




Bona Park engages in works that critically examine the social system by overlapping the ways images are created in art, the stories and labor of those who create them, and the functioning of the economy and history outside of art. The artist creates awkward and uncomfortable situations that often blur the boundaries between art and everyday life through various mediums such as performance, video, and installation. Bona Park graduated with a degree in English Language and Literature and Journalism and Broadcasting from Sogang University in 2000, and completed a degree in Sculptural Arts at Korea National University of Arts in 2004. She earned an MFA in Art Practice from Goldsmiths College in London in 2008. She currently resides and works in Seoul.
Art Osaka enters a new era with its move to Grand Green Osaka, a redeveloped area that’s the new hot spot in the heart of the city. In Umekita, a district poised to emerge as a new cultural hub, galleries and artists from Japan and abroad will gather, creating an exciting environment where art gives rise to fresh encounters and dialogue.
At the second venue, Kitakagaya, large-scale works and installations that cannot be accommodated within a conventional art fair setting are presented. Once an active shipyard, this site retains the memory of Japan’s modern industrial heritage, and the meeting of that history with the works on view gives rise to experiences available nowhere else.
Art Osaka 2026 stands at the forefront of contemporary art. Sixty-five rigorously selected galleries from Japan and abroad introduce perspectives and values for a changing era.
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