Park Hye Soo

Park Hye-soo (b. 1974, KR) is an artist who explores the psychological challenges and social landscapes experienced by individuals living ordinary lives within today’s intensely competitive society. Through her artistic practice, she offers a visual analysis of the ways in which capitalism erodes personal values and how people respond to these shifts. This project employs the findings from a public survey as its primary research method. Following a long-term, multidisciplinary analysis conducted in collaboration with experts across diverse fields, it presents works that reflect artists’ interpretations. Park continues to evolve and expand into a variety of fields and media—including sculpture, installation, video, performance, sound art, theater, public art, and publishing—while persistently experimenting with new media genres such as the metaverse. From these conversations and her own reflections, Park identified five central themes: ‘Dream,’ ‘Botong,’ ‘Love,’ ‘We,’ and ‘Art.’ She subsequently developed each theme into a distinct project, conducting surveys and further interactive explorations for each.