Mimi Park
Bio: Mimi Park (b. 1996) is an interdisciplinary artist currently residing in New York. Inspired by interwoven patterns around her, which includes the microscopic world, soft circuitry, play therapy and beyond—Park continues her world-building. The sensorial plays a central role in her work, interested in the ways that neuro-atypical forms of communication can often be misconstrued, something that she has experienced firsthand. Mimi has exhibited her work in Chicago, New York, Seoul and Berlin.
www.mimipark.art
Instagram: @m1mipark
Thesis Exhibition
Artist Statement: Electricity flowing in shattered nodes. Swarm of seeds transmitting 1.5 volts of energy. Try licking the sprout, isn’t it spiky? Subtle taste of iron in rainbow radish—it might burn your tongue but don’t worry, the pain will disappear. As soon as pain diminishes, the rusty red mineral dissolves into our body to help us move our fingers, hop like a rabbit and prevent fainting. Let’s mourn for those countless putrefaction happening in every nano-second. Good bye and welcome to me.
Now that line between you and I is gone, I am polluted. Cross-pollination. Cut open. Exposed copper wire. Staticky electrical signals. Blood mineral forming a serpentine in my liver. When the rock is done forming, I will open my tummy and take out the bright chartreuse crystal. Don’t worry I will give it back to you Gaia. Crush the crystal to make them into seeds again. Maybe honeybees will return. We can also create them with toothbrush bristle and vibrating motor. Just make sure to give them enough nectar.
Birthing Grave (32" x 40" x 1.5", Oil on canvas, 2022)
First Year Exhibition
Alternate World Building Series 1: Gentle Vibrations (84” x 84” x 84”, AA batteries, craftwire, maca color pigment, mason jar, plexi tile samples, vibrating motor, found objects, Santa Claus animatronic toy, bell, paper clips, Christmas tree animatronic toy, stainless bucket, plastic bucket, ropes, neoprene, foam, 3d filaments, orange peel, dried up algae, yarn, resin, plaster, fabric, concrete, shelving unit, hooks, ladder, fake moth, microphone, iPhone, speaker, 2021)
