Checkpoint, 2023, exhibition view, DMZ, Paju, KR
fire with fire behind bars, 2023, Natural lacquer on hemp cloth, 32 x 25 x 1.5 in (81 x 64 x 4 cm)
Checkpoint, 2023, exhibition view, DMZ, Paju, KR
Under the Tongue, 2023, Charcoal, found cigarette butts, 13.7 x 19.6 x 17.3 in (35 x 50 x 44 cm)
To Die of Too Much, 2023, LG Styler from 2016 (Steam closet), custom printed apron, natural lacquer on hanji, newspapers, rubber mat, 17.7 x 23.2 x 72.8 in (45 x 59 x 185 cm)
Checkpoint, 2023, exhibition view, DMZ, Paju, KR
Crushed as Rust (Sewer), 2023, Natural lacquer (ottchil) with structural colour pigment, pounded aluminum, aluminum frame, 12 x 12 x 1.5 in (30 x 30 x 4 cm)
Le Désespoir, 2022, Pigmented natural lacquer with found urban detritus on plywood with solid wood edging, 81.5 x 72 x 0.75 in (207 x 182.9 x 1.9 cm)
Off-Duty Ballerina #1, 2022, Pigmented natural lacquer on salvaged plywood, 15 x 7.5 x 0.25 in (38.1 x 19.1 x 0.6 cm)
I U Dirt, 2022, Natural lacquer with pigments and structural colour, mother of pearl on salvaged plywood, 22 x 22 x 1 in (55.9 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm)
Every Day Had a Day in Its Way, 2019, Public Volumes, Small Arms Inspection building, Mississauga, CA
Every Day Had a Day in Its Way, 2019, Public Volumes, Small Arms Inspection building, Mississauga, CA
Every Day Had a Day in Its Way, 2019, Public Volumes, Small Arms Inspection building, Mississauga, CA
Every Day Had a Day in Its Way, 2019, Public Volumtes, Small Arms Inspection building, Mississauga, CA
Every Day Had a Day in Its Way, 2019, Public Volumes, Small Arms Inspection building. Mississauga, CA
Every Day Had a Day in Its Way, 2019, Public Volumes, Small Arms Inspection building, Mississauga, CA
For Other Fears, 2019, Lacquer, glutinous rice powder, textiles, ash powder, 40 x 16 in (101.6 x 40.6 cm)
Scab Brick with Excavator Inlay, 2019, Lacquer, glutinous rice powder, textiles, ash powder, shell inlays, steel, printed matter, business cards, 12 x 10 x 22 in (30.5 x 25.4 x 55.9 cm)
HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander
b. Daegu, KR & Vancouver, CA
Live and work in Halifax, CA
Solo Exhibitions as HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander
2024 in it, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
2020 Peering in the flushing, Trilobite et le Pneu, Montreal, CA
2019 maximum suffering along the way, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
2019 Public Volumes, Small Arms Inspection Building, Mississauga, CA
HaeAhn Woo Kwon Solo Exhibitions
2021 Bathroom Classroom, in collaboration with Isabelle Pauwels, Amy Lam, Kirby Chen Mages, and IBanJiHa (SoYoon Kim), Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
2018 Get Around to How, Erin Stump Projects, Toronto, CA
2014 What You See is What You Make, Samuso: Space for Contemporary Art, Seoul, KR
2010 Thank You for Shopping With Us, Seoha Gallery, Seoul, KR
2009 Put Your Foot Down+Take Your Shoes Of, the Cooper Union, New York, US
Paul Kajander Solo Exhibitions
2022 Iso Kokko, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
2017 Blink Shock Blood Shot, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
2014 All Beneath the Moon Decays (with Allyson Vieira), Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto, CA
2013 Stock’s Room, Project Broom Gallery, Seoul, KR
Select Group Exhibitions
2024 Negotiating Borders, SAW, Korean Cultural Centre, Ottawa, CA (HPKK)
2024 DMZ Exhibition: Checkpoint, Paju, KR (HPKK)
2023 A forged spider’s web, (curated by Anne Low), Unit 17, Vancouver, CA (HPKK)
2022 Water Works, (curated by Danielle Wu), International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, USA (HWK)
2022 Trip Like I Do, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA (HWK) (HPKK)
2022 A Rhythm, Not a Plot, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, CA (HPKK)
2021 BLOOMDOOMROOM, the Plumb, Toronto, CA (HWK)
2019 Art Toronto public program, Toronto, CA (HWK)
2019 Barely Fair, Julius Caesar, Chicago, US (HWK)
2019 Gallery Galerie Galería, Jack Barrett Gallery, New York, US (HPKK)
2018 Lojong Exercises, Kikospace, Toronto, CA (HPKK)
2018 Soft Refraction, Xpace, Toronto, CA (HWK)
2018 Contribution to Courage! Near Infra Red, Rinomina Gallery, Paris, FR (HWK)
2018 The World According to Generalized Axiom of Revealed Preference, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA (HWK)
2018 Wild Inside, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, CA (HWK)
2018 Matters in the End, Support Gallery, London, CA (HWK)
2018 Casualize, 10 Carden, Guelph, CA (HWK)
2017 Accident of Being Together, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, CA (HWK)
2017 Yes Frills, Erin Stump Projects, Toronto, CA (HWK)
2017 What Can the Object Do?, The Hand, New York (HWK)
2017 Dust is Dancing, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario (PK)
2017 Dust is Dancing, Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, Kingston (PK)
2016 Prattle Combat, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph (HWK)
2016 Pleasure Faire, (organized by Brian Mann), Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, US (HWK)(PK)
2016 Contribution to Rican/Struction, Agustina Ferreyra Gallery, San Juan, PR (HWK)
2015 The Transfiguration of the Commonplace, Sempio Space, Icheon-si, KR (HWK)
2015 Untitled (But Unnamed), New Media Society, Vancouver, CA (PK)
2015 All The Instruments Agree, The Hammer Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, US (PK)
2015 Through A Window: Visual Art & SFU 1965-2015, Audain Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, CA (PK)
2014 Bruce Says, Okin Theater, Seoul, KR (HWK)
2014 Universal Studios, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, KR (PK)
2013 Turn Inside Out, Next Door Gallery, Seoul, KR (HWK)
2013 What Cannot Be is What, Banner Project, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, KR (PK)
2013 Dimensions Variable, Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art, Int’l Residency Exhibition, Seoul, KR (PK)
2013 The Real DMZ Project, Cheorwon-gun & Art Sonje Center, Seoul, KR (PK)
2013 Stock’s Room, Project Broom Gallery, Seoul, KR (PK)
2011 Rehearsal Research, Western Front, Vancouver, CA (PK)
2011 Ron Tran: It knows not what it is, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, CA (PK)
2010 Slow Flow, HanByukOne Gallery, Seoul, KR (HWK)
2010 Sunday is the New Saturday, Every Letter In the Alphabet, Vancouver, CA (PK)
2010 Funny Business, Gallery Atsui, