Song Watkins Park
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Born in South Korea, Based in St. Louis, MO, US.
Education
2018
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MFA in visual arts, Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, St. Louis, MO.
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2017
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Study Abroad Berlin Sommerakademie, Berlin.
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​2016
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BFA in Painting, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
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Selected Honors and Awards
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2020
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Futures Fund Artist Emergency Grant, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO.
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2nd Place, Women Speak 1920 – 2020, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL.
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2019 ​
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Artist Grant, Intersect Arts Center, St. Louis, MO.​
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Award of Excellence, Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
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2018​
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2nd Place, Viridian Artists, The 29th Annual International Juried Exhibition, NYC, NY.
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Best of Show Award, Pink Pearl, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO.​
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2016
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The Mildred Suliburk Dennis Memorial Scholarship recipient: Washington University in St. Louis.
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Best of Show Award, The Exhibition XXXII, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO.
2015
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2nd Place People’s Choice Award, Benchmarks2015, Iowa City Downtown District.
Guest Lecture/ Panel
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2023
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Gest Critic, St. Louis Community College, Florissant Valley, Ferguson, MO.
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2021
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Panel, If It Wasn't for the Women: Ancestral Threads, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO.
2019
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Guest Critic (Place and Space Spring 2019), Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, St. Louis, MO.
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Publication / Press
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2025
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The Art Newspaper, Featured “Critters skitter all over Spring Break Art Fair” by Torey Akers
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2023
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Bond&Grace
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Boulevard Magazine, Cover Art
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2021
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St. Louis Magazine, 10 Artists Show Off The Works They've Produced During The Pandemic
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Spectacle Magazine, issue 9
2019
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All The Art: The Visual Art Quarterly of St. Louis, Summer 2019, 09p In Review, “Song Park: Kitty White in The Layered Place” by Katryn Dierksen
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2018
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Park, Song, "Strange Woods", Washington University Graduate School of Art Thesis, ETD 99. https://doi.org/10.7936/K7W095CQ
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Spectacle Magazine issue 5
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Studio Visit Magazine vol. 40
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Commission
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2025
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BJC Hospital, St. Louis, MO.
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2023
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Bond&Grace, Artist Book Collaboration
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2017
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Sons & Brothers, Prize Recipients Portraits
2015
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Iowa City Downtown District, Benchmarks 2015, Iowa City, IA.
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Art Fair
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2025
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SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2025, NYC, NY.
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Exhibition
2025
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​AAPI Voices: Stories from St. Louis, Webster University, Webster Groves, MO.
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UCPL Gallery, St. Louis, MO. (forthcoming)
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2024
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​Artstin Square, Embrace of Madness, Online virtual show.
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2023
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Houska Gallery, Winter Group Show, St. Louis, MO.
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Saint Louis University, Faculty Show, St. Louis, MO.
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Angad Arts Hotel, Life's A Beach: Group Show, St. Louis, MO.
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2022
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Houska Gallery, Summer Group Show, St. Louis, MO.
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2020
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FV Galleries at St. Louis Community College – Florissant Valley, Hit Me, Baby, One More Time, Ferguson, MO.
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Jacoby Arts Center, Women Speak 1920 - 2020, Alton, IL.
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2019
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Saint Louis University, Art Show, St. Louis, MO.
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Art Saint Louis Gallery, Honor Awards 2019, St. Louis, MO.
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Intersect Arts Center, Landscape, St. Louis, MO.
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Soulard Art Gallery, Driven to Abstraction, St. Louis MO.
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2018
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Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, MFA Show, St. Louis, MO.
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Location 1980, CELEBRATING WOMEN, Costa Mesa, CA.
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Viridian Artists, The 29th Annual International Juried Exhibition, New York City, NY.
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CSPS Hall, group show, Cedar Rapids, IA.
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St. Louis Artists' Guild, For Every Negative There Is A Positive, St. Louis, MO.
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Old Courthouse Arts Center, Real People 2018, Woodstock, IL.
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Art Saint Louis Gallery, Pink Pearl, St. Louis, MO. ​​
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2017
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ARC Gallery, SHOUT!, Chicago, IL.
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Greese 3, ACLU Art Auction, St. Louis, MO.
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Des Lee Gallery, MFA 1st Year Show: Part 1, St. Louis, MO.
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2016
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Art Saint Louis Gallery, Art St. Louis XXXII, The Exhibition, St. Louis, MO.
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Upstream People Gallery, 13th Annual Color: Bold/Subtle, Omaha, NE.
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Atrium Gallery in the University of Iowa, Honors Show, Iowa City, IA.
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Atrium Gallery in the University of Iowa, BFA Show, Iowa City, IA.
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Haba Salon, Solo Show, Iowa City, IA.