One of the world’s most exciting new artists is launching her first international exhibition in Perth next week

Prodigious art talent Anna Park will be bringing her first international solo exhibition to Perth, with the arrival of Look, look. Anna Park to AGWA on April 20.

Born in South Korea and spending her formative years in Utah, the 27 year old artist will debut 15 never-before-seen, large-scale charcoal and ink works, created specifically for AGWA and exploring ideas of female identity through the lens of film and television with Park’s signature use of dark humour. The free exhibition will be on display until September 8, 2024.

“Being inundated with a lot of quintessential tropes of Western culture, it shaped the way I viewed my own identity and femininity,” explained Park.

“What I aspired to be was built from the way women are presented in mass media. Filtered images of women in ads and on screen who were always depicted as nothing more than ‘perfect’. They were rarely created to be multidimensional beings. I see the female figures I present in these works as a vessel of my own self. Women who reflect a certain ‘ideal’ yet are placed within an environment consumed by chaos.”

“Anna Park is part of a new generation of artists who are channelling the chaotic energy of this present moment into powerful artworks that capture the vulnerability and psychological tension that simmers beneath the surface of every human interaction,” said AGWA Director Colin Walker.

“Park stands out as one of the most captivating among these young talents, confidently working with charcoal and ink to craft kaleidoscopic drawings that challenge conventions. Over two gallery spaces, Look, look. Anna Park is a major 2024 show for AGWA. We are thrilled to be hosting this significant moment in Park’s career and sharing her poignant drawings with Australian audiences for the first time,” he continued.

As well as the world-first exhibition, Park will collaborate with both rambunctious Australian fashion label WAH-WAH and AGWA for a limited-edition knitwear collection – which will be launched at an exclusive event hosted by Vogue Australia’s Editorial Director, Edwina McCann, and featuring a Q&A with Park and WAH-WAH designer Kaylene Milner. (Grab your tickets here!)

Cover image credit: © Anna Park, Courtesy of the artist and BLUM, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo Photo: © David Brandon Geeting, 2024.