Kyungmin Park is a South Korean-born ceramic artist. Her work explores themes of introspection, diversity, societal expectations, and illuminating human connections across cultures and languages. After two decades in South Korea, she moved to the United States, seeking greater creative opportunities. Experiencing a new language and culture and the many challenges she faced as an immigrant made her realize that figurative sculpture is more than a personal passion. It is a powerful tool to communicate emotions, experiences, and ideas without the limitations that words and customs can impose.

 

Kyungmin earned her BFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2008 and her MFA in Ceramics from the University of Georgia in 2012. She currently lives and works in Boston, MA, and is an Associate Professor at Endicott College in Beverly, MA. She has taught and conducted over 40 workshops, demonstrations, and lectures at various art institutions. 

 

Kyungmin was awarded the 2016 Emerging Artist of the Year from the National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts, the 2015 Emerging Artist Award by Ceramics Monthly Magazine, and the Matsutani (2014-2015) and Windgate (2015-2016) Fellowships while at the Archie Bray Foundation in MT. She has also participated in artist residencies at AIR Vallauris in France (2011 &2022), Jingdezhen International Studio in Taoxichuan Ceramic Park, China (2017), Red Lodge Clay Center in MT (2018), and Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts(2016) in ME.

 

Park’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, most notably at the Aqua Art Miami Basel, SOFA Chicago, The Clay Studio in PA, Scripps College Ceramic Annual, Claremont, CA, Penland School of Crafts in NC, Arrowmont School of Arts in Gatlinburg, TN, Fuller Craft Museum in MA, Museum of Arts and Science in Macon, GA, The Museum of Contemporary of Georgia, Canton Museum of Art in OH, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art in Auburn, AL along with a multitude of galleries, including Abel Contemporary, Abmeyer + Wood, Belger Arts Center, Cerbera, Companion, Duane Reed, Eutectic, Kolva-Sulivan, Lacoste, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Lillstreet Art Center, Morean Art Center, Signature galleries, to name a few.