The
point of departure in Park’s works often appears coincidental. Yet every image
and word contained becomes an important signifier. 《Voyage of the Black Bird》 begins with a
diamond cut glass bead, a gift from Park’s nephew who was seven years old at
the time of the narrative. This casual event leads viewers to mysterious and
strange roads that shift drastically—to a dream where they meander through a
multi-layered structure. The story is organically crafted, intertwined, and
superimposed with specifically researched data. As the various media and
subjects transcend time and space, Park constantly traverses and blurs reality
and imagination, communicating the universal phenomena and principles and
questioning what is believed to be the reality.
Yoon
Young Park was born in 1968 in Seoul, Korea. She received her B.F.A. and M.F.A.
from Ewha Woman’s University in Seoul, Korea. She has had solo exhibitions at
Mongin Art Center (2010, Seoul, Korea), Arario Gallery (2007, Cheonan, Korea),
and Insa Art Space (2005, Seoul, Korea). Her work has also been included in
group exhibitions at the National Museum of Contemporary Art (2010, Gwacheon,
Korea), Atelier Hermes (2009, Seoul, Korea), The National Museum of China
(2007, Beijing, China), Leeum Samsung Museum of Art (2006, Seoul, Korea) and
UNESCO (2006, Paris, France). Park lives and works in both Canada and Seoul,
Korea.