South Korean ceramicist Lydia Soo Jin Park returns to Bergen after two years with a solo exhibition at Northing.
The exhibition presents a new series of wall-based experimental porcelain works, where Park ventures into the unknown through multiple layers of glaze and underglaze. Alongside these are her signature ceramic and stoneware vessels, marked by their intricate layering structures. For Park, clay is always a gift from the earth—one through which she can channel and materialise emotions and memories shaped by life’s changes. Among the works is a meditative piece: a collection of ceramic beads created to store and seal her shifting feelings.
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About the artist
Lydia Soo Jin Park (b. 1989) is a ceramic-based artist. She holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2009–13) and an MFA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (2021–23), where she was awarded the NK Student Prize in Oslo 2023.
Her artistic techniques and practice are grounded in a personal philosophy of seeking originality and materiality in everyday life, especially through clay—an element naturally given by the earth.
Park has been awarded the National 3-year Working Grant for Young Artists, as well as the Talente Preis 2024 – Meister der Zukunft from HWK für München und Oberbayern (Munich, Germany).
Her works are held in the collections of Nasjonalmuseet, KODE Bergen, UD (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Oslo Kommune, and the Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum (National Museum of Decorative Arts, Trondheim).
Northing - Centre for East Asian Art & Culture is kindly supported by Bergen Municipality and the Arts Council Norway. Northing‘s program in 2025 is also supported by Fritt Ord Foundation and Vestland County through the Cultural Development Projects scheme.
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