Overview

Exceptional Korean talent based in Oslo, Park is already getting recognition in Norway and Switzerland. Trained in the USA, South Korea and Europe, Park has developed a unique way of creating ceramic works. Her narrative ceramic sculptures are formed of layers of delicate ceramic pieces. Often, she uses fabric to transfer texture to the paper-thin ceramic slabs before under glazing. Park depicts personal emotion and impression of landscape spontaneously using direct watercolour on ceramic inspired by the ‘Ba-rim’, a Korean painting technique.

 

"My primary 'accumulating' building technique is mainly used here by layering thin layers of clay. In this background, there was a chance I started to consider the clay's attributes deeply that resemble our human memories. After a long absence as a ceramicist, my concerns were about whether I could remember the way I worked with clay. Surprisingly, the rhythm of the two hands was revived after a few touches. Since then, I memorized every texture on the clay and piled them together to express my appreciation for all the moments and movements I have encountered. In each clay piece, the story of the desire for fleeting existences, such as nature and human emotion is appeared as abstract images."

 

Selected Public Collection

The KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen, Norway

The National Museum of Decorative Arts Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway

Works
  • Lydia SJ Park, Bumpy road we go through, 2022
    Lydia SJ Park
    Bumpy road we go through, 2022
    Underglaze and glaze on stoneware and paperclay
    26 x 27.5 x 28 cm
  • Lydia SJ Park, History of One Winter Town, 2022
    Lydia SJ Park
    History of One Winter Town, 2022
    Underglaze and glaze on stoneware and paperclay
    27 x 31 x 35 cm
  • Lydia SJ Park, Summer to Winter (1), 2022
    Lydia SJ Park
    Summer to Winter (1), 2022
    Underglaze and glaze on paperclay
    10 x 9 x 15 cm
  • Lydia SJ Park, Summer to Winter (3), 2022
    Lydia SJ Park
    Summer to Winter (3), 2022
    Underglaze and glaze on paperclay
    17.6 x 10 x 12.5 cm
  • Lydia SJ Park, Unnatural Angle, 2022
    Lydia SJ Park
    Unnatural Angle, 2022
    Ceramic
    28 x 20 x 17 cm
    11 x 7 7/8 x 6 3/4 in
  • Lydia SJ Park, Vesselscape, 2022
    Lydia SJ Park
    Vesselscape, 2022
    Ceramic
    23.3 x 28.5 x 15 cm
    9 1/8 x 11 1/4 x 5 7/8 in