Jukhee Kwon
Jukhee Kwon transforms old abandoned books into sculptural pieces. Kwon believes destruction to be the starting point of creation. The end of the medium’s original form and purpose signals yet another beginning. The unique characteristics of each book - smell, wear and tear, hand-scribbled notes within the pages - are all carefully examined as the artist carries out her process of selecting her materials. Little tears and stains serve as traces of time and provide clues to the vast perosnal histories embedded within, and these personal narratives offer areas of meditation beyond the books’ materiality. The works are completed through the repeated process of cutting and weaving. As each piece is formed and put on display, it continue the process of creating further dialogues between the materials, the artist, and the audience.
권죽희는 버려지고 오래된 책을 물리적으로 변형시켜 전혀 새로운 형체의 무언가로 재탄생시키는 작가이다. 그는 파괴야말로 창조의 시작점이라 생각하며 책의 원래의 형태와 용도를 파괴함으로써 그것이 내재할 수 있는 새로운 의미를 발현시킨다. 그 창조의 시작은 언제나 작가의 호기심과 환상에서 시작하며 책을 통해 느껴지는 감각 - 오래된 책이 품고 있는 고유의 냄새, 그 안에 써져있는 메모들 에 의해 작업에 쓰일 책이 선정되곤 한다. 각양 각색으로 찢어지고 낡은 모양들 하나하나가 작가의 호기심을 자극한다. 누군가에 소유되고 간직되었던 책은 그 사람의 한 부분을 흔적처럼 지니고 있기 때문에 작가에겐 그것이 책 물성 이외에 작업의 또 다른 흥미로운 재료가 된다. 모든 작품은 작가가 직접 칼이나 가위 같은 단순한 도구를 이용하여 끊임없이 오리고 잘라내고 엮어내는 등의 행위를 반복해 나가면서 완성된다. 작가는 이러한 모든 과정을 통해 물성과 작가, 작가와 관객 사이에 새로운 스토리와 감성을 전달한다.
Born 1981 in Daejeon, Korea, Currently lives and works in Grottaferrata (RM), Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
- The Lightness of a Moment, Galleria Patricia Armocida, Milan
2018
- Metamorphosis, Ierimonti Gallert, New York
2017
- Objecthood, Patricia Armocida Gallery, Milan
2013
- Jukhee Kwon, October Gallery, London
2012
- Being, La Scatola Gallery, London
2011
- Inside-out, Camberwell College of Arts Library, London
2010
- Illustration works, Illustration Studio Space, London
2004
- Tree to tree, Seorabul Gallery
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
- MIND·FULL·NESS, Villa de Parnell, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
- FLOWER, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, SEOUL
- Expanding Horizons, October Gallery, London
2020
- Atmospheres: Artists of the Transvangarde, October Gallery, London
2019
- Dream No Small Dream: Celebrating 40 Years of the Transvangarde, October Gallery, London
- Present Moment, October Gallery, London
2018
- The Phantom Thread, Ierimonti Gallery, New York
2016
- Please Return to Busan Port, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium
- SOLCHI LETTERARI_Percorsi di letteratura visiva, Museo Scuderie
- Aldobrandini, Frascati
2015
- Have a Good Day, Mr. Kim!, Michael Horbach Foundation in association with Choi & Lager Gallery, Cologne
- Art 15, Freedom Audit, London, with October Gallery, London
- Il filo che unisce, Abbazia S. Nilo, Grottaferrata
2014
- Malfunction Library, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
- 82-33-44, Choi & Lager Project, Paris
- Art 14, London, with October Gallery, London
2013
- Abu Dhabi Art 2013, UEA, with October Gallery, London
- Scope Basel, Switzerland, with October Gallery, London
- World of Extra Ordinary Objects, October Gallery, London
2012
- Place not found, Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery, London
- When I spoke its name, it came to be and became a flower, Paris
- Works on paper, GX Gallery, London
- The map of Korea, 5th 4482 Korean exhibition, Barge House Gallery, London
- Brief Permanence, Changing space pop-up Gallery, Cambridge
2011
- The face of the Shape, La Scatola Gallery, London
- Four; everyday life, Hanmi Gallery, London
- Camberwell College of Arts MA Degree Show, London
- Things change, you know, book sculpture work, New Gallery, London
- Trajector Art Fair, Brussels
Casting an eye on Korea, Paris
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2019 Redemption, Asia House, London
2015 Dipping into Darkness, Asia House, London
2014 The Book of Galileo, Asia House, London
2013 Arabesque Dream, Abu Dhabi Art, Beyond Sector, United Arab Emirates, with
October Gallery, London
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2018 Aesthetica Art Prize 2018 - Nominated in Short Artists
2004 Andong painting Awards, Korea
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Leaf book I 2022 A book and various media 35 x 35 x 15 cm
Flowing book I 2022 A book 250 cm
Discovery I 2022, A book with various materials, 35 x 35 x 30 cm
