221121 by Shin-Young Park

Cyanotype on Paper.

21 x 30 cm.

2021.

Shin-Young Park is a Korean-born New Zealander who moved to Auckland with her family at 16, and to Singapore in 2006. She completed both her BFA in 1998 and MFA in 2003 at the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland (New Zealand). Park is the recipient of the 2005 Iris Fisher Art Award (Best Contemporary Work) in Auckland and 2016 BAZAAR Art Prize (2D Work on Canvas) in Singapore, and was a finalist for the 2004 Trust Waikato National Contemporary Art Award,

2015 New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award and 2015 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition. She has been nominated for the Most Outstanding Emerging Artist Award (New Finds) at ARTSingapore 2009, and represented Singapore at the 10t Triennale Mondale de 'Estampe (2017) in Chamalières, France.

Park has participated in international residency programmes such as the 2014 Incheon Art Platform International Residency Program and 2012 Asia Pacific Artists Fellowship Residency Program organized by the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea. Her works have been featured in solo and group exhibitions in Singapore, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan and France, and have been commissioned by Mandarin Oriental Hotel (2008) and Fullerton Bay Hotel (2010). With works spanning different themes and subjects, she is driven by an interest in global social issues, especially when it comes to matters affecting the lives of the underprivileged in society.