In-kyung Park
(b.1926)
Interested in art and poetry at a very young age, In-Kyung Park (박인경) exhibited her work at the 1949 National Fine Arts Salon in Seoul, where she was awarded the First Prize for Painting. She soon strove to move away from the traditional training she had received and the same year she visited an exhibition of Ungno Lee’s work, which was a revelation for her. She admired his freedom of expression and the simplification of the forms in his work, which was very different from the meticulousness of the drawing techniques she had been taught. They married in 1949, and for ten years the couple was at the heart of the Korean artistic scene, but they wanted to leave Korea and live in Europe. In 1959, they left Korea with their young son and went to Germany. They settled in France in 1960.
A great admirer of the oeuvre of Ungno Lee, who is very famous in South Korea, she has devoted a great deal of time to promoting his work in France. She would paint at night in secret. Her art immerses us in the heart of nature, which reflects her emotions and which she paints with black ink or with natural pigments on hanji paper (mulberry tree paper).
Personal exhibitions
—2023 “Dance of Brush”, Galerie Vazieux, Paris, France
2023 “Aux confins de l’abstraction”, Numaga Gallery, Milvignes, Switzerland
2021 “Over my room window”, Leeungno Museum, Daejeon, South Korea
2016 “Nature in Abstract”, Leeungno Museum, Daejeon, South Korea
2012 Numaga Gallery, Neuchatel, Switzerland
2011 Cultural Center of Ma-San, Ma-San, South Korea
2010 Gong Art Space Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2007 K.O.A.S. (Korea Art Special Festival)
1996 Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1978 Go-Ryeo Gallery, Paris, France
1975 Yang-ji Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1972 Numaga Gallery, Neuchatel, Switzerland
1970 University Gallery, Paris, France
1963 Saint-Enimie Gallery, Lozere, France
1953 Myeong-Dong Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Groups exhibitions
—2022 “The 3 Lee”, Kiaf Seoul with Galerie Vazieux, Seoul, South Korea
2019 “Ung-no Lee and In-kyung Park”, Lee’s House, Hongseong, South Korea
“Exhibition of the Sonamou artists”, Bastille Design Center, Paris, France
2017 “In-kyung Park and Young-sé Lee”, Cernuschi Museum, Paris, France
2016 “Art Paris – Art Fair : special South Korea” with Thessa Herold gallery, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2015 “Séoul – Paris – Séoul”, Cernuschi Museum, Paris, France
“Vaux à Nu”, Espace Marcelle Cuche, Vaux-sur-Seine, France
“Nanseolheon International Artist Exhibition”, Gangneung Museum, Gangneung, South Korea
2014 “L’Esprit de l’encre”, Dortoir des moines, Saint-Benoît, France
Art Paris – Art Fair with Thessa Herold gallery, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2013 “The 3 Lee”, Thessa Herold Gallery, Paris, France
2009 Korean Cultural Centre, New York, USA
Lumen gallery, Paris, France
2006 Lumen gallery, Paris, France
2002 Young-In Museum, Seoul, South Korea
1986 Salon Comparaisons, Grand Palais, Paris, France
1985 City Museum of Kanagawa Yokohama, Japan
Sang-Yo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Go-Ryeo Gallery, Paris, France
Salon Comparaisons, Grand Palais, Paris, France
1984 Go-Ryeo Gallery, Paris, France
Salon Comparaisons, Grand Palais, Paris, France
1979 Go-Ryeo Gallery, Paris, France
1977 Academy of Oriental Painting, Paris, France
Go-Ryeo Gallery, Paris, France
1975 Hyun-Dae Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Municipal Museum, Bristol, UK
1974 Exhibition of Female Oriental Painting, Munich, Germany
1973 82nd National Salon of Association of Beaux-Arts, Trouville-sur-Mer, France
1971 Academy of Oriental Painting, Paris, France
Cernushi Museum, Paris, France
University Gallery, Paris, France
Vercamer Gallery, Paris, France
1960 Exhibition of Korean Painting in France, Paris, France
1959 Prestel Gallery, Frankfort, Germany
Municipal Museum, Bonn, Germany
1955 Exhibition of Nok-Mi-Hoe, Seoul, South Korea
1949 Exhibition of Nok-Mi-Hoe, Seoul, South Korea
