Jihye Park

Her scenes are often from the perspective of someone inside looking out, a commentary on how it feels to exist within a place, but still feel separated from it. As an immigrant from South Korea to Europe, Park does not shy away from this sense of otherness, but the care with which she depicts these natural spaces in Germany demonstrates her love and connection to countries other than her birthplace. Rather than feel isolated from the outside, her inside scenes become a warm way of framing the nature she loves.

Park enhances this message with the attention to detail in these compositions, giving a sense of illustration, but instead, her practice utilises acrylic on canvas painstakingly applied to achieve this effect. Details range from ensuring the accuracy of her plant forms to the way a candle's flame is reflected in the window looking out to a garden. The artist has commented on this before, explaining how each blade of grass is a different shade of green, and this is something she tries to mirror in her works. Whether it's through creating a variety of colours or in the time spent shaping each plant, Park's dedication to detail, in form and colour, furthers the contrast between inside and outside.

Jihye Park is a South Korean artist who currently lives and works in Stuttgart, Germany. Park is known for immersive and dreamlike landscapes that weave personal memories, emotions, and dreams to create scenes inspired by both natural and imagined spaces.

Park's work has been featured in exhibitions at the Museum Villa Rot (2023), in the Stadt Palais Museum für Stuttgart(2023) and in the gallery of the City of Esslingen Villa Merkel (2024), as well as being the recipient of the prestigious Kunstpreis der Kulturstiftung.