Pictoria Vark

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Pictoria Vark
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At Treefort Music Fest in 2022
Background information
Birth nameVictoria Park
Genres Indie rock
Years active2018–present
Labels Get Better Records
Website victoriaparkbass.com

Victoria Park, known professionally as Pictoria Vark, is an American singer-songwriter.

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Early life and education

Vark grew up in the state of New Jersey, [1] [2] [3] where she lived in Bergen County. [4] She is of Korean descent. [4] She took piano lessons at the age of four [2] [3] and played guitar in the fifth grade. [5] When she was the age of nineteen, [6] her family unexpectedly moved to the state of Wyoming. [2] She attended Grinnell College in Iowa, [2] where she earned a degree in French. [4]

Musical career

Vark wrote and performed music beginning in high school, [2] although she did not feel that she was a musician until she was in college. [5] Vark's stage name is a spoonerism of her full name of Victoria Park. [3] She and musician Ella Williams, known by her stage name Squirrel Flower, met while attending Grinnell College [7] and began touring together. [2] She has worked as a touring bassist for Squirrel Flower for several years following and the rock band Pinkshift in 2022. [2] [3] [7] She released her debut extended play, self-titled, in 2018. [2] [7] She later signed with the independent record label Get Better Records. [2] She released her debut album, The Parts I Dread, [8] on April 8, 2022. [5] [7] [9] Her second album, Nothing Sticks, [10] released on March 21, 2025. [11]

Personal life

During the period when she recorded and released The Parts I Dread, Vark lived in Iowa City, Iowa. [2] [4] [7] She later moved to Chicago. [4] [11] She has worked in various non-performing roles within the music industry. [2] [5]

Discography

List of studio albums, with selected details
TitleAlbum details
The Parts I Dread
Nothing Sticks
  • Released: March 21, 2025 [10] [11]
  • Label: Get Better Records [10] [11]
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

References

  1. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (March 21, 2025). "Start Your Indie-Rock Spring Off Right With Pictoria Vark's 'Nothing Sticks'". Rolling Stone . Retrieved March 29, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pappis, Konstantinos (April 19, 2022). "Artist Spotlight: Pictoria Vark". Our Culture Mag . Retrieved March 29, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Sheffield, Rob (February 3, 2023). "Pictoria Vark Is Heading Into Parts Unknown, And Finding Herself As She Goes". Rolling Stone . Retrieved March 29, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Kim, Jae-Ha (January 30, 2024). "Go away with … Pictoria Vark". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved March 29, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Severs, Sophie (May 16, 2023). "Interview with Pictoria Vark: Making Peace with the Past & Looking to the Future". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
  6. ↑ Jocelyn, Hannah (April 11, 2022). "Pictoria Vark: The Parts I Dread". Pitchfork . Retrieved March 29, 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pham, Lucius (April 6, 2022). "Pictoria Vark and The Parts She Dreads". Iowa Public Radio . Retrieved March 29, 2025.
  8. ↑ Parnell, Annie (February 23, 2023). "Pictoria Vark on platonic love songs and 'The Parts I Dread'". VPM . Retrieved March 29, 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 Prettyman-Beauchamp, Sophie (May 12, 2022). "Interview: Pictoria Vark Opens Up a World of Possibility with Debut 'The Parts I Dread'". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
  10. 1 2 3 Lesuer, Mike (January 30, 2025). "Pictoria Vark Reflects on the Finite Nature of Things with New LP, Shares "San Diego" Single". FLOOD. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Severs, Sophie (January 30, 2025). "'Nothing Sticks': Pictoria Vark on Savoring the Moments That Count". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
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