Park Seung Mo was born in Korea in 1969. He graduated from Dong-A University in Korea with a degree in sculpture in 1998, and has held solo exhibitions in London, New York, Korea, and Taiwan. Currently based in New York, Park is known for his creative use of aluminum and steel wires. Through overlapping lines and contours, he creates layers that form elusive and astonishing images and shapes. He draws his inspiration from the time he spent in India, where he observed the religious practices and lives of monks and yogis, and through meditation and Mandala paintings, he realized the direction for his personal creative journey. The repeated coiling and meticulous shaping of metal wires symbolizes a meditative-like action with devotions of time and labor. In the MAYA series, using realistic photographs of people as references, Park has transformed them into portraitures constructed with metal wires, lights and shadows, resulting in sculptural works in between two-dimensional sketches and three-dimensional sculptures. These artworks demonstrate the artist’s mastering of precision, material applications and dramatic display of lights and shadows. At the same time, the works have also preserved the original essence inherent to the artist’s chosen material. Through the control of loosening and tightening up the wires, Park is also proposing the notion of “serendipity,” by allowing the unknown and variants to take place. Similar to the encounters and the separations in life, individuals, things, incidents may come together and form interactions, and they may become meaningful, amusing, and spontaneous combination due to the reactions prompted by “serendipity.” (reference to the press release of the exhibition at Taipei MoMA)