Lydia SooJin Park

Born 1989, Seoul, Korea
Lives and works in Oslo/Seoul
me.ceramicsculptor[at]gmail[dot]com

Education
2021 - 23 MFA in Ceramics Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, Norway
2019 - 21 MA in Arts Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
2009 - 13 BFA in Ceramics School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA

Prizes2024
Talente Preis 2024 - Meister der Zukunft, HWK für München und Oberbayern, Munich, Germany

2023
NKs studentpris i Oslo 2023, Norske Kunsthåndverkere
(The Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts), Norway

Solo Exhibitions
2024
Kunstvisitten, Akershus Region by NITJA senter for samtidskunst, Lillestrøm, Norway
Art Grows From Joy and Sorrow, Format Oslo, Oslo, Norway

2022
Vessel Wonderland, Galleri Seilduken, Oslo, Norway

Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Painterly II, Galleri RAM, Oslo, Norway
Årsutstillingen 2024 (Juried), Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst (K-U-K), Trondheim, Norway
Talente - Masters of the Future (Juried), HWK für München und Oberbayern, Munich, Germany

2023
Gjenfortryllet, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim, Norway
Nitja's Art Lounge, NITJA senter for samtidskunst, Lillestrøm, Norway
Juleutstillingen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
Flex Point, Northing Space & Entrée, Bergen, Norway
FUS, Kösk, Oslo, Norway

2022
Årsutstillingen 2022 (Juried), Drammen Museum, Drammen, Norway
Art as Expression, Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, Norway
Animal Amundi, Akademirommet - Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
A Future in Clay, NITJA senter for samtidskunst, Lillestrøm, Norway

2011
The Diminutive Object, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA

Commissioned Project
2022
Jerry Saltz’s Portrait for the 50th Jubilee Issue, Werbewoche m&k, Zurich, Switzerland

Release
2024
Issue No.30 - Water, Magazine F, Seoul, Korea

Grants & Awards
2024
The National Work Grant for Young Artists - 3 years, Arts Council Norway (Kulturrådet)

2023
Selected for the Ila + Kirkeristen Atelier 2023-9, The City of Oslo
International Craft Projects, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Norwegian Crafts
Regional Project Funds, Kunstsentrene i Norge (KiN)
Project Support, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond (BKV)
State Scholarship of the Miscellaneous Stipend, Arts Council Norway (Kulturrådet)

Invited Residencies
2025
Cerámica Suro, Mexico (forthcoming)

Public Collections
2024
Nasjonalmuseet (National Museum), Oslo, Norway
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Oslo City Council (Oslo Kommune), Norway

2022
KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen, Norway
National Museum of Decorative Arts Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway

2021
Universal Ballet, Seoul, Korea