EXPO ‘SeulGi Kwon – Tender Moments’ – R|R Gallery, New York (USA) – 10 Sept.-4 Oct. 2015

SeulGi Kwon – My first US solo show  Sep.10 – Oct. 4. 2015 -  R|R Gallery  New York

Please join us in welcoming Korean artist SeulGi Kwon to the gallery for her first U.S. solo exhibit. « Tender Moments » opens next Thursday, September 10th from 6-8pm

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Seul Gi Kwon – Tender moments 

 

 

R|R Gallery
30 Gansevoort Street
New York, NY 10014
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Seulgi Kwon Wins 2014 AJF Artist Award

The Art Jewelry Forum (AJF), the nonprofit organization that supports appreciation of art jewelry worldwide, has awarded Seulgi Kwon the 2014 AJF Artist Award.

The award is given to an emerging jeweler who exhibits “poise, innovation, and individuality.”

Since 2000, AJF has been offering an artist award to recognize promise, innovation, and individuality in the work of an emerging jeweler. The AJF Artist Award is awarded to makers of contemporary art jewelry who have completed their academic/professional training and are making new work as part of their post-training career. The winner of the AJF Artist Award receives a $7500 cash prize, will have their work shown at a major international art fair with an AJF gallery supporter, and will give a short lecture. Their work will also be featured in an AJF advertisement.

The 2014 Art Jewelry Forum Artist Award (AJFAA) was awarded to Seulgi Kwon

PROUD & HAPPY for her !

« raindrop » of awards from everywhere, last years, on her work  :

2013  BKV Prize 2013 « Third Prize », Munich, Germany
2012 Cominelli Foundation 2012 Award  « First Prize »,  Fondazione Cominelli, Italy
2011 BKV Prize 2011, Munich, Germany
2011 Preziosa Young 2011, Florence, Italy
2010 Cominelli Foundation 2010 Award, Fondazione Cominelli, Italy

Seul-Gi Kwon 2014 work – « a soft rain » (detail)

 

Seulgi Kwon, Deep in the Night 1, 2014, brooch, silicone, pigment, thread, glass, 180 x 170 x 60 cm, photo: artist

Seulgi Kwon, Still Life 1 (alternate view), 2014, ring, silicone, pigment, thread, 90 x 100 x 60 mm, photo: artist
Seulgi Kwon, The Evolution of Defense 1, 2014, silicone, pigment, thread, paper, plastic, 180 x 105 x 70 mm, photo: artist

« We are pleased to announce that Seulgi Kwon has been selected to receive the 2014 Art Jewelry Forum Artist Award for an emerging jeweler. Kwon was chosen from 123 entries representing 27 countries. She will receive a $7500 cash award, and her work, along with that of the other 4 finalists, will be featured by Platina Gallery at Handwerksmesse, which takes place in Munich in March 2015. Kwon will also receive a one-year professional membership to AJF and will serve as a juror for the 2015 Artist Award competition.

The goal of the AJF Artist Award is to acknowledge promise, innovation, and individuality in developing jewelers. This year’s competition was open to art jewelry makers 35 years of age or younger who were not enrolled in a professional training program; submitted work had to have been completed between 2012 and 2014. The jurors were Sooyeon Kim, jewelry artist and winner of the 2013 award; Carin Reinders, director of the Coda Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands; and Karen Rotenberg, founder and director of Alianza Contemporary Craft and a collector of contemporary jewelry. Criteria used in judging were originality, depth of concept, and quality of craftsmanship.

Kwon uses the theme of plant images to express meanings and symbols of memories of her daily life. Plants change their form at each stage of growth: seeds sprout, spread roots, and bloom. This course of change gives rise to unpredictable organisms and organic forms. Kwon’s work actively expresses the organic movements of plants, with their mysterious colors and constantly changing forms, creating texture with the materiality and transparency of silicone. Kwon tries to express the living in her work, so most of her pieces have rich colors and unique shapes.

