CV – Blond Jenny

BLOND JENNY

“I’m a flower and like all women am a part of mother nature.We have the power to heal everything in society. We can make the world a better place with our love and care.” -Blond Jenny

Sungyun Park (Blond Jenny) is a painter, photographer, and filmmaker. Her work is a mix of storytelling through her alter ego, cartoon character Blond Jenny, her self-portraits, found objects from nature, 360-degree photos and videos.

Her recent work is focused on nature and life experiences. She uses video and self-photography with mixed media to expand the range of expression in her photography. She continues to develop techniques so she can challenge the boundaries of her expression. She likes to explore new media and play with it as part of her overall story. Her intent is to show that with nature or flowers we can be more connected and happy. She has found freedom in nature and continues to explore the path between life, death, and beyond.

Recent exhibits include Pow(h)er, Benjamin J. Dineen III and Dennis C. Hull Gallery, New Jersey; Video Art Department for Splice Film Fest Finalist Award Winner (2nd Place), New York City; International Fine Arts Film Festival, Santa Barbara, CA, Official Selection; Tokyo Short Film Festival, Semi- Finalist, Japan; New York Tri-State International Film Festival, Official Selection, New York City; MiraBan Video Art Showcase, Official Selection, Milan, Italy; Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, South Korea; Block 2 Video Exhibition Artist Honorarium Raleigh, NC; Feminism Media Artivist Biennale Short Film Exhibit, South Korea and Photography Department for Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York City. Her work has also been selected by the following shows Hipster & Otaku Photography Exhibition CICA Museum; Trending: Contemporary Art Now Exhibition Target Gallery for the Women’s Caucus for Art; and Duality of Feminine and Feminist Exhibition Gallery 66.

“Blond Jenny’s relationship to nature is intimate, even erotic, in her self-portrait with purple freesias. Floral images have long been a stand-in for sexuality, but in Blond Jenny’s decoupaged panels are more explicit.” – Marilla Palmer

Blond Jenny Origin In 2006 I adopted the alias Blond Jenny (no “e”). It came from a cartoon character I watched as a child. The character’s name was Blonde Jenny (with an “e”) but when I decide on my name, I wanted it to have a different meaning. In French blond and blonde correspond to masculine and feminine forms. This distinction is not consistently made in English. My Blond Jenny mask has one form but it can be worn by a woman or man. When I use my mask with long hair and a dress, people perceive me as a woman doll. If I wore a man’s outfit and short hair, people would see a man. I wanted to use my mask and my artistic experience to remove the limits of gender and increase my freedom of expression so I made my name blond (no “e”).

EDUCATION Gachon University, Fine Arts, BFA & MFA, S. Korea

Berkeley College, Fashion Management, AAS, New York City

BIENNALES

2022 The 12th Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, Video Exhibit, S. Korea

2020 The 10th Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, Video Exhibit, S. Korea

2018 The 8th Geumgang Nature Art Biennale,Video Exhibit, S. Korea

2016 Feminism Media Artivist Biennale Short Film Exhibition, S. Korea

ART FAIRS

2020 Art Fair 14C Juried Show, NJ

2016 Hong Kong Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong

2015 Padova Art Fair, Padova Italy

Clio Art Fair, NY

2014 Spectrum Miami Art Show, Miami, FL

AWARD EXHIBITIONS

2021 International Fine Arts Film Festival, Official Selection, Santa Barbara, CA

International Film Festival, Semi-Finalist, Serbest, Republic of Moldova

2020 Tokyo Short Film Festival, Semi-Finalist, Tokyo, Japan

New York Tri-State International Film Festival, Official Selection, NY

Splice Film Fest, Finalist Award Winner (2nd Place), Brooklyn, NY

2019 MiraBan Video Art Showcase, Official Selection, Milan, Italy

Block 2, Video Exhibition – Artist Honorarium, Raleigh, NC

2018 MiraBan Art Showcase, Circolo Aternino, Italy

MiraBan Art Showcase, Via Latina, Rome Italy

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 I Do Believe, Vargas Gallery, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA

Pexma 2022 film festival, Pier Contemporary, Seoul, S. Korea

2020 10 years Anniversary Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, NY

Pieces of Me, Majestic Theatre Condominium, NJ

Women Artist Group Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, NY

2019 Loss & Lucidity Show, Fabrica Braco de Prata, Lisbon, Portugal

Pow(h)er show, The Hudson County Community College, NJ

National WCA – Bridge the gap, A.I.R. Gallery, NY

International Women’s Show, 107 Bowers Gallery, NJ

2018 The Hot House, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NY

Power Ts, Pierogi Gallery, NY

Eight – Year Anniversary Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, NY

WCA NYC’s Pleasures of the Earth, Callahan Center Art Gallery, NY

Loss & Lucidity, Santora Space 205, CA

Kapow! Heroic Women Exhibition, The Pacific Pinball Museum, CA

RISE: Empower, Change, and Action, Whitney Modern Gallery, CA

2017 Multi-Lane II, Demouzy Contemporary Gallery, NY

Heroes Last Waltz International Group Show, Charaple Gallery, NY

Nasty Women, Knockdown Gallery, NY

Loss & Lucidity, Santora Space 205, Santa Ana, CA

Luminous, Arc Gallery, SF

Bushwick’s Seeking Space Show, Beyond Studios, NY

Me, My Selfie and I, Hudson Guild Gallery, NY

Super Woman, 107 Bowers Gallery, NJ

Duality of Feminine and Feminist,Gallery66, NY

2016 Love Exhibition, Karas Gallery, Seoul Korea

Potluck Art Party “Eat, Drink and Celebrate Art”, Charaple, NY

Six Years Anniversary Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, NY

Pop up show, K&P Gallery, NY

Engagement & Entrapment exhibition, Gaia Gallery, South Korea

Landscapes & Cityscapes, Dacia Gallery, NY

NCWCA-sponsored “F*ck U! In the Most Loving Way”, Arc Gallery, SF

Call For Bushwick, The Internet, Brooklyn, NY

Vision: An Artist’s Perspective, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA

A Curious Reality: Union Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

Hipster & Otaku Photography Exhibition, CICA Museum, South Korea

Trending: Contemporary Art Now, Target Gallery, VA

2015 Salonukah, Trestle Gallery, NY

Artists Donate in record numbers for AIDS , Compass, Miami, FL

Prize Mantovart-star 2015, Mantova Italy

Digital display, Dreamers Collection Spectrum Miami Art Show, FL

Open Call, Lorimoto, NY

ARTichoke, Townhall, NY

MOCA Gallery Night at Yellow Rose Gallery, Madison, WI

LoveWins show RCB Gallery, Miami, FL

Last Dance at the Old Gem, NY

The beautiful foundation USA Gala, Marriott At Glenpointe, NJ

Luhring Augustine, Postcards from The Edge, NY

SIA Gallery, The Artists, NY

Contemporary Photography Exhibition,CICA Museum, South Korea

Transforming: Street Objects from … Site Booklyn Gallery, NY

Dreamers Collection Exposure Award, Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Working Artists Show, Academic Gallery, NY

2014 Who are you Famalicão?, Town hall, Vila Nova de Famalicã, Portugal

ARTichoke, Townhall, NY

8 Holes, Studio 481 Gallery, Piermont, NY

8 Holes, Townhall, NY

Sainte Chapelle Online workshop, Italy

Making a Mark, Oms Gallery, BBCN Bank, NY

Green Point Gallery group exhibit, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013 Berkeley Gallery, Manhattan, NY

2009 Charaple, South Korea

2008 Charaple, South Korea

2003 Brainfactory, South Korea