BIOGRAPHY
Born in Daejeon, Korea, Kejoo Park is a Korean-American conceptual and multimedia artist. Park engages with various media, including painting, sculpture, and installations. Her work explores the complex relationships between humanity and nature, emphasizing the duality of internal and external existence and the interplay between natural and artificial entities.
In her large-scale public art projects, she integrates diverse genres such as music, poetry, and philosophy. By combining art and architectural methods and broadening her practice to express the merging of orient and occident cultures, she develops her own unique artistic language. Park lives and works in Frankfurt and New York.
CV
KEJOO PARK
Born in Daejeon, Korea
Lives and works in Frankfurt and New York
EDUCATION
| 1984 | MLA Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA |
| 1980 | BFA Cornell University, Ithaca, USA |
| 1978 | Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA |
| 1976 | The Art Students League of New York, USA |
RESIDENCY
| 2024 | Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, USA |
SCHOLARSHIP AND HONORS
| 1983 | Norman Newton Scholar |
| 1982 | Norman Newton Scholar |
| 1977 | Pratt Scholarship |
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION AND SITE-SPECIFIC PROJECTS
| 2024 | Echoes in Time, Space776 Gallery, New York, USA |
| 2023 | Inside of Outside, Galerie Anna 25, Berlin, Germany |
| The Song of the Earth 2, Galerie Uhn, Königstein, Germany | |
| 2022 | The Earth Project, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt, Germany |
| Imaginary Landscape, Galerie Rieder, Munich, Germany | |
| 2021 | Reise, Galerie Rieder, Munich, Germany |
| 2020 | Wanderer, Galerie Anna 25, Berlin, Germany |
| 2019 | Homeland, Galerie Rieder, Munich, Germany |
| 2018 | Lost Landscape, Galerie Hübner & Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany |
| Innerhalten, Galerie Hirschgarben, Zurich, Switzerland | |
| 2017 | Naturreflektion, Galerie Rieder, Munich, Germany |
| The Song of the Earth, Stadtgalerie, Bad Soden, Germany | |
| 2016 | Silberlandschaften, Galerie Tuttiart, Lucerne, Switzerland |
| Fermenta, Galerie Anna 25, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2015 | Landschaft, Galerie Hübner & Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany |
| 2014 | Collection of Pierre Soulages at the Museum Ludwig, Koblenz, Germany |
| 2007 | Back to the History, Permanent Installation, Beijing, China |
SELECTED TWO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2024 | Sky and Earth, Bau Gallery, Beacon, N.Y. USA |
| Fantasy in Abstraction, Open Call Show, AHL Foundation Gallery, New York, USA | |
| Transition in Color, Galerie Reitz, Zurich, Switzerland | |
| 16th Annual Juried show, Prince Street Gallery, New York, N.Y. USA | |
| 2023 | Encounter Two, Galerie Uhn, Königstein, Germany |
| 2022 | 40 Years Galerie Rieder, Galerie Rieder, Munich, Germany |
| 2021 | Paper Position, Berlin, Germany |
| 2019 | Art Zurich 19, International Contemporary Art Fair, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2018 | Interaction, Galerie Artstation, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2017 | Art Zurich 17, International Contemporary Art Fair, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2016 | Exposition Three, Galerie Tutii Art, Lucerne, Switzerland |
| 1985 – 2010 | Group Exhibitions in Germany and Switzerland |
SELECTED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN PROJECTS
| 1986 – 2010 | Principle at Atelier Boehm & Park: |
| Hanover Expo Arial, Hanover, Germany (International Competition) | |
| Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany (International Competition) | |
| Museum for 21C Art, Berlin, Germany (International Competition: Finalist) | |
| Cambridge Housing, Beijing, China (Commission: Realized) | |
| Collaborations with I.M. Pei and Mario Campi on International Competitions: | |
| Oerlikon Arial Urban Renewal, Zurich, Switzerland (International Competition: 2nd Prize) | |
| Beijing Olympic Athletes Housing, Beijing, China (International Competition: 2nd Prize) |
TEACHING
| 1992 – 2000 | Assistant Professor for Landscape Planning and Ecology, University of Stuttgart, Germany |
| 1997 | Visiting Professor, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea |
| 1986 – 1990 | Painting and Drawing Studio, Community College, Konstanz, Germany |
LECTURE AND TALKS
| 2020 | Interdisciplinary Works and Artistic Project, University of Courburg, Courburg, Germany |
| 2019 | Landscape Architecture and Land Art, Technical University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2018 | Conceptual Art and Land Art in Urban Context, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany |
| 1999 | Conceptual Art Projects, University of Duisburg-Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 1998 | Concept Development in Land Art, Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science |
| 1998 | Land Art and Landscape Architecture, Paderborn University, Paderborn, Germany |
PUBLICATION
| 1999 | Spatial Concept of Far East, ISBN 3-00-003884-1, Germany |
| 1998 | Three Losers of the Potsdamer Platz, Garten und Landschaft Magazine, Germany |