Carin Reinders stated, “Seulgi uses silicone, glass, and pigments with great beauty and poetic transparency. The brooch A Soft Rain has the softness and the vulnerability of the first soft and refreshing drops. Deep in the Night gives the awareness of a night in the jungle with the great emerald green stone, glowing in the dark. Seulgi’s work has great poetic power and classical elements, but is constructed in a very contemporary way.” Sooyeon Kim commented, “Because of Seulgi’s deep understanding of silicone as a material, it seems like she has power over the material. This would not be possible without ceaseless study. Her exotic forms and bright colors have a special fascination.” Ms. Rotenberg added, “Seulgi demonstrates an innovative and beautiful use of material; her work is visually compelling.”

Kwon earned a bachelor’s (2007) and a master’s (2010) of fine arts metalwork and jewelry at Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea. » (AJF)

Seulgi Kwon, All Things Shining, 2013, brooch, silicone, pigment, thread, glass bead, 130 x 140 x 55 mm, photo: artist

Seulgi Kwon, A Soft Rain 1, 2014, brooch, silicone, pigment, thread, paper, plastic, 180 x 170 x 65 mm, photo: artist

“In my work, I actively express the organic movements of plants with their mysterious colors and constantly changing forms, creating texture with the materiality and transparency of silicone. I always try to express the living in my work so most of my pieces have rich colours and unique shapes.”

 

 

PS : just received my « It rained yesterday » ring ! HAPPY !

Seulgi Kwon - « It rained yesterday » ring 2014 Ring∣ silicone, pigment, thread 90 x 90 x 70mm

EXPO ‘The Art of the RING’ – Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge (Ma)(USA) – 12 Aout-30 Sept. 2014

(From left to right: Michael Becker, Seulgi Kwon, Jose Marin)

Efharis Alepedis Ring Silk cocoon, steel reinforced epoxy, rubber, epoxy resin

Efharis Alepedis – Rings – Silk cocoon, steel reinforced epoxy, rubber, epoxy resin 2014)

Efharis Alepedis – Ring – Coral, steel reinforced epoxy, rubber

 Efharis Alepedis Ring Silk cocoon, sea urchin, steel reinforced epoxy, rubber, epoxy resin, coral beads

Jose Marin Esponja Marina, Ring Titanium, silver, emeralds. 2014

Efharis Alepedis Ring Reconstructed moonstones, steel reinforced epoxy, rubber

Seulgi Kwon Under the Moon Light Ring Silicone, pigment, thread Cast molded and sewn

Seulgi Kwon – « It Rained Yesterday » Ring Silicone, pigment, thread Cast molded and sewn

Jose Marin – « Durmiendo en una Anemona » Ring Titanium, silver

Jose Marin – « Corrientes Marinas de Xabia  » – Ring Titanium, silver, white moon stone

 

Mobilia Gallery
358 Huron Ave
Cambridge (Massachusetts) 02138 – USA
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EXPO ‘bijoux contemporains’ – Galerie Diane & Eric Lhoste, Biarritz (FR) – 15 Juill.-13 Sept. 2014

Galerie Diane Eric Lhoste -

Exposition bijoux contemporains du 15 juillet au 13 septembre -

Pour cette 6ème exposition, nous avons choisi sept artistes talentueux, d’horizons différents et d’inspirations diverses, très présents sur la scène du bijou contemporain. Loin d’être seulement de remarquables parures, ces bijoux sont le fruit de recherches mêlant entre autres art contemporain, excellence du savoir-faire et une imagination incroyable.

 

Vernissage, en toute simplicité (chemise hawaienne acceptée), aura lieu mardi 15 juillet à partir de 18h

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Catherine LE GAL  – Heejoo KIM –  Isabelle FUSTINONI  — Patricia LEMAIRE  – Philip SAJET  – Seul-Gi KWON — Ulrike KAMPFERT

Isabelle Fustinoni – bagues – ébène, laiton et verre.

