About Me

Instagram: @MayumiPark

Hi! Thanks for visiting my page! My name is Mayumi (She/Her/They/Them) and I’m a Queer Okinawan-Korean self-taught and community-made multidisciplinary designer and creative producer based in the Twin Cities. I have worked at an intersection of community engagement and public art for close to a decade and have decided to pursue design full-time as of 2022. I’m currently at a local social change creative studio called BLACKBIRD REVOLT, but I’m still open to some independent projects! One of my favorite things about being a designer is connecting with individuals and organizations that deeply care about social and environmental issues.

MY ROLES
Illustration, motion design & animation, graphic design, community engagement in public space, and would like to get back into public art!

KEY PILLARS OF DESIGN
ACCESSIBILITY | RELATABILITY | CURIOSITY | DIALECTICAL

WHAT I’M INTERESTED IN
I’m very interested in socialist theories and praxis; decommodification of housing (public housing for all); ecology (metabolic rift, degrowth vs. ecomodernism); labor unions; concepts and strategies to build towards the abolition of the system that was created through imperialism and settler-colonialism.

LEISURE ACTIVITIES
Urban decay exploration, scifi-horror genre across all art forms, arcades, regional parks and hiking trails, trying new food across different cultures, and creating abstract models. Recently got into woodworking and clay sculpting!

CURRENT AND PAST CREATIVE INVOLVEMENTS
Night Light Projection Mapping Creative Cohort: Project Director & Producer
Public Art Saint Paul: Curator of Community Engagement
Art of Food in Frogtown and Rondo Coalition: Member
Creative Community Leadership Institute: 2020 Cohort
MayDay Parade & Festival: Volunteer Coordinator
Forecast Public Art: Groundwork Creative Consulting Intensive Cohort
Minneapolis Parks SW Masterplan: Community Advisory Committee
Juxtaposition Arts x University of Minnesota Landscape Architecture: Graduate Research Assistant
Dept. of Public Art: Creative Placemaking Project Associate
Center for Gender, Art, and Culture Board: Vice-Chair
Gorgeous Washington Street Association Board: Vice-Chair
LUMA Projection Arts Festival: Juried Competition Coordinator

SOME OF THE CLIENTS I’VE WORKED WITH

Background Stories
TerraLuna Collaborative
Counter Stories
Greater Twin Cities United Way
Imagine Deliver
Juxtaposition Arts
The SEAD Project
International Institute of Minnesota
MSP Win
Nexus Community Partners
Ramsey County Community & Economic Development
…and more.