Jini Park
Multidisciplinary Artist — Los Angeles, CA
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
Prototype — Around the Avenue
House of Grant, Berkeley, CA
2017
Societal Manifestation
The Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Group Exhibitions
2025
Y.K.W.I.I.
Group show with CHITO, Wreckpack & RLSWYZE, Micro Service, Seoul, South Korea
2025
Final Residency Exhibition
Group show with Marcia Bianchi & Halim Madi, Yellow Cube Gallery, Paris, France
2024
Memoir to the Underrepresented
DTLA Art Night at the Emerging Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024
Art After Dark
DTLA Art Night at the Stowaway, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Prototype — Around the Avenue
House of Grant, Berkeley, CA
2020
Connecting the Roots
The Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2020
I Adore You, I Adore You
VCU FAB 108, Richmond, VA
2018
People’s History of Telegraph Avenue
Telegraph Ave. Mural Restoration, Berkeley, CA
2018
Tutto Bianco, A Transdisciplinary Project
Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2018
Vulnerability and Resilience
Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, Crenshaw House, Richmond, VA
2017
Texas Beach Murals
Virginia Commonwealth University Collaboration, Richmond, VA
2017
A Strong Line
International Print Collaboration (Richmond, VA + Doha, Qatar), The Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Honors & Awards
2025
European Artistic Program II Residency Accepted Candidate
Barcelona, Spain & Paris, France
2025
Eutopia Art Residency Accepted Candidate
Syros, Greece
2025
Nomad Spirit, International Art Program Accepted Candidate
Gobi, Mongolia
2025
Nocefresca Artist Residency Accepted Candidate
Millis, Sardinia
2025
Printmaking Barcelona Accepted Candidate
Barcelona, Spain
2025
Radal Printmaking Residency Program Accepted Candidate
Patagonia, Argentina
2025
Amazonica Artist in Residence Accepted Candidate
Amazon, Peru
2020
La Wayaka Current Artist Residency (Desert 23’S) Accepted Candidate
Calama, Chile
2020
Enchanting Wind Artist Residence Accepted Candidate
Vilcamamba, Ecuador
2016 – 2020
VCUarts Dean’s Honor List
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2019
Peachtree Scholarship Award
VCU Painting + Printmaking Department, Richmond, VA
2018
University Student Scholar
VCU’s Annual Student Convocation, Richmond, VA
2018
Peachtree Scholarship Award
VCU Painting + Printmaking Department, Richmond, VA
Leadership
2020 – Present
Founder, Director, and Lead Designer of Prolific Nonspecific
Los Angeles, CA
2023 – Present
Mentor in Korean Diaspora Worldwide Network
South Korea
2019 – 2020
VCUarts Painting + Printmaking Departmental Ambassador
Richmond, VA
2019 – 2020
VCUarts Student Advisory Council Member
Richmond, VA
2019
Capital One Art Collection Representative
Henrico, VA
2019
VCUarts Student Representative
Richmond, VA
2018 – 2019
VCUarts Printmaking Studio Technician
Richmond, VA
2016 – 2018
St. Joseph’s Villa Volunteer Mentor
Richmond, VA
Fellowship
2025
Mentor in Korean Diaspora Worldwide Network
South Korea
2024
Mentor in Korean Diaspora Worldwide Network
South Korea
2023
Fellow in Korean Diaspora Worldwide Network
South Korea
Publications
2025
European Artistic Program II
Barcelona, Spain & Paris, France
2023
Ventral Hippocampus–Lateral Septum Circuitry Promotes Foraging-Related Memory
Graphical Abstract in Cell Reports, University of Southern California — Dr. Scott Kanoski’s Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Subject 127
Amendment, Literature and Art Journal, Richmond, VA
2018
University Public Affairs
VCU News, Richmond, VA
2018
Alienne Snot
Amendment, Literature and Art Journal, Richmond, VA
2018
Mr. Clown, At Solitude
Amendment, Literature and Art Journal, Richmond, VA
2017
Beauty and Power
Amendment, Literature and Art Journal, Richmond, VA