Seongwon Park reproduces socio-architectural constellations in her installations—configurations drawn from the urban environment that, when placed in the distanced context of the exhibition space, draw attention to what remains unseen within the seemingly obvious.
In her sculptures and installations, she portrays urban situations with a keen sensitivity to their emotional resonance.
In recent years, she has increasingly woven her perspective as a Korean living in Germany into her artistic practice, which has significantly strengthened the expressive power of her work.
With a sense of humor, she uncovers the absurdities of everyday life and transforms them into installative situations.
Born in 1990 in South Korea, she studied sculpture in Germany at the Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel and at the Berlin University of the Arts, where she graduated in the class of Ina Weber.
EDUCATION
2024
Master Student of Prof. Ina Weber, Berlin University of the Arts (UdK)
2020–2024
Class of Prof. Ina Weber, Berlin University of the Arts (UdK)
2019–2020
Class of Prof. Heike Föll, Berlin University of the Arts (UdK)
2018–2019
Class of Prof. Elisabeth Wagner, Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel
2009–2012
Fine Arts, Sejong University, South Korea
RESIDENCY
12/2025 – 09/2026
Haubrok Foundation Artist Residency, Berlin
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Project Space, FWR Gallery, Berlin
FORBIDDEN FRUIT, SaltyAcid, Berlin
Some Degree of Friction – Art Biesenthal 2025, Wehrmühle Museum, Biesenthal
RECENTLY SEEN AND ADMIRED, FWR Gallery, Berlin
UdK Art Award 2025, Berlin University of the Arts
An Experimental Ecology – 50 Years UdK Berlin Anniversary, UdK Theater, Berlin
2024
Karl Hofer Gesellschaft Prize Nomination, Berlin University of the Arts
2023
Danke und Wiedersehen, 101 Project Space, Berlin
CHRAMATOPIA, Ersterster Gallery, Berlin
Zur Zeit, Künstlerhaus Bregenz, Austria
2022
Filter, MS Artville, Hamburg
2021
Das Meeting hat noch nicht begonnen, Laura Mars Gallery, Berlin
2019
Hot Spot, Kiel
AWARDS
2025
UdK Art Award, Shortlist
2024
Karl Hofer Gesellschaft Scholarships for UdK Graduates, Main Prize
“STIBET I” Graduation Scholarship, DAAD
2022
Takifuji Art Award, Special Jury Prize
Ursula-Hanke-Forster Foundation, UdK Berlin, Recognition Prize
