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ArtNet | Talentspotter: Rising Stars of the Asian Diaspora

August 7, 2024

Cathy Fan & Vivienne Chow

A rising market star, Anna Park has captivated the art world with black-and-white charcoal drawings that oscillate between figuration and abstraction, with marks that can feel at once frenetic and nuanced. The Korean-born artist moved to Utah with her family at a young age, and she received a B.A. from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and then an M.F.A. from the New York Academy of Art. At 24, she was tapped by Blum & Poe (now Blum) for a solo show in Tokyo in 2021. Another one-person show followed at its Los Angeles branch in 2022. “I’m jamming a bunch of disparate moments into one image,” the artist said in an interview with The Canvas in 2021. “I’m trying to key into some recognizable moments, which inevitably break down into these abstract marks.” The secondary market for Park’s work has been active since 2022, with an auction record set that year at a Christie’s Hong Kong evening sale for Is it Worth It? (2020), which sold for HK$3.8 million (about $484,000), more than 600 percent of its presale estimate with fees included, according to the Artnet Price Database...