Hyojin Park, born in 1974 in Andong and grew up in Konju, Souh Korera, recently received her MFA from Goldsmiths College, University of London. Her work explores the freedom of artistic choice against the backdrop of the societal pressures a young female faces in modern-day Korea. After completing her fine art education in Seoul at Ewha Women’s University (BFA and MFA) in 2002, Park married and had three children before her family allowed her to go to London to pursue a second Masters degree at Goldsmith’s in 2010. At first glance, Park’s brightly coloured sculptures appear to be covered in kitsch, Manga-esque forms such as cherries, toys and eyeballs. The main shape of the sculptural body is a form representing her desire to be free from familial and social obligations as well as from the prejudices surrounding women’s physical sacrifices including pregnancy and childrearing. The eyeballs and other objects represent social, personal and the other ‘gazes’ that we are subjected to on a daily basis. Park’s works are the ultimate exercise in being provocative but remaining naïve at the same time.