Yangbin Park
Program Coordinator
Assistant Professor, Printmaking
219 Communication and Fine Arts Building
901.678.2216
ypark8@memphis.edu
Biography
Yangbin Park is an artist and educator, known for his innovative print-based installation, print media, and papermaking. A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a BFA in Studio Art (2011) and an MFA in Printmaking from Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University (2013), he is currently Assistant Professor of Art and Design at the University of Memphis. Park has also taught at Muhlenberg College, Chungnam National University, and Seoul Women’s University.
With a profound commitment to social engagement, Park navigates the confluence of identity, history, and culture. His interdisciplinary approach has led to recognition in premier venues like the Print Center, the International Print Center New York (now Print Center New York), Woodmere Museum, Fleisher Art Memorial, Janet Turner Print Museum, Asian Art Initiative, and Seoul Art Center.
Beyond exhibitions, his works are preserved in public collections such as the China Printmaking Museum, Contemporary Center for the Arts, and Vernon Public Art Gallery. Park’s accolades include being a finalist in the 94th Annual International Competition at the Print Center, receiving the Exhibition Merit Award at Janet Turner Print Museum, the Excellent Artist Award at Cyart Space, and the New Prints Mentorship Award at Print Center New York.
Park's current endeavors delve into innovative artistic practices that reflect a problematizing of the world and boundaries in the face of today’s political and economic power hierarchies, both physical and conceptual, investigating the form of the map and critical cartography to create novel meaning and seek to change the world through various modes of mapping that reveal maps as human documents.
Education
YANGBIN PARK (2022) Assistant Professor; B.F.A., 2011, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; M.F.A., 2013, Tyler School of Art and Architecture of Temple University
Sample Work
