Park Jieun South Korean, b. 1987
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Biography
Park Jieun lives and works in Seoul, South Korea. She studied Fine Art and Advertising Design at Konkuk University Korea, establishing herself as a prominent artist in the region and receiving prestigious awards from the Seoul Digital Institute, Kyung-In, and Seoul Metro National Conference.
Her work is born from a combined fascination with travel and traditional Korean methods of painting. Revealing hidden cityscapes through windows of broad, expressive brushstrokes, Park Jieun evokes the subconscious emotions that are inspired by interactions with places. In these spaces, one can experience solitude or joy, can be drawn in by obsessions and linger as a guest in other cultures. The artist explores these urban landscapes, exposing them as fleeting glimpses seen through the potent lens of the brushstroke.
These paintings are imbued with cultural weight, unveiling iconic modern cities and landscapes through traditional Chinese ink marks; these elements combine to form an art historical dialogue between East and West, between ancient technique, and contemporary image making. For the artist, this is a very personal and vulnerable journey, rendering herself as subject matter.
Works
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A Little Talk - Cinque Terre, 2025Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Korean Paper60.6 x 60.6 cm
23.8 x 23.8 in -
A Little Talk - Fes, 2025Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Ottchil Hanji46 x 27 cm
18.1 x 10.6 in -
A Little Talk - Florence, 2025Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Korean Paper91 x 116.8 cm
35.8 x 46 in -
A Little Talk - London, 2025Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Ottchil Hanji46 x 46 cm
18.1 x 18.1 in -
A Little Talk - New York, 2025Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Korean Paper91 x 116.8 cm
35.8 x 46 in -
A Little Talk - Paris, 2025Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Ottchil Hanji46 x 46 cm
18.1 x 18.1 in -
A Little Talk - Paris, 2025Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Korean Paper91 x 91 cm
35.8 x 35.8 in -
A Little Talk - Rome, 2025Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Ottchil Hanji27 x 46 cm
10.6 x 18.1 in -
A Little Talk - Rome, 2025Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Korean Paper60.6 x 60.6 cm
23.8 x 23.8 in -
A Little Talk - Seoul, 2025Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Korean Paper91 x 91 cm
35.8 x 35.8 in -
A Little Talk - Seoul, 2025Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Korean Paper30 x 30 cm
11.8 x 11.8 in -
A Little Talk - Seoul, 2025Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Korean Paper130.3 x 130.3 cm
51.3 x 51.3 in -
A Little Talk - Singapore, 2025Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Korean Paper60.6 x 60.6 cm
23.9 x 23.9 in -
A Little Talk - Singapore, 2025Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Korean Paper91 x 91 cm
35.8 x 35.8 in -
A Little Talk - Singapore, Seoul & London (Triptych), 2025Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Korean Paper100 x 300 cm (100 x 100 cm each)
39.4 x 118.1 in (39.4 x 39.4 in each)
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A Little Talk - Taipei, 2025Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Korean Paper60.6 x 60.6 cm
23.8 x 23.8 in -
A Little Talk - Tokyo, 2025Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Korean Paper162.2 x 130.3 cm
63.9 x 51.3 in -
A Little Talk - Tokyo, 2025Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Korean Paper60.6 x 60.6 cm
23.8 x 23.8 in -
A Little Talk - Rome, 2024Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Korean Paper60.6 x 60.6 cm
23.9 x 23.9 in -
A Little Talk - Seoul, 2024Chinese ink, Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Korean Paper100 x 100 cm
39.4 x 39.4 in -
A Little Talk - NYC, 2019Chinese ink, gold leaf and acrylic on Korean paper60 x 60 cm
23.6 x 23.6 in -
A Little Talk - Paris (Triptych), 2018Chinese ink, gold leaf and acrylic on Korean paper30 x 90 cm
11.8 x 35.4 in
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Exhibitions
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Park Jieun
Journeys (Pt 2) 19 Mar - 18 Apr 2026Pontone Gallery is delighted to announce an exhibition of paintings by Korean artist, Park Jieun, that acts as a further instalment to the sequence of works shown towards the end of 2025. This is an opportunity to view new pieces and to revisit some of the themes established in ‘Journeys’.Read more -
Park Jieun
Journeys (Pt 1) 5 Sep - 4 Oct 2025Within bold sweeps of black ink, entire worlds are hidden. In Park Jieun’s paintings, miniature cityscapes emerge from broad, expressive brushwork - Paris seen through the arc of a gesture, Seoul glimpsed between shadows, New York concealed in the folds of a mark. At first, the compositions appear as pure abstraction. Step closer, and the outlines of familiar architecture reveal themselves, fleeting as memory, glimpsed only when the brush touches paper.Read more -
The Albemarle Gallery
Opening Exhibition 15 Apr - 16 May 2021Northern Irish painter Kyle Barnes creates highly accomplished figurative portraits, capturing intimate moments that feel distinctly raw and undistilled. We encounter his subjects through a painterly lens that does not...Read more
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