Chuni Park
Chuni Park’s practice is a profound exploration of self-healing and introspection. Between 2016 and 2018, his immersive plein-air practice in natural landscapes culminated in his acclaimed Forest trilogy—Forest of Healing, Forest of Silence, and Forest of Contemplation. In these works, particularly through the juxtaposition of anonymous figures and a striking red sofa, he masterfully articulates themes of spiritual liberation and existential reflection.
Driven by a vision to globalize the heritage of Korean ink painting, Park has recently expanded his geographic and conceptual scope. His latest series, The Untraveled Road, Unfamiliar Landscape, captures the monumental canyons of Utah and Nevada. Synthesizing traditional ink and acrylic on hanji (Korean mulberry paper), his dynamic brushwork adapts to the overwhelming scale of nature. For Park, this intense, physical process of mark-making transcended mere labor, becoming a form of artistic meditation.
A graduate of Hongik University, He was selected as the 1st place winner in the Korean Painting category of the "Artist of the Year" awards hosted by the Dong-A Ilbo in 2006, and was named one of the "Top 10 Artists in their 30s and 40s" by 50 critics in a selection hosted by the JoongAng Ilbo in 2010. He is a prominent contemporary Korean ink painter who has garnered significant recognition.
Park’s works are institutionalized in major collections, including the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), and he continues to exhibit extensively worldwide.
Born
1966 Born in Yeongdong, Chungbuk, South Korea
Education
B.A 1992 College of Fine Arts, Hongik University
M.F.A 1997 Graduate School of Hongik University
Award
2010 Selected as one of the "Top 10 Artists in their 30s & 40s" by 50 Art Critics, Hosted by JoongAng Ilbo
2006 Awarded 1st Place in the Korean Painting Category for "Artist of the Year", Hosted by Dong-A Ilbo
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Island, Gallery Venus, Gyeonggi
2025 Landscape of Contemplation, Yin Art Gallery, Taiwan
2024 The Road Not Taken, Unfamiliar Landscape, Gallery Marie, Seoul
Forest of Contemplation, RnL Rose & Lime Gallery, Seoul
2023 Seasons of Memory, EK Gallery, LA, USA Travel, Landscape on the Road, Gallery Majuan, Gongju, Chungnam
Records on Landscapes Dispersed, Broken, and Remembered, Gallery Monalisa, Sinchon, Seoul
2022 Green Travel, Severance Art Space, Seoul Seasons of Memory, Yin Art Gallery, Taiwan Chuni Park's Landscape Painting, Space N, Songdo, Incheon
Chuni Park, Embracing the Nature of the World-1, 2, 3, PFS Gallery, Seoul
2021 Travel, Memory and Landscape, Gallery Marie, Seoul
Oriental Painting, Embracing the Landscape of the World, Gallery Square Root, Goseong, Gangwon
Landscape Painted with Mind, Gallery Art Park, Seoul
2020 Forest of Silence, Savina Museum of Art, Seoul
Chuni Park: Four Seasons of Ulsanbawi, Gallery Cafe Hwi, Sokcho, Gangwon
2019 Chuni Park's Landscape Painting-Sky, Earth, Sea, BT Gallery, Seoul
Unfamiliar Foreign Landscape-The Road Not Taken, Gallery Marie, Seoul
2016 Painting with Heart, Island, Gallery Marie, Seoul
2015 Collected Landscape (Special Exhibition at the Venice Biennale), Ca' Foscari University Museum, Venice, Italy
Landscape with Four Seasons, Hee Gallery, Yangsan, Gyeongnam
Same Tree, Different Thoughts, Gallery Jireh, Paju, Gyeonggi
Landscape, Gallery Rosh, Seongnam, Gyeonggi
2014 Landscape Travel, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
2013 Asking the Road, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
Travelogue of Brush-Walking the Paths of the World, Gallery Jireh, Paju, Gyeonggi
2011 Unfamiliar, Certain, Landscape Painting, Gallery Bundow, Daegu
Island, Gallery Jireh, Paju, Gyeonggi
2010 Landscape Collection, Savina Museum of Art, Seoul
Landscape with Feelings, Mieum Gallery, Seoul
2009 Fleeting Landscape, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju
2008 Collected Landscape 2, Dongsanbang Gallery, Seoul
Re-commentary Exhibition, Gallery Velvet Incubator, Seoul
2007 Collected Landscape, Ssamzie Space, Seoul
2006 Flowing Landscape, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul
2005 Unfamiliar, Certain Landscape, Ssamzie Gallery, Seoul
Entering the Cloudy Landscape, Yan Huang Art Museum, Beijing, People's Republic of China
2004 Black Landscape with a Road, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
2003 My Sketchbook and Ink Painting, Daehakro 21C Gallery, Daejeon
Cloudy Landscape, Black Still Life, Gongpyeong Art Center, Seoul
Dongpoong (East Wind) 2, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
2002 Dongpoong (East Wind), Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
2000 Floating Island, Dukwon Gallery, Seoul
1999 Meditative Space, Wonseo Gallery, Seoul
1997 The Self Inherent in the Unconscious-Religion, Memory, and Chaos, Wonseo Gallery, Seoul 1996 Shaking Earth-Human, Arts Council Korea (ARKO) Art Center, Seoul
The Power of Everyday Life: When Experience Transports, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
