GaHee Park
GaHee Park
GaHee Park creates deeply psychological scenes that are erotic yet highly cerebral, where renderings are true to feelings, not appearances. Transforming the female nude from a passive sex object to a psychologically complex feminist subject, Park demonstrates that the most daring artistic gesture may not be to abandon a problematic tradition but to embrace it so fully that it reveals its own contradictions. Like Lisa Yuskavage and Nicole Eisenman, Park casts new light on longstanding discussions of the body and the unconscious.
Park (b. 1985, Seoul, South Korea) has a BFA from the Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA and MFA from Hunter College, New York. Park has enjoyed a solo exhibition at Académie Conti, Vosne-Romanée, France, and her work has been included in group shows at Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel; Milwaukee Art Museum, WI; Pond Society, Shanghai, China; and The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY, among others. Her work is held in the permanent collections of notable institutions, including Columbus Museum of Art, OH; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; and Pond Society, Shanghai, China. She was an AROP Artist-in-Residence at the Opéra national de Paris in 2025 and her large-scale glass mosaic commission for the John F. Kennedy Airport’s Terminal 6 will debut in 2026. She will enjoy her first solo show with Jessica Silverman in November 2026. She lives and works in Montreal, Canada.
GaHee Park
Woman and Mirror, 2025
Oil on linen
32 x 48 x 1 5/8 inches / 81.3 x 121.9 x 4.1 cm
GaHee Park
Woman and Mirror, 2025
Detail
GaHee Park
Back to Mountain, 2025
Oil on canvas
60 x 46 inches / 152.4 x 116.8 cm
GaHee Park
Back to Mountain, 2025
Detail
GaHee Park
Rest in Bloom, 2025
Oil on canvas
15 x 18 inches / 38.1 x 45.7 cm
GaHee Park
Incarnation, 2025
Oil on linen
68 x 72 inches / 172.7 x 182.9 cm
GaHee Park
Woman with Cocktail, Olives, and Caterpillar, 2023–2025
Oil on canvas
38 x 32 inches / 96.5 x 81.3 cm
GaHee Park
Woman with Cocktail, Olives, and Caterpillar, 2023–2025
Detail
GaHee Park
Marine Dreams, 2024
Oil on linen
80 x 136 inches / 203.2 x 345.4 cm
GaHee Park
Drowned Thought, 2023
Oil on linen
90 x 67 inches / 228.6 x 170.2 cm
GaHee Park
Woman with Shadow and Ants, 2024
Oil on linen
15 x 18 inches / 38.1 x 45.7 cm
GaHee Park
Woman with Shadow and Ants, 2024
Detail
ADDITIONAL WORKS
Installation view
GaHee Park: Public Private, 2023
Pond Society, Shanghai, China
Installation view
GaHee Park: Académie Conti, 2023
Consortium Museum, Vosne-Romanée, France
Installation view
GaHee Park: Académie Conti, 2023
Consortium Museum, Vosne-Romanée, France
Installation view
GaHee Park: They Shut Me Up In Prose, 2022
Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel
Installation view
GaHee Park: Beyond the Looking Glass, 2021
UTA Artist Space, Beverly Hills, CA
Installation view
GaHee Park:And I Will Wear You in My Heart of Heart, 2021
The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
GaHee Park
Dream with Still Life, 2022
Oil on canvas
41 x 34 x 2 inches / 104.1 x 86.4 x 5.1 cm
GaHee Park
Room with Sweets, 2022
Oil on linen
72 x 68 inches / 182.9 x 172.7 cm
GaHee Park
Cocktail Hour, 2021
Color pencil on paper
16 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches / 42.5 x 34.9 cm
GaHee Park
Still Life with Moon, 2021
Oil on canvas
15 x 18 inches / 38.1 x 45.7 cm
GaHee Park
Angel Next Door, 2020
Oil on canvas
52 x 48 inches / 132.1 x 121.9 cm
GaHee Park
Beach Platter, 2020
Oil on canvas
34 x 25 inches / 86.4 x 63.5 cm
GaHee Park
Lovebirds, 2019
Oil on canvas
34 x 25 inches / 86.4 x 63.5 cm
GaHee Park
Still Life with Flowers, Fish and Hermit Crab, 2018
Oil on canvas
32 x 28 inches / 81.3 x 71.1 cm
EXHIBITIONS
PRESS
Move Over, La Guardia and Newark: 18 Artists to Star at New J.F.K. Terminal
GaHee Park Unsettles Still Life Traditions with Surreal, Soured Temptations
GaHee Park’s Lavish Scenes Evoke the Surreal Nature of Isolation
VIDEOS
GAHEE PARK AT ACADEMIE CONTI, CONSORTIUM MUSEUM
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Born 1985, Seoul, South Korea
MFA, Hunter College, New York, NY, 2015
BFA, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2012
Lives and works in Montreal, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2026
Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA [forthcoming]
2025
Not Quite Tomorrow, Perrotin, Paris, France
2024
Fun and Games, Perrotin, New York, NY
2023
GaHee Park, Académie Conti, Consortium Museum, Vosne-Romanée, France
Eveningness, Perrotin, Tokyo, Japan
2021
Too Early After All, Perrotin, Paris, France
2020
Betrayal (Sweet Blood), Perrotin, New York, NY
2019
We Used to Be Fish, Perrotin, Seoul, South Korea
2018
Every Day Was Yesterday, Taymour Grahne, London, UK
2017
Kissing in the Tree, Motel, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Butt on Face, Pioneer Works, 2nd Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015
No No Means Yes Yes, Marginal Utility Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Her Dark Materials, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco CA
Erotic City, Eric Firestone Gallery, New York, NY
From the Collection, Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel
2024
The Imaginary Made Real, Berry Campbell, New York, NY
2023
50 Paintings, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Cruel To Be Kind / Les Plus Beaux Cauchemars, LivArt, Montreal
PUBLIC PRIVATE, Pond Society, Shanghai, China
Volupté, Blouin Division, Montreal, Canada
2022
Wonder Women, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
Beyond Identity, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
A Few Small Nips, Mrs., New York, NY
Wonder Women, Jeffrey Deitch, New York, NY
They Shut Me Up In Prose, Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel
2021
Beyond the Looking Glass, UTA Artist Space, Beverly Hills, CA
and I will wear you in my heart of heart, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
Domesticated, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2020
Fantasy Body, Projet Pangée, Montreal Canada
Animal Kingdom, Alexander Berggruen Gallery, New York, NY
Art on the Grid, Public Art Fund, New York, NY
2019
Drinking the Reflection, Russo Lee, Portland, OR
No Patience For Monuments, Perrotin, Seoul, South Korea
2018
Hot Farce, Projects Gallery, New York, NY
Cat Lady, Teen Party, Brooklyn, NY
Bathers, Bass & Reiner, San Francisco, CA
Cheeky: Summer Butts, Marinaro Gallery, NY
Picnic, Calico Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017
How to Draw The Human Figure, Agency, Brooklyn, NY
Laurel, laurelexhibition.com, Brooklyn, NY
Lintel, Mantel, Module, Shelf, LaMaMa Galleria, New York, NY
2016
Internal Affairs, two-person show with Doron Langberg, Ess Ef Eff, Brooklyn, NY
Sexuality, NAM Project, Milan, Italy
Intimisms, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
NSFW / Male Nudes by Female Painters, Outlet Brooklyn, NY
Public Projects
2026
John F. Kennedy Airport Terminal 6, New York, NY [forthcoming]
Press
2025
“Woman with Cocktail, Olives and Catepillar.” Generazione critica. June 21, 2025.
Williams, Tianna. “Paris Art Exhibitions to See in May.” Wallpaper. May 1, 2025.
Delagrange, Julien. “GaHee Park: Not Quite Tomorrow.” Contemporary Art Issue. May 14, 2025.
Avataneo, Caterina. “GaHee Park: Not Quite Tomorrow.” CURA. May 12, 2025.
Mang, Lolita. “4 expositions à voir absolument en mai à Paris.” Vogue France. April 29, 2025.
Caballer Lopez, Cristina. “Painting as Escape and Power: GaHee Park’s Quest for Desire.” Say Who. April 25, 2025.
2024
Troncy, Éric. “L’érotisme ambigu de GaHee Park.” Numéro. September 1, 2024.
Rabb, Maxwell. “JFK Airport commissions artworks by Barbara Kruger and Charles Gaines, aong others.” Artsy. July 17, 2024.
Carollo, Elisa. “Eighteen Newly Announced Artist Commissions Will Enhance JFK’s Terminal 6.” Observer. July 17, 2024.
Gaskin, Sam. “Who Are the 18 Artists Creating Works for JFK’s Terminal 6?” Ocula. July 17, 2024.
Solomon, Tessa. “18 New York Artists Tapped to Create Works for JFK’s New Terminal.” ARTnews. July 16, 2024.
Sheets, Hilarie M. “Move Over, La Guardia and Newark: 18 Artists to Start at New J.F.K. Terminal.” The New York Times. July 16, 2024.
Troncy, Eric. “GaHee Park.” Frog. April 1, 2024.
Rabb, Maxwell. “What Sold at Frieze Los Angeles 2024.” Artsy. March 4, 2024.
“GaHee Park and the Fantasy of ‘Fun and Games’.” Juxtapoz. March 1, 2024.
Ebert, Grace. “GaHee Park Unsettles Still Life Traditions with Surreal, Soured Temptations.” Colossal. February 16, 2024.
2023
Tanzilo, Bobby. “MAM’s ’50 Paintings’ by 50 artists captures richness of contemporary painting.” ON Milwaukee. November 16, 2023.
“Couple Up: the Art of Romance.” The Fix. February 2023.
2022
Celeux-Lanval, Maïlys. “The Hand: An Infinite Motif of Contemporary Art.”
BeauxArts. September 3, 2022.
Castro, Anäis. “GaHee Park.” Esse. May 2022.
2021
Toulout, Laëtitia. “Paradise Regained.” The Steidz. September 2021.
Davies, Lillian. “GaHee Park at Perrotin Paris.” Artforum. September 21, 2021.
Aubel, Damien. “Bien en chair.” Transfuge. September 1, 2021.
2020
“GaHee Park’s Cave People In a Modern World.” Garage. October 2020.
Yau, John. “GaHee Park’s Cool Nudes.” Hyperallergic. September 26, 2020.
Das, Jareh. “GaHee Park: Building Fluid Worlds.” Ocula. September 8, 2020.
“GaHee Park’s Lavish Scenes Evoke the Surreal Nature of Isolation.” Elephant. September 2020.
“GaHee Park’s Surreal Scenes for Surreal Times.” Whitewall. May 22, 2020.
Luque, Claudia. “GaHee Park: Eroticism in a New Light.” Metal. March 2, 2020.
2019
O’Neill, Emma. “No Patience for Monuments.” ArtAsiaPacific. May 24, 2019.
Angelos, Ayla. “Exaggerated figures and oddly placed gentials: meet artist GaHee Park.” It’s Nice That. September 30, 2019.
Mee-yoo, Kwon. “Artists take step forward in feminism.” The Korea Times. April 9, 2019.
Collections
Pond Society, Shanghai, China
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Medianoche Foundation, Granada, Spain