Jini Park is a multidisciplinary artist working primarily in painting, screen printing, and mixed media. As a first-generation Korean immigrant, her practice is deeply rooted in exploring the complexities of cultural inheritance, identity, and the unbounded nature of human existence. Her work navigates the tension between tradition and modernity, personal history and collective experience, ultimately questioning the constraints that identity can impose. Park seeks to investigate what it means to exist in the purest human form—beyond imposed labels, societal constructs, and inherited expectations.
Park’s artistic inquiry stems from a lifelong negotiation between cultural displacement and self-definition. While her ancestry is an undeniable foundation, she is equally drawn to the possibility of an identity that is fluid, evolving, and unrestricted. Her layered compositions and experimental materiality reflect this duality, merging traditional Korean techniques with contemporary Western methodologies. By deconstructing identity as a rigid construct, Park aims to reimagine it as a space of freedom and limitless transformation.
Her work is an extension of a personal and collective healing journey—an exploration of how inherited narratives shape existence and how they can be transmuted into something fluid, expressive, and unconfined. Through her art, she seeks to liberate herself and others from the burdens of the past while honoring the histories that have shaped them. Park’s work invites viewers to embrace multiplicity, surrender to the unknown, and celebrate the expansiveness of human existence beyond predefined categories. By engaging with layered storytelling and experimental materiality, she creates a visual language that embodies both ancestral wisdom and the ever-shifting nature of identity.
EDUCATION
2016-2020
Virginia Commonwealth University - School of the Arts, Richmond VA.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting + Printmaking, Minor in Art History.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
2018
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Memoir to the Underrepresented, DTLA Art Night at the Emerging Gallery, Los Angeles CA.
Art After Dark, DTLA Art Night at the Stowaway, Los Angeles CA.
Prototype - Around the Avenue, House of Grant, Berkeley CA.
Connecting the Roots, The Anderson Gallery, Richmond VA.
I Adore You, I Adore You, VCU FAB 108, Richmond VA.
People's History of Telegraph Avenue, Telegraph Ave. Mural Restoration, Berkeley CA.
Tutto Bianco, A Transdisciplinary Project, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond VA.
Vulnerability and Resilience, Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, Crenshaw House, Richmond VA.
Texas Beach Murals, Virginia Commonwealth University Collaboration, Richmond VA.
A Strong Line, International (Richmond VA + Doha Qatar) Print Collaboration, The Anderson Gallery, Richmond VA.
2024
2018
2018
2017
2017
2020
2020
Eutopia Art Residency Accepted Candidate – Syros, Greece.
Nomad Spirit, International Art Program Accepted Candidate – Gobi, Mongolia.
Nocefresca Artist Residency Accepted Candidate – Millis, Sardinia.
Printmaking Barcelona Accepted Candidate – Barcelona, Spain.
Radal Printmaking Residency Program Accepted Candidate – Patagonia, Argentina.
Amazonica Artist in Residence Accepted Candidate – Amazon, Peru.
La Wayaka Current Artist Residency (Desert 23'S) Accepted Candidate - Calama, Chile.
Enchanting Wind Artist Residence Accepted Candidate - Vilcabamba, Ecuador.
VCUarts Dean’s Honor List, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA.
VCU Painting + Printmaking Department Peachtree Scholarship Award, Richmond VA.
University Student Scholar at VCU’s annual Student Convocation, Richmond VA.
VCU Painting + Printmaking Department Peachtree Scholarship Award, Richmond VA.
Academic Achievement Award, VCU, Richmond VA.
Academic Achievement Award, VCU, Richmond VA.
HONORS/AWARDS
2019
2018
2018
2018
2017
2020
2020
2016-2020
LEADERSHIP
Founder, Director, and Lead Designer of Prolific Nonspecific, Los Angeles CA.
Mentor in Korean Diaspora Worldwide Network, South Korea.
VCUarts Painting + Printmaking Departmental Ambassador, Richmond VA.
VCUarts Student Advisory Council Member, Richmond VA.
Capital One Art Collection Representative, Henrico, VA.
VCUarts Student Representative, Richmond VA.
VCUarts Printmaking Studio Technician, Richmond VA.
St. Joseph's Villa Volunteer Mentor, Richmond VA.
2019-2020
2019
2019-2020
2023-Present
2016-2018
PUBLICATIONS
Ventral hippocampus-lateral septum circuitry promotes foraging-related memory, Graphical Abstract in-press in Cell Reports, University of Southern California - Dr. Scott Kanoski’s Laboratory, Los Angeles CA.
Subject 127, Amendment, Literature and Art Journal, Richmond VA.
University Public Affairs, VCU News, Richmond VA.
Alienne Snot, Amendment, Literature and Art Journal, Richmond VA.
Mr. Clown, At Solitude, Amendment, Literature and Art Journal, Richmond VA.
Beauty and Power, Amendment, Literature and Art Journal, Richmond VA.
2018
2019
2018
2017
2018
2020-Present
2018-2019
2019
2022
Prototype - Around the Avenue, House of Grant, Berkeley CA.
Societal Manifestation, The Anderson Gallery, Richmond VA.
2020
2017
FELLOWSHIP
2024
2023
Mentor in Korean Diaspora Worldwide Network, South Korea.
Fellow in Korean Diaspora Worldwide Network, South Korea.
2025
2025
2025
2025
2025
2025