Pen & Paper: Stickymonger

An exclusive look inside the artist’s studio at NYC’s 3 World Trade Center. HYPEBEAST [Features]( November 30, 2018 [Pen & Paper: Stickymonger]( An exclusive look inside the artist’s studio at NYC’s 3 World Trade Center. [Stickymonger]( EDDIE LEE/HYPEBEAST Joohee Park, a.k.a Stickymonger, is a Brooklyn-based artist who transforms physical spaces into otherworldly domains with her large-scale mural installations. These sprawling, interior and exterior artworks are usually composed of custom stickers that she slices from huge sheets of vinyl and then installs on the wall by hand. Her fantastical subjects portray little girls with expressive eyes which she attributes to her longtime fascination with animation. Stickymonger is rapidly establishing herself in the fine contemporary art space, and with that, her mastery of diverse mediums. The artist is currently wrapping up a solo exhibition called “Searching for Something That Isn’t There” at New York City’s AFA Gallery.” I draw people with giant holes in their faces because I have no idea what people think. [Stickymonger]( EDDIE LEE/HYPEBEAST This latest presentation signals her departure from acrylic and vinyl artworks. Instead, she utilized water-based spraypaint for the first time to create stirring works on tondo canvasses. These visceral compositions were crafted using black and white paint that stems from her childhood experience of growing up in a suburban town in South Korea. As a kid, she worked in her family’s gas station. She recounts playing hide-and-seek amongst the oil cans, playing in the station’s garages bedaubed with petroleum puddles that mirrored the gloomy scenes portrayed in her latest series. We recently paid a visit to Stickymonger’s studio located on the entire 50th floor of 3 World Trade Center in New York City. There, we interviewed her for our latest Pen & Paper series where she relayed her newfound affinity for creating water-based spray-paint pieces, quitting her corporate job to pursue art full-time, and why she never paints in the summertime. [READ FULL ARTICLE ON HYPEBEAST →](   [Go to Preference Centre](     [More HYPEBEAST Features]( [[FOOTWEAR]( [10 Books Every Sneakerhead Should Own]( [[FASHION]( [8 Drops You Don't Want to Miss This Week]( Get The App Free on iOS and Android Follow 2018 HYPEBEAST Limited. All Rights Reserved [Manage Subscriptions]( You can unsubscribe by click [here](3D--f3d74a8ea6c702a2e432ee26e21b2c8dc1912ec1e06f8a302fcaea77d18732f3). It may take 48 hours to complete the unsubscribe process. Contact subscription@hypebeast.com for assistance on any enquiries. You are receiving this email because you have subscribed to HYPEBEAST's marketing emails. You can unsubscribe from us any time by clicking [here](3D--f3d74a8ea6c702a2e432ee26e21b2c8dc1912ec1e06f8a302fcaea77d18732f3). Our Mailing Address: HYPEBEAST, 10F, KC 100, 100 Kwai Cheong Road, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong