Now in its second year, Cove Park is delighted to partner once again with the Busan Cultural Foundation to provide a four-week residency for a South Korean artist. Following an application process, we are pleased to announce the recipient of this residency is Cho Eun-Phil.

After majoring in sculpture in the Department of Fine Arts at Pusan National University, Cho, Eun-Phil earned her master’s degree (MFA) from the Slade School of Fine Art at University College London, followed by a doctorate in fine arts at Pusan National University. Since her first solo exhibition in 2002, she has held 25 further solo shows to date. She has participated in exhibitions at national and public museums such as the Busan Museum of Art, Gyeongnam Art Museum, and the Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, as well as a number of international exhibitions, including Uchiboso ArtFestival: ICHIHARA x ART x CONNECTIONS – Intersecting worlds and me, Ichihara Lakeside Art Museum, Japan, Gangwon Triennale and Geumgang Nature Art Biennale.

Cho has produced a great variety of works using blue as her primary sculptural element, and has won multiple awards, including Grand Prize at Busan Biennale Sea Art Festival, Gold Prize at the Invitational Exhibition of Modern Korean Sculpture by Chuncheon Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, and a Bongseng Youth Culture Award.

Image provided by the artist.