News and Updates
Last updated April 2026
A recent painting is featured in California Schemin’, directed by James McAvoy, now screening in cinemas.
Forthcoming publication: ‘It Must be Done’, Journal of Creative Practice Research, 2026.
Cove Park Residency, April, 2026
Further projects, exhibitions and research activity for 2026 and 2027 will be announced in due course.
Education
PhD Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art
PGCert Learning and Teaching in the Creative Disciplines, Glasgow School of Art
MA Painting, Royal College of Art
BA History of Art, BFA Painting, Ewha Womans University
Solo Exhibitions
There Is a Wild Tree Standing and We Sing Again, The Briggait Gallery, Glasgow, 2024
Necessary Sequels, HSBC Space, London, 2022 – 2023
Dance with the One Who Brought You, Patricia Fleming Gallery, Glasgow, 2021 – 2022
To Each His Own, Sedec Art Gallery, Seoul, 2014
Look at You, Space 15th, Seoul, 2012
Group Exhibitions
Spring Renewal, Artist in Residence, Kimpton Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, 2025
Frontiers: Painting in Scotland Now, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2024
Seen and Unseen, Reid Gallery, Glasgow, 2024
I Color U, CH1985, Seoul, 2024
Inner Constellations, Salt Space, Glasgow, 2023
Annual Show, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2022
Summer Exhibition 2021, Royal Academy, London, 2021
Shattered Speech, Grove Collective, London, 2021
A Cabinet of Curiosities, Brownsword Hepworth Gallery, London, 2020
Exh 03, Floorr magazine (online show), 2020
Open Window, Square Gallery, London, 2020
Annual Show, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2020
Elephant Lab, Colart, London, 2020
Virtues of Real/ Necessity of Imaginary, The Art Space, Glasgow, 2019
Crocodile Tears, Greenpoint Open Studios 2019, New York, 2019
Bath Open Art Prize 2019, Fringe Arts Bath Festival, 44AD Artspace, Bath, 2019
Aucart LAB, 189 Gloucester Place, London, 2019
Flourish Award 2018 tour, Spike Print Studio, Bristol, 2019
Flourish Award 2018 tour, PR1Gallery at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, 2018
Flourish Award 2018, West Yorkshire Print Workshop, West Yorkshire, 2018
Summerhouse, Lindenbecker Weg, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2018
ARNA opening studio, Harlösa, Sweden, 2018
Skip-Ad; Play, Savoy Center, Glasgow, 2018
Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2018 Shortlist Show, Ashurst LLP, London, 2018
No Safe Haven, The Pipe Factory Gallery, Glasgow, 2018
Odysseys (SYN Festival Edinburgh), Summerhall, Edinburgh, 2018
One Summer Night, Crypt Gallery, London, 2017
The Arrival, Square Gallery, London, 2017
Under the See, Crypt Gallery, London, 2017
The Abstraction of Continents and The Continent of Abstraction, Lychee One, London, 2016
Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries, London, 2016
Lost in the Woods, Square Gallery, London, 2016
Shadow, Lichfield Cathedral(Emporium Art gallery), Lichfield, 2016
Nothing To See Here, Square Gallery, London, 2016
The East Monsters, Triangle Art Festival, Seoul, South Korea, 2014
Pyongyang Residency, Space 15th, Seoul, South Korea, 2013
2037 Residency in Pyongyang, Art Factory Project, Janghang, South Korea, 2012
Reflected World, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea, 2010
Combat, Ewha Art Center, Seoul, South Korea, 2010
Awards and Funds
(Upcoming) 2026 (Recipient)
Cove Park The Bowmaker Awarded Residency (Recipient)
Hope Scott Trust 2024 (Recipient)
Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards 2024 (Awardee)
The Eaton Fund 2024 (Recipient)
Hahnemühle Fund 2024 (Recipient)
Wasps Arts 2024 (Awardee)
Carol Rhodes Bursary 2023, Glasgow School of Art (Recipient)
Hopper Prize 2019 (Finalist)
Bath Open Art Prize 2019 (Finalist)
Flourish Award 2018, RK Burt&co. Prize, West Yorkshire (Awardee)
Summerhouse2018, Düsseldorf, Germany (Awardee)
Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2018, London (Shortlisted)
New Contemporaries 2018, London (Shortlisted)
Solo Award 2017, London (Longlisted)
Winsor & Newton Young Artist Award 2016, London (Shortlisted)
The Lichfield Prize 2016, Emporium Art Gallery, Lichfield (Finalist)
Noticeable Works Award 2013, Ewha Womans University, Seoul (Awardee)
Residencies
(Upcoming) 2026/2027
Cove Park The Bowmaker Awarded Residency, September 2025, April 2026
Elephant Lab, Colart & Winsor and Newton, 2020, London
Aucart Residency Lab 2019, London
Summer House 2018, Düsseldorf, Germany
ARNA Residency House 2018, Harlösa, Sweden
Reviews and Articles
Critique by Kurt Beers, 2026
‘Memory and detour’ by Jonathan Miles regarding Sin Park’s Painting (Oct 13) 2022
'Sin Park,' by Masaki Ishikawa, FAR TSUSHIN (Feb 07), 2022
Drawn from Memory BY GREG THOMAS, Fleming Collection (Feb 04), 2022
‘Sin Park’, Opening (April 22), 2021
‘Sin Park’, FOA Volume 9 (USA: FOA Magazine, May 28), p102-105, 2019
‘Sin Park’, Artmaze Mag, Spring Issue 12 (London: ArtMaze Magazine, May 8), 2019
WOTISART #24 (March), p7-8, 2019
ArticulAction, Special Issue, 2017
Publications
(Upcoming) It Must be Done - Journal of Creative Practice Research, 2026
Carol Rhodes Special Edition, Journal of Contemporary Painting, 2025
Featured artist and contributor, Frontiers: Painting in Scotland Now, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. ISBN: 9780905783635, 2025
Academic Role
Lecturer, MLitt Contemporary Art Practice and Master of Fine Art, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
Conferences
Carol Rhodes Symposium 2024, The Glasgow School of Art
PRG Research Methods Symposium 2017, The Glasgow School of Art
Film and Media
Painting featured in California Schemin’, directed by James McAvoy, 2026
Artist talks
HSBC Space, 2022 (13 October 2022, Conversation with Daniel Lancaster)
Sotheby's Institute of Art, 2019
Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, 2019
Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, 2017
Collections
HSBC Collection (London)
The Flag West M Hotel (Frankfurt)
Private collections in UK, Germany, Sweden and South Korea
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