Heejoo Park - Modern Artist
Heejoo is a Korean-born, Melbourne-based artist working across painting, woodworking, and traditional Korean lacquerware. Trained in fine art and certified in cabinet making, her practice bridges contemporary form and ancestral technique. She uses raw ottchil—the natural sap of the lacquer tree—along with hand-carved wood, mother-of-pearl inlay, and rice paste adhesives, intentionally avoiding synthetic materials. Her work is slow, grounded, and tactile. Through her brand So One, she creates objects that carry memory, care, and time—designed for everyday rituals and quiet attention.
EDUCATION
Sunhwa Arts School
04/2008 – 04/2013 SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
Fine art, Painting | Bachelor
RMIT University
04/2018 – 04/2022 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Furniture making | Diploma
Holmesglen Institute
02/2023 – 02/2024 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Traditional Korean Ottchil technique
Yebijin Academy
05/2023 – 04/2025 MELBOURNE, SOUTH KOREA
AWARDS
Woods street youth art prize
04/2020
SOLO PROJECTS & EXHIBITIONS
Woods street youth art
09/2020 – 10/2020 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Kaleidoscopic Confusion Expioring Cosmic
Mysteries through the Unconscious Dreams
10/2020 – 11/2025 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
RMIT Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Graduate Exhibitio