박성환 Sung Hwan Bobby Park

박성환 Sung Hwan Bobby Park is known for his ongoing series of ceramic ‘bulletproof helmets’, known in Korean as 방탄모 bangtanmo. Developed over the past seven years, the BTM series has become an extensive body of work—including ceramics, mixed media installations, poetry, performance, drawings, and photographs—that reflects on the artist’s time serving in the Korean military from 2012 to 2014. In 2023, he was a recipient of a Springboard award from the Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi, a runner-up in the National Contemporary Art Award administered by Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato, and a finalist in the Portage Ceramic Awards. Recent exhibitions include BTM: Assembly at Objectspace, BTM: Season at Season, and Aotearoa Contemporary at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.