Smooth surfaces and fine geometrical shapes have occupied the fancy of Amy Park and affected her to dedicate fully to depicting architecture. Her peculiar approach to painting is embedded in focused and analytical view and expressed by watercolors. As a matter of fact, Park is a dedicated observer; she carefully examines her surrounding so each everyday situation becomes a potential inspiration. By marking the objects, the artist is not only intrigued by their flawless shape and perfect straight lines, rather she pays special attention to the composition and coloring. Interestingly, the sights she chooses to belong to the modernism, which reveals another significant layer to the narrative.
A Foray of Becoming The Artist
Amy Park was born in 1972 I was born in Warren, Ohio. In 1999 she received a BFA and an MFA in 2003 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and also studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Ox-Bow Summer Art School. She was a recipient of a Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program Award in 2007-2008, and an Artist-In-Residence at the Serenbe Institute in 2012. She had several solos and participated in a large number of group exhibitions. During the years, Park’s paintings became part of permanent collections like New York Presbyterian Hospital, Microsoft Corporation and Drawing Center’s Artist Archive at the Museum of Modern Art.
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