(HACKENSACK, NJ) -- Riverside Gallery presents a solo exhibition, MAZE, featuring the works of Keunhee Park. The exhibition opens from June 19 to July 6, 2026. Keunhee Park is a glass artist from South Korea, who received their BFA from the Namseoul University in 2006. His glass sculptures merge different materials and glass types for contrast, composition, and meaning.
The materials, which include wood and glass that varies in terms of transparency, surface texture, and blur, construct a labyrinth that represents life itself. Through glass and wood sculpture, the artist represents a series of twists, turns, and intersections that challenge our sense of direction and understanding and reflect the complexities of personal narratives and sense of being.
Park’s sculptures deal with passages that are either concealed or revealed, as well as paths that are hidden behind other routes and can only be seen or imagined by rotating the angle at which the sculpture is seen relative to the viewer’s position. This interplay of transparency and overlaying of forms suggests a complex innerworking of human psychology which seeks to reveal or manfest strengths as much as conceal in terms of the vulnerabilities, and vice versa. The internal logic of Park’s sculptures, which most of the times bend and cut angularly at 90 degrees, suggest an endless expanse and spatial continuum of infinitely varying units and segments, which the sculpture cannot fully represent due to the material limitations. And these angular forms may suggest the grid-like layout of the neurons in the human brain, as much as they represent the endless maze of human consciousness and experience.
There will be an Opening Reception on Saturday, June 20th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. The gallery is located in the Riverside Mall in Hackensack, New Jersey.
Park’s sculptures deal with passages that are either concealed or revealed, as well as paths that are hidden behind other routes and can only be seen or imagined by rotating the angle at which the sculpture is seen relative to the viewer’s position. This interplay of transparency and overlaying of forms suggests a complex innerworking of human psychology which seeks to reveal or manfest strengths as much as conceal in terms of the vulnerabilities, and vice versa. The internal logic of Park’s sculptures, which most of the times bend and cut angularly at 90 degrees, suggest an endless expanse and spatial continuum of infinitely varying units and segments, which the sculpture cannot fully represent due to the material limitations. And these angular forms may suggest the grid-like layout of the neurons in the human brain, as much as they represent the endless maze of human consciousness and experience.
Notably, Park began studies at the Hong-ik University’s graduate program with a scholarship in 2008, but he left after 2 semesters to pursue art on his own in the United States. Park also participated in “The U.N. Headquarters Exhibition for a World Peace” at Gallery SinSang (South Korea) in 2009 and “40 Under 40: Young Artist National Showcase” (Maryland Hall, MD) in 2020.
"My work contains my story. It took me a long time to make new work. My life is still running towards the exit, like a maze that goes out and comes back to the exit again and again. I wonder if there is a day when I will find my way out of life. I’m running to the exit until the end of my life." - KEUNHEE PARK
Riverside Gallery is a 21st century pioneer in exhibiting international and regional artists, showcasing a diverse range of works from abstraction to representation on the topics and the questions that define our time. The Gallery is dedicated to providing opportunities for both established and newer artists, as well as meeting the requirements of high-end collectors and clientele. It is located at the Riverside Mall in Hackensack, NJ, within a close proximity to New York City, playing an important part in the discourse surrounding contemporary art and issues.
