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Meet the Artists: Etienne Gisto Cipriani and Hyunjin Park

When

Sat, Jun 27, 2026 1:00PM – 2:30PM

Where

Glyndor Gallery

Price

Free

with admission to the grounds

Braimoth Detail The Crypozoological Zine — Etienne Cipriani, Detail of a Braimoth in The Cryptozoological Zine, 2025, paperback book. Courtesy of the artist.

In conversation with Wave Hill Curator of Visual Arts Rachel Raphaela Gugelberger, exhibiting artists Hyunjin Park and Etienne Gisto Cipriani will discuss their Sunroom Project Space exhibitions, Jump and The Cryptozoological Vivarium, with a focus on how their works de-center humans and challenge speciesism—the discrimination against non-human animals. Note: artist Hyunjin Park will be participating in this program via Zoom.

Meet the Artist is an ongoing series of conversations between exhibiting artists, the curatorial team, and sometimes invited guests at Wave Hill. As part of the Sunroom Project Space, this program is designed collaboratively with the artists and takes various forms. The program offers visitors, the artist community, and others an opportunity to hear from the artist and gain deeper insight into their work.

Glyndor Gallery is wheelchair-accessible. There is an accessible, ground-level entrance at the front of the building with an elevator that provides access to the gallery level. The Sunroom Project Space can be accessed with an ADA-compliant ramp. The restroom on the gallery level is all-gender and ADA-compliant.

Etienne Gisto Cipriani

Etienne Gisto Cipriani

Born in Rome, Italy, and based in the Bronx, Etienne Cipriani’s multidisciplinary practice spans filmmaking, illustration, and writing to explore themes of morality, betrayal, and the complex nature of humanity. Rooted in classical art and design yet globally influenced, he blends humor and the macabre in scientific observations of reality to better understand the unknown. Most recently, Cipriani has embraced the self-proclaimed role as a professor of cryptozoology—the study of animals whose existence is disputed—to manifest his animal discoveries through detailed sculptures and illustrations. His works have been presented at Serbest International Film Festival, Moldova; Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival; Rome International Short Festival; and in New York at the TromaDance Film Festival and New York Lift-Off Film Festival. Cipriani is the recipient of a Phoenix Shorts Award and Brooklyn International Short Award, both in 2024. He earned a BA in film and animation from the University of Westminster, London, UK.
Photo Credit: Self-portrait as Professor Etienne Gisto Cipriani. Courtesy of the artist.
Hyunjin Park

Hyunjin Park

Hyunjin Park is a Korean interdisciplinary artist and researcher based in Brooklyn, NY, and Seoul, South Korea, who works across performance, video, installation, and sculpture. Jump is Park’s first solo project in New York. She has held solo exhibitions in Korea at Gallery OOOJH and Gallery Chamber in Seoul, and at Openspace Bae in Busan, and her work has been presented work in group exhibitions at the Total Museum and Onsugonggan in Seoul, and at Hui Gallery in Hong Kong, among others. She earned an MFA from the Cornell College of Architecture, Art, and Planning in Ithaca, NY, and an MFA and BFA in painting from Seoul National University, South Korea.
Photo Credit: Hyunjin Park. Photo: Jiyeon Kim.