Youngbok Park

Statement

I was raised on my parents farm in Kimpo about an hour from Seoul, South Korea. For many years, my passions have been rock and mountain climbing, traveling and photography. Having had the good fortune to win the national Korean National Rock Climbing Championship in 1983 and 1985, and to climb Mt. Denali and El Capitan, I have been blessed with many opportunities to experience nature at her most rare and serene vantage point.

My photography combines three elements.

The first is the tranquility of the environment. Each scene where a natural landscape or seascape, posses the same Zen like peacefulness that I experienced growing up on my family's farm and later in life while climbing and camping out on remote mountaintop. I strive to capture and share this serenity with my images.

Second element is the "picture within picture", the dominant abstract pattern is distinct from yet related to the overall image. Because such patterns reveal themselves only through thoughtful and patient observation.

Third element is technical excellence. I personally compose, process, mount and frame my work. I pre-visualize exposure using Zone system. I then compose and capture the scene with 8x10 large and medium format cameras.

I'm privileged to have shared my fine art photography with collectors around the world. It's an endless fascination and exploration with my intrigue,

Education

1986 B.A Incheon University, Seoul, Korea

1998 Selected Studies of Photography, Seoul, Korea

2003 Extended Education San Francisco Art Institut, SF, CA

Exhibitions/Awards

2024 De Young Group Exhibition, S.F, CA

2024 Bellevue Museum, Bellevue, WA 2008

2024 Beverly Hills Art Fair, Beverly Hills, CA

2023 Palo Alto Art, Palo Alto, CA

2024 Scottsdale Art, Scottsdale , AZ

2023 La Quinta Art Festival, La Quinta, CA

2023 Los Altos Rotary, Los Altos, CA

2023 Kimball Museum, Park City, Utah

2023 Southwest Art, Indio, CA

2019 Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA

2018 Art on the Square, Madison, WI

2015 Old Town Art, Chicago, IL

2008 Ann Arbor Art, Ann Arbor, MI

2008 Milwaukee Museum, Milwaukee, WI

2008 Mill Valley Art Festival, Mill Valley, CA

2007 Council of Art, Austin , TX

2007 Cottonwood Art, Cottonwood, TX

2006 Colombus Art Festival, Colombus, OH

2005 Art on the Main, Walnut Creek, CA

2004 Madison Art Festival, Madison, WI

2003 Naples Art, Naples, FL

2003 Main St. Art, Fort Worth, TX

2003 Festival of Arts, San Diego, CA

2002 Uptown Art Fair, Minneapolis, MN

2002 S.F Society of Fine Arts, S,F, CA

Private Collections

Apple CEO Tim Cook, Cupertino, CA

Alan Pinel Real Estate, Oakland, CA

Arc Diagnostics, Fremont, CA

AtHoc, Inc, Burlingame, CA

B&M Investments Inc, San Francisco, CA

Blue Oak Energy, Davis, CA

Baker, Mac Kenzie Law, London, UK

Chales Schwab, San Francisco, CA

Compass, Oakalnd, CA

Consulate General of Canada, NY, NY

Danile Lowery Law LLC, Sacramento, CA

Development Pediatrics, Dallas, TX

Keely Ford Designs, Chicago, IL

Facetime, Palo Alto, CA

Ellison Law, Sacramento, CA

Getty Museum, LA, CA

Ito Architect, LA, CA

Kabuki Hotel, SF, CA

KWS Engineering, SF, CA

Max Igor Inc, Great Neck, NY

M&J DJ, LA, CA

Next-door, Marin, CA

Pamela Beck Interiors, NY, NY

Pacific Union Real Estate, Oakland, CA

Pay Pal, Palo Alto, CA

The Forsyth Institut, Boston, MA

Town Bistro, San Carlos, CA

Two four seven hotel, New Port Beach, CA

Smith College, North Hampton, MA

Samart Entertainment, LA, CA

University of California, Berkeley, CA

Publications

Boston Legal Series, Hollywood, CA

Los Angeles Times, LA, CA

Montclarion, Oakland, CA

One Twenty Nine Films, NY, NY

San Francisco Chronicle, SF, CA