Sculpture Space NYC – Center for Ceramic Art presents “Between”, a two -person exhibition featuring the work of Colleen Carlson and Sui Park.

Between May 8–June 6 2026
Opening Reception: May 8th 6–8pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday: 2pm–8pm
info@sculpturespacenyc

Although seemingly an incongruent pairing of works in disparate materials, Sui Park (industrial zip ties) and Colleen Carlson (porcelain) both share an affinity for the archetype of weaving. Forms grow through the repetition of a singular module and these accretions form a kind of “structural biomorphism”. Both artists evoke a common language that references forms in nature, architecture both animal and human, cellular growth, and geometry, without being reproductive or specific, falling somewhere between.

Both artists also work with the play of light, creating passages that are both transparent, translucent, and opaque. Through her work, Colleen aims to create a sense of purity and continuity of motion, often employing undulating forms made of ceramic threads. Although Colleen's work has an affinity with the work of Victor Vasarely, and Bridget Riley, rather than the creation of illusionistic space and structure, her use of ceramic coils creates an actual play of light and structure that achieves stunning optical effects that fuses art and functionality. Her work has been featured in Architectural Digest, Vogue, and Ceramics Monthly and she was recently awarded first place in the Sconce category at NYCXDESIGN, interior design awards 2025.

Trained both as an architect and in the ancient art of Korean basketry, Sui Park is a crafter of shapes. Park is a New York-based artist born in Seoul, Korea. The artist has authored a language that is very much her own, utilizing industrially mass-produced materials, particularly monofilament and zip ties. Her materials are new, but her manual practice is as old as time and her work is innovative. Much of Park’s work evoke the biological. Is this a vision of the future, where microplastics have totally colonized our bodies?

Park has had several solo exhibitions and public art commissions including Microcosm at Herning Museum of Contemporary Art in Herning, Denmark in 2025 and City Ecology at Bella Abzug Park in New York City in 2024. She has participated in over 200 exhibitions internationally. Park’s artwork has been acquired by the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in Oregon, TAMAT Museum of Tapestries and Textile Arts of The Wallonaia-Brussels Federation in Tournai, Belgium, and many others.