Soo Sunny Park

Soo Sunny Park is a Professor of Studio Art at Dartmouth College. She holds a B.F.A. from Columbus College of Art and Design and an M.F.A. in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art, with additional residencies at Skowhegan School and international fellowships. Her practice focuses on sculpture, installation art, mixed media, and drawing, often exploring liminal spaces and light as sculptural elements.

Research & Awards: Park’s work interrogates boundaries between material and light through installations like Photo-Kinetic Grid (2018) and Boundary Conditions (2014). She has received prestigious fellowships including the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency and exhibitions globally, from Italy’s Miniartextil Festival to the Sharjah Art Museum.

Key Projects: Notable works include SSVT (Vapor Slide) (2007–2012), a large-scale chain-link fence installation, and Refraction: Non-Building Structure Revisited (2010). Recent installations such as Photo-Kinetic Grid at the North Carolina Museum of Art (2018) integrate real-time projection systems to create dynamic light environments.

Awards:

• Joan Mitchell MFA Grant
• Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellowship
• Helen Foster Barnett Prize (National Academy Museum)
• 19th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition Grand Prize

Grants & Residencies: Over 20 residencies including Paris’ Cite Internationale des Arts, Finland’s Kultur Osterbotten, and Canada’s Vancouver Biennale. Recent exhibitions span the Cheongju Museum of Art (South Korea) to the New Britain Museum of American Art.