Kelvin Kyung Kun Park is an award-winning filmmaker and visual artist from Seoul who works primarily in film and video, photography and installations. His work frequently takes inspiration from the cultural anxieties, myths and narratives that inform South Korea’s identity. He has screened his highly acclaimed first full-length film, Cheonggyecheon Medley (2010), at various international venues, including the Berlin Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, Warsaw Planet Doc Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival, Hot Docs, among others. Park’s video installation works have been shown at the Ilmin Museum of Art in Seoul and Daegu Art Museum, Arko Art Gallery, Opsis Art Gallery, and the 2012 Taipei Biennale. Park followed his debut up with A Dream of Iron, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film featuring a series of visual tableaux filmed at the Pohang Steel Company and Hyundai Shipyard, won the NETPAC Award at Berlinale and subsequently played at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Sharjah Bienniale. In 2017, he was nominated for “Korea Art Prize”, and won 2018 BIFF Mecenat Award (Documentaries). In 2019, he was nominated for “DOK Leipzig 2019”.
1978 Born in Seoul, South Korea
1996-2000 BA，University of California, Los Angeles, USA
2002-2005 MA in Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, USA
Lives and works in Seoul, South Korea
Featured Artworks
Kelvin Kyung Kun PARK
When Tigers used to Smoke
6'00"( Loop)
2021
Kelvin Kyung Kun PARK
Terrestrial Locomotion
2019
Kelvin Kyung Kun PARK
ARMY: 600 Thousand Portraits
17'00" | 2016
Kelvin Kyung Kun PARK
Stairway to Heaven
30'00" | 2016
Kelvin Kyung Kun PARK
A Dream of Iron
100'00"｜2015
Kelvin Kyung Kun PARK
Cathedral
164 × 110 cm
Ed.3+1AP｜2013
Kelvin Kyung Kun PARK
Bones #3
164 x 110 cm
2013
Kelvin Kyung Kun PARK
Bones #1
164 x 110 cm
2013
Kelvin Kyung Kun PARK
Spine
110 x 164 cm
2013