In June Park

In June Park

Smuggler, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
22" x 22" x 2"
Courtesy of the artist

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Winged Foot, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
14" x 11" x 1"
Courtesy of the artist

In June Park (b. 1996) is a painter based in New York. He was born in South Korea and later immigrated to Chile. In June received his BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2021 and is currently an MFA candidate for Visual Arts at Columbia University. He is currently concerned with exploring the role of a painter as a furtive observer.

My painting practice is an ongoing collection of images that closely mirror my life experiences. These personal reflections are captured with varying degrees of proximity and relevance and are brought to the surface from a distance, collaged, and cropped— methods that our generation is particularly familiar with. These images are highly specific, mirroring the precision of memory, while also resembling collage-like assemblages, reflecting memory’s fragmentary nature.

I am attracted to painting for its ability to single out a subject over its existing context for interpretation and dissection. Ranging from hidden platform shoes to household items, my subjects are drawn out of their environment to engage with other works from the series to form a collective narrative.