Parker McComb (b. 1990), a visual artist originally from Sarasota, Florida, and former New Yorker, is currently living and working in Seoul.
A graduate of Parsons School of Design, his work crosses disciplinary boundaries—blending photography, objects, and installation to explore the intersections of identity, emotion, and the human experience. Composing with a refined sense of tension, he constructs romantic frameworks where ambiguity and clarity coexist, revealing contradictions and emotional undercurrents through a visual language that feels both familiar and surreal.
In McComb’s practice, lens-based and conceptual elements invite introspection, tracing the contours of memory, desire, and emotional tethers. Often working within the liminal space between the physical and the perceptual, he shapes environments that hover between the intimate psyche and collective reality.
McComb’s work has been showcased internationally, including exhibitions at Floor Gallery, 131 Gallery, The Ryse Hotel, and more. He has also undertaken commissions for the 14th Gwangju Biennale, Oh Museum of Art, and DEFINE: SEOUL design+fine art fair.
CV
Solo Exhibitions:
Liminal Paradise: Still Life is a Surreal Dream - 131 Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2025
Facing: Identities - Slit, Seoul, South Korea, 2021
New Visions - Max Mara Madison Ave., New York City, 2013
Group Exhibitions:
Hidden Library 2: Unbound Narrative - Floor Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2025
Inaugural Exhibition - Oh Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea, 2024
나례 Narye - Corner Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2023
Portraits Beyond Faces - Floor Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2023
Places Belonged - Floor Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2022
Body Figure and Flesh - Floor Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2022
Artist’s Room - Cava Life x Ryse Hotel, Seoul, South Korea, 2020
Gaia Artifice 2020 - Studio Concrete, Seoul, South Korea, 2020
The Set NYC - Fashion and Photo Showcase NYFW S/S 2016, New York City, 2015
Parsons BFA Photography Exhibition - Milk Studios, New York City, 2013
Randi Rham’s Prom Charity Gala - Photo Donation/Silent Auction, New York City, 2012
Curatorial Projects:
On Our Minds, In Our Futures - Gallery La Mer, Seoul, South Korea, 2020
Selected Collections:
Oh Museum of Art - Seoul, South Korea
MaxMara USA - New York City, New York
Books:
Ripple Effect - (Visual Anthology) Self-Published, New York/Seoul, 2024
Publications:
BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! - Issue 9, 2025
Dear Future - Y Concept of the Year by Yummy Colors, 2023
Sleepwa[l]king Y Concept of the Year by Yummy Colors, 2022
Platformme Magazine - Photography Editorial, S/S 2018, F/W 2019
Photographer’s Forum Magazine - Finalist, Best of Photography 2016
Education:
BFA in Photography, Parsons School of Design, New York City, 2013
Summer Courses, Ringling College of Art + Design, Sarasota, FL, 2007