Sung Sam Park was born in 1949 in Seoul, Korea where he began painting at the age of twelve.

His talent and teaching abilities were quickly recognized and by the age of thirteen, while still a junior high school student, Park was teaching painting at the local high school.

Park traveled to France after graduating from Jung Ang University.

There he studied painting and lived with other young artists in Paris.  While there, he evolved his vision of impressionism and hyper-realism.  He has established himself as a painter and exhibited his work in several European galleries.

He lives in the United States of America since 1994 and his paintings have become highly sought after.