So Yeon Park is an interdisciplinary performance artist who was born and raised
in Korea. She received her M.F.A. in Art from Ohio State University, her second
B.F.A. in sculpture/ceramics from California College of Arts and Crafts, and
her first B.F.A. in arts and crafts from Seoul Women's University, Seoul, Korea.
With her eclectic background, in visual art, performance art and time-based media, Park established herself in the collaborative lab projects, various solo and site –specific performances. She has been involved in film shoots-on-location, theatrical and photographic research, software programming, digital editing, stage rehearsals that combined live dance-theatre, music, visual sculpture, film projections and online telepresence. She also participated in a series of interactive/distributed performance with various partner teams (AdaPT) in the US and Latin America. Her current research is mainly about the social role of performance and cultural production in public space. She has been experimenting with the creation of public settings that break through cultural boundaries and promote sharing and understanding among people with diverse backgrounds. Since 2003, She has held several community based pubic performances such as “Four Caskets Project” at the Sculpture Center in Cleveland, Ohio, “Interfaith Chanting/praying Ceremony” presented by Fado Performance, Inc. in Toronto, Ontario and recently. “Story Telling and Listening” in conjunction with visual art thematic new work residency and storytelling residency at the Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada.
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