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b. 2000 Seoul, South Korea

based in New York

Yena Seo-Yeon Park (b. 2000, Seoul) is a New York based oil painter exploring themes of intimacy, memory and ephemerality. 
In her work, figures dissolve and reemerge in and out of the densely painted surfaces. Thorns, floral and celestial motifs mark themes of transformation and symbols of personal mythology and histories. 

Grounded in her experience as a queer Asian woman, she approaches painting as a vulnerable dialogue with the unseen realms of longing. Park received her  MFA in Fine Arts from School of Visual Arts, NY (2026). Her work has been exhibited across New York, Seoul, Los Angeles, and Mongolia with support from the Arts Council Korea (ARKO).