Hae Young Kwon

Bio

Hae Young Kwon is based in Korea and USA, earned a Jewelry & Metalsmithing MFA in Rhode Island School of Design, USA and BFA in Kookmin University, South Korea. She questions the value judgments placed on mundane objects and seeks to reveal their inherent worth through the expressive language of jewelry. She has actively engaged in her artistic practice through participation in major international exhibitions, including Munich Jewellery Week, New York Jewelry Week, and the London Design Festival.

Statement

Objects are born of human intent, endlessly produced, replaced, and discarded. In my work, the objects I encounter are used and abandoned according to the very intentions of those who created them, without their existence ever being questioned. I discover these discarded and overlooked things in my surroundings, sense their yearning for a reason to exist, and grant them new purpose and solace through the language of jewelry. Through this process, I breathe new life into objects whose worth has been defined solely by utility and whose very dignity has remained uncertain.

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