington University in St. Louis, MO. In year 2001, she was awarded with the River Front Times “Best of 2001, Sculptor of St. Louis”. Park is a recipient of Joan Mitchell M. F. A. Grant, Grand Prize winner of 19th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Cité Internationale des Arts Studio Residency, Paris, France.
Park’s exhibitions include: “Exposure IV, The Space In-Between”, Park Avenue Gallery, MO, “Erga Topika: Work on Site”, Thomas Jefferson School, MO, “The Distance Between Us”, Dupreau Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Joan Mitchell Foundation”, CUE Art Foundation, Chelsea, NY, “Skowhegan Alumni”, Knoedler Gallery, New York, NY, “New Works by Jeri Au, Cheonae Kim and Soo Sunny Park”, The Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, MO, “6595 MILES (10614 KM)”, The Total Gallery, Chongno-Gu, Seoul Korea. Her solo shows include; Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, “Transmission”, FCA 2001-02 Project, “Bio-Structure: Metro-Geo”, Kranzberg Exhibition, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO. Selective publications include: “Forum for Contemporary Art”, New Art Examiner (2001), “Soo Sunny Park at Laumeier Sculpture Park”, Art in America (2004), “The Immutable and the Impermanent: Soo Sunny Park”, Focus, Sculpture Magazine, (2004).

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