Patricia Lemaire broches sculptures « Les Porteurs » – maillechort patiné guilloché, os, graines. Crédit photo Ecliptique

Philip Sajet collier Eclips en argent niellé, nacre et or

Philip Sajet, bague Cactus, or et émail

Ulrike Kampfert broche Ombrelle fer et or

 Ulrike Kampfert, bague Ombrelle ou Schirmring, fer et or acier

Seulgi Kwon Broche « All things shining », silicone, pigments, perles de verre, fil et acier

Heejoo Kim Bague argent et cuir

Catherine Le Gal, bracelet en acier patiné et feuilles d’or

…… et votre charmante hôtesse a essayé pour vous ….

Bague Ombrelle fer et or d’Ulrike Kampfert

Bague Hérisson argent et fer d’Ulrike Kampfert

Collier Eclipse argent niellé, nacre et or de Philip Sajet

 

 

 

Galerie Diane Eric Lhoste
25 avenue Edouard VII
64200 Biarritz – FR
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EXPO ‘18th annual exhibition’ – Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Montréal (CA) – 1er Dec. 2013 – 1er Fevr. 2014

Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h 18th annual exhibition

01-Dec-2013 -01-Feb-2014

Exposition collective / group exhibition

For its 18th anniversary, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h gathers the creations by 60 jewelry artists from here and elsewhere. Impressed by the multiplicity of forms, shapes and styles, this exhibition wants to be a portrait of the current production in contemporary jewelry.

 

Among the group of the permanently gallery’s artists, we can find the new collections by Barbara Stutman, using textile techniques to create her new pieces made of vinyl lacing, colored copper wire and fresh water pearls. Working with wood, Gabrielle Desmarais, Julia Turner, Tobias Alm and Anne-Marie Rébillard use this material in many unexpected ways. For this event, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h invited artists from all over the world. Nature provides many possibility of creation. Seulgi Kwon creates exceptional brooches and necklaces using silicone, thread and plastic. Silke Spitzer success in translating her perception of nature in her wonderful slides wood necklaces. Peter Hoogeboom proposes amazing neckpieces and brooches made of ceramic small amphoras and silver.  An intensive labor in drilling little holes in her construction, Sandra Enterline plays with the structures and the light. Louise Perrone uses vibrant colored fabric to build her structural neckpieces. The gallery invites you to discover plenty of new works.

Artistes invités :  Sandra Enterline, Julia Turner, Louise Perrone, Lidia Raymond, Anne-Marie Rébillard, Seulgi Kwon

Märta Mattsson Brooch: Fossils, 2013 Cicadas, crushed malachite, resin, glitter, silver

Kaori Juzu - Brooch: Storyteller #4 – Copper, enamel, silver

Gabrielle Desmarais - Earrings: Cocoon – Silver, wood, onyx, thread, graphite pigment

Seulgi Kwon – Brooch: Hidden Instinct 1 – Silicone, cotton, steel, pigment, plastic

Peter Hoogeboom - Brooch: North Sea 5 – Fused ceramic, silver, steel

Julia Turner – Pendant: Mill pendant#1 – Wood, steel, thread

 

Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h
4836 boulevard St-Laurent,
Montréal H2T 1R5
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EXPO ‘Summer Object’ – Gallery VOGOZE, Seoul (Korea) – 23 Juill.-7 Aout 2013

Vogoze summer object – Gallery VOGOZE 7.23(TUE)~8.7(WED)

Opening reception : 7. 23. 5:00pm

SeulGi Kwon , Mina Kang  & …. (5 artists)

 

 SeulGi Kwon – The other side of the spear

Mina Kang – ‘mixture 15′ necklace ramie fabric, thread, silver, beads 2013

 

Gallery VOGOZE
65-9 Seoul 135-090 South Korea
www.vogoze.com/

EXPO ‘Only one’ – MOK SPACE gallery, London (UK) – 12 Juin-7 Juill. 2013

SeulGi Kwon :  If you are in London, or near London, you can see my work at MOK SPACE gallery.  Under the theme of the « Only one« , the exhibition will be on display from 12th Jun to 7th July 2013.

Opening Reception :  12th Jun 6:30 – 8:30PM

our first exhibition dedicated exclusively to contemporary jewellery

(Seulgi Kwon brooch)

artists :  Choonsun Moon — Mihyun Um — Joohee Han — Lee, Yu Jin — Junhee BAE — Rose Wood — Mariko Sumioka — Hyeju Nam — Yeseul Seo — Heejoo Kim — Jimin Kim — Filipa Oliveira — Sunyoung Kim — Healim Shin — Seulgi Kwon — Hyejeong Ko –  Ruth Laird

Choonsun Moon - The elements of each piece are repeated to complete the form of a circle.
The accessories that create circles come to function as bracelets or necklaces, and materials with colors allows them to be in varied forms.

Mariko Sumioka

Joohee Han

Lee, Yu Jin

Rose Wood  makes tactile jewellery from soft nappa leather

Heejoo Kim

Jimin Kim

Filipa Oliveira

Sunyoung Kim

Hyejeong Ko

Ruth Laird

SeulGi Kwon  2013 – Ending ceremony / Brooch  silicone, pigment, thread, fabric, stainless steel

 

MOK SPACE gallery
www.mokspace.com
33 Museum Street,
London WC1A 1LH
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Seoul International Jewelry Art Fair 2013 – « the Jangsingoo » – HOMA, Hongik Museum of Art (South Korea) – 1er-5 Mai 2013

the Seoul International Jewelry Art Fair 2013 the Jangsingoo.  The Fair will start on May 1 and run untill May 5 at the HOMA, Hongik Museum of Art.

 

SeulGi Kwon – Brooch  silicone, pigment, thread, paper   

It will be shown at the Seoul International Jewelry Art Fair 2013 the Jangsingoo

SeulGi KWON : new works

  SeulGi Kwon -   Cominelli Foundation 2012 Award « First Prize »   

SeulGi Kwon – 2012 -   Baek is back Ⅴ / Brooch  silicone, pigment, thread, stainless steel  21 x 11.5 x 4.5 cm

SeulGi Kwon – 2012 -   Baek is back Ⅴ / Brooch (DETAIL) -  silicone, pigment, thread, stainless steel
SeulGi Kwon – 2012 – brooch

SeulGi Kwon – 2012 – brooch (DETAIL)

SeulGi Kwon – 2012 -   Baek is back Ⅳ / Brooch  silicone, pigment, thread, artificial hair, stainless steel  14 x 8 x 4 cm

SeulGi Kwon – 2012 -  Baek is back Ⅵ / Brooch  silicone, pigment, thread, stainless steel  13.5 x 9 x 3 cm

SeulGi Kwon – 2012 -  Baek is back Ⅵ / Brooch (DETAIL)

PREMIO FONDAZIONE COMINELLI PER IL GIOIELLO CONTEMPORANEO – III Edizione – 1-30 Sept. 2012

PREMIO FONDAZIONE COMINELLI PER IL GIOIELLO CONTEMPORANEO – III Edizione

 

Sabato 1 Settembre h 18:00 Inaugurazione e Premiazione a Palazzo Cominelli – Cisano
Domenica 2 Settembre h 11:00 Relazione del Direttore del College of Art di Edimburgo per la sezione degli studenti nella Sala dei Provveditori nel Municipio di Salò

 

PREMIO FONDAZIONE COMINELLI PER il Gioiello Contemporaneo III EDIZIONE – 2012
1° PREMIO EX-EQUO PER : JASMIN MATZAKOW PER LA SPILLA « ARCUS » E SEUL-GI KWON PER LA SPILLA « CANDY BAR »
2° PREMIO BERNHARD STIMPFL-ABELE PER LA SPILLA « ORANGE EXPLOSION »
MENZIONI SPECIALI A:
ZOE ROBERTSON doppia spilla « TARGET THE HEART »
CHIARA SCARPITTI collana « PHYLOGENESIS »
EMMANUEL LACOSTE diadema « CARNE »

  SEUL-GI KWON  « CANDY BAR » brooch

Jasmin Matzakow -   brooch « Arcus » 2012 – Amaranth-wood, silver, steel, 11x9x2,5 cm, chiselled, mounted

 Bernhard Stimpfl-Abele – « Orange explosion » brooch 2012 – silver oxidised, polystyrene – electro formed polystyrene

 

Il gioiello contemporaneo – La collezione permanente
Con la seconda edizione del “Premio Fondazione Cominelli per il gioiello contemporaneo“ ha preso avvio la Collezione Permanente. Il primo nucleo, a cura della storica e critica del gioiello Bianca Cappello, è composto da 38 autori. Il secondo nucleo, a cura di Rita Marcangelo andrà ad incrementare le opere esistenti. La Collezione si arricchirà di anno in anno grazie alla libera donazione di opere di autori selezionati, sia tra i partecipanti al Premio Fondazione Cominelli sia tra autori ritenuti dal Curatore di profilo ed interesse idonei a far parte della Collezione.
 L’obiettivo che la Fondazione Cominelli ed agc si propongono è di creare una Collezione che divenga un punto di riferimento e valore nel campo della conoscenza e fruizione del gioiello contemporaneo, sia a livello nazionale che internazionale. La costituzione di una collezione rappresenta sicuramente un momento importante nel percorso di Premio internazionale per il gioIello contemporaneo Palazzo Cominelli – via Padre F. Santabona – Cisano di San Felice d/B -25010 Brescia valorizzazione culturale di un aspetto affascinante e innovativo come il gioiello contemporaneo, essa intende divenire luogo d’incontro per addetti ai lavori e per il grande pubblico, ma soprattutto degli studenti che potranno confrontarsi con autori di livello internazionale.

collezione permanente :
ADREAN BLOOMARD –  AGNES LARSSON –  ALBA POLENGHI LISCA –  BARBARA PAGANIN –  BARBARA UDERZO –  BEATE EISMANN –  BERNHARD STIMPFL-ABELE –  CARLA RICCOBONI –  CATARINA HALLZON –  CAROLE DELTENRE –  DANA HAKIM –  DIANA DUDEK –  DONNA BRENNAN –  ELISABETTA DUPRÈ –  EMANUELA DEYANOVA –  EUGENIA INGEGNO –  FABRIZIO TRIDENTI –  FRANCINE SCHLOETH –  FARRAH AL-DUJAILI –  GIANCARLO MONTEBELLO –  GIGI MARIANI –  GIOVANNI SICURO –  GISBERT STACH –  HEEJIN HWANG –  HADAS LEVIN –  ISABELL SCHAUPP –
JIMIN KIM –  JUDY MCCAIG –  KAORI JUZU –  KATRIN SPRANGER –  LIANA PATTIHIS –  MARIA ROSA FRANZIN –  MARCO MINELLI –  MARGHERITA DE MARTINO NORANTE –  MARTA HRYC –  MAURIZIO STAGNI –  MEIRI ISHIDA –  MI-MI MOSCOW –  NIKOLAI BALABIN –  PATRIZIA BONATI –  RITA MARCANGELO –  ROSSELLA TORNQUIST –  SANNA SVEDESTEDT –  SILKE TREKEL –  SUNGHO CHO –  SAM THO DUONG –  SIMONE GIESEN –  TAMARA GRÜNER –  ULI RAPP –  SEUL-GI KWON ….

 

 

Fondazione Cominelli
via F. Santabona – 25010 Cisano di San Felice d/B (BS) (près Lago di Guarda)
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Orari: Venerdì e Sabato 18:00 – 21:30
Domenica 10:00 – 12:00 e 18:00 – 21:30