Soyoon Park

When I was little, I was angry at my mom. Mom didn’t care about me and always scolded me. I always thought I was the only person who lives in the earth. I felt like there was no one who understood me. But inside of me, I desired my mom. My mom’s everything. Now, my feeling is almost healed. But looking back my memory of past by watching photo of my childhood, I can remember what I had felt. I couldn’t express my feeling when I was young. It was beyond expression. I want to express that feeling when I was young by making mom’s portrait.

Media/size/number of works
I will use Ink, watercolor, oil pastel, and pencil as media. And I will make one piece of drawing at enormous scale.

Inspirations
My inspiration is Niki de Saint-Phalle. She worked to remedy her scar. Inspired by her, I want to look again my memory and remake it to art. Also, I want to use Van Gogh’s painting as inspiration as well. He reveals personal aspects of an individual as well as physical appearance by using his unique brush touch. In addition, Inspired by Chuck close, I decide to make my mom’s head at a enormous size, in great detail. Her face will be filled with my emotion and feeling toward to her.

Other materials you intend to use either in project itself or as source material
I want to use photo of my mother almost 10 years ago. I will depict my mother by looking old photo. Also, for remembering my feeling and emotion toward her, I will also look photo of my childhood.