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Jongjin Park was born in South Korea in 1982 and lives and works in Seoul. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Seoul Women’s University. He holds an MA in Ceramics from Cardiff University in the UK and is the recipient of several prestigious awards.
Park won the 2026 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize for his signature layered vessels along with two special mentions, the Baba Tree Master Weavers and Graziano Visintin.
The artist harmoniously combines materials that are seemingly at odds with one another to create his sublime vases and sculptural vessels. He paints porcelain slips onto single sheets of everyday paper towels. Jongjin then layers up to 1000 individual sheets of paper to form spectacular millefeuille vessels with amazingly colorful and surprising textures. The innovative technique was developed by Park based on his experience with the centuries-old Moonjar craft, a process that evolved during the Imperial Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897).
Park is the recipient of several esteemed awards such as the Lexus Creative Masters Award in 2018 and won the Gold Prize in the The 7th Cheongju International Craft Competition in 2011, amongst others. His work has been exhibited for over a decade now in both solo and group shows across Korea, England, and the U.S.. Park’s unique sculptures are represented in the permanent collection of GYEONGGI Ceramic Museum and private collections.
Park’s work received great acclaim at Design Miami 2018 where J. Lohmann Gallery first introduced his work in the United States. His work has been successfully exhibited at the Salon Art + Design in November 2024 and Design Miami in December 2025 with J. Lohmann Gallery. In September 2025, Park was selected to feature in Design Miami’s exclusive exhibition at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul highlighting Korean design.
His work has been featured internationally in art fairs such as and Collect Art Fair in London, Salon Art + Design in New York, PAD, and Design Miami and exhibited across Europe, the US, and Asia.
His work has been featured in several publications such as Elle, Architectural Digest, The Cut, Galerie Magazine, Ceramics Now, TL Magazine, Designboom, and Ceramic Review.