Weaving Colors Into Cosmos
Weaving Colors Into Cosmos, was a recent exhibition by Sui Park MDes 13.
Curated by Barbara Stehle Ph.D., the exhibition closed on November 27, 2023
Sapar Contemporary presented this solo exhibition of Korean American artist Sui Park curated by Barbara Stehle, Ph.D. This show coincided with an outdoor installation at Bella Abzug Park. Sui Park’s biomorphic sculptures transform their environment; their effect is similar to the blooms of spring in a garden. They change everything. Her oneiric spirit brightens the mood, calls on fantasy and joy. Trained both as an architect and in the ancient art of Korean basketry, Park is a crafter of shapes and creator of space. With simple means and an original technique, she creates colorful soft sculptures. Her polymorphic creations form a mesmerizing world. Sui Park, a mother of two, seems to never have lost her powers to dream and invent as children do. She feels at times like a magician, turning the ordinary into extraordinary.
Barbara Stehle, Ph.D. is an art historian, independent curator, and teacher at the Rhode Island School of Design. She worked at the Pompidou Center in Paris before moving to the US. Stehle has given a Tedx talk about “Architecture as Human Narrative” and writes about Art, Architecture and Women’s contribution to the art historical field. She is the author of many catalog and monograph essays as well as academic and international press articles. Her exhibitions were reviewed in the New York Times and Art Forum amongst other publications.
Sui Park is a New York based artist born in Seoul, Korea. Park’s education includes an MDes in Interior Architecture at Rhode Island School of Design and BFA in Environmental Design at Maryland Institute College of Art. Sui Park also holds an MFA and BFA in Fiber Arts at Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea. Her work involves creating 3- dimensional flexible organic forms of a comfortable ambiance that are yet dynamic and possibly mystical or illusionary. Park has had several solo exhibitions and public art commissions including Immersion in Black and White at Sapar Contemporary in 2021, Pompom in Georgetown, Washington D.C. in 2019 and Floating Imagery at the Pelham Art Center, Pelham, New York in 2018. She participated in over 150 exhibitions internationally, including The 5th Textile Art of Today at Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum in Bratislava, Slovak republic where she received the Excellent Award in September 2018. Park’s artwork has been acquired by numerous places including Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in Oregon and the City Harvest Food Rescue Center in Brooklyn, NY. Numerous mentions of her work and projects have been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Hyperallergic, Artnet, Vice and Colossal as well as other publications.
All images courtesy of Sapar Gallery
