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Kwak Chul-an

Kwak Chul-an

곽철안

2 works

WORKS

Cursive Structure _ Zapfino chair _ UKwak Chul-anCursive Structure _ Zapfino chair _ U2022Cuboid Stroke _ Wall object _ OKwak Chul-anCuboid Stroke _ Wall object _ O2020

ABOUT

Kwak Chul-an studied wood and furniture design at Hongik University and Contextual Design at the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands, and is currently a professor in the Department of Living Arts at Sangmyung University. Kwak’s work is held by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, and Kwak was selected for Hyundai Motor Group’s Brilliant 30 in 2015 and Korea Tomorrow in 2014. Kwak is a multi-talented artist, ranging from furniture designer to “art furniture,” which combines furniture design and art. Kwak has mainly used plywood and, recently enjoying the potential of the material and its expansion into the painterly, uses resin as well. Kwak realizes the object to be made in 3D, unfolds it to extract a drawing, has a manufacturer cut plywood to the drawing, and joins the planes like origami, visualizing in three dimensions the trajectory of movement unfolding in space, so that the work also occupies a place. Kwak explores the relationship and communication between space, people and art, and endlessly seeks expansion into new boundaries by giving artistry to the material of plywood.

Biography

  • Graduated, IM Masters, Design Academy Eindhoven (NL)
  • Graduated, Department of Wood and Furniture Design, Hongik University
  • Currently Assistant Professor, Department of Living Arts, School of Art, College of Culture and Arts, Sangmyung University

Solo exhibitions

  • 2018 Cursive Structure Chairs, Asian Network Beyond Design invitational, Seoul
  • 2017 Moire Vases, Feria Habitat Valencia, Valencia, Spain
  • 2017 Tangent, G Gallery, Seoul
  • 2017 Kiwa Benches and Stools, Artside Gallery, Seoul, and others

Group exhibitions

  • 2018 Korean Society of Design Science Autumn International Invitational, Seoul
  • 2018 Korea Contents Association Spain International Curated Invitational, Girona, Spain
  • 2017 Korean Society of Basic Design & Art Seoul International Curated Exhibition, Seoul
  • 2016 3rd Inkas International Exchange Exhibition, Seoul
  • 2016 35th Honglimhoe Exhibition, Seoul, and others