Inseung Park is a scenic designer/ painter for live entertainment. He holds MFA in Scene design at the University of Texas Austin and is an active member of United Scenic Artists, local USA 829 and USITT – United States Institute for Theatre Technology. He has designed the sets for a wide range of live performances – drama, musicals, devised, dance, and opera. His scenic design works have been seen, exhibited and published in the theatre reviews across the country – including Stages Houston, ZACH in Austin, Texas Shakespeare Festival, Profile in Portland, Dayton Performing Arts Alliance, Theatre Three in Dallas, Phoenix Indianapolis, The Winnipesaukee Playhouse, Provision Theatre in Chicago and Looking Glass in NYC.

Creating space that are unique, beautiful, and functional, he has pursued evocative and practical abstraction distinct from film and television. His design is derived from a filtering and observing process based on a meticulous text and character analysis. He loves the design journey that evolves with a director in a creative team. He is a versatile designer competent for the best communication with both traditional and digital art media. He has developed distinctive digital rendering styles along with 3D modeling and visualization. His rendering style has been presented and published at national conferences and institutes.

In addition to working as a designer, he has taught scenic design and many design-related courses – rendering, CAD, scenic painting, digital media, and design history – at Indiana University South Bend, and currently at University of New Mexico. He is devoted to educating students interested in entertainment design/tech field and happy to inspire them.

Several designs of his have been nominated for the best scenic design for prestigious awards including Joseph Jefferson Award for The Hiding Place at Provision Theatre, and New Hampshire Theatre Award for The Waltz and Mary’s Wedding at The Winnipesaukee Playhouse. The Agitators at Pheonix Theatre Indianapolis he designed was awarded Most Impressive Theatre Award for Production of play. The film, Wake he designed had been awarded the grand prize in Kodak competition and screened at numerous renowned international film festivals including Cannes Film Festival, LA Asian Pacific film Festival, and Calgary Pan Asian Film Festival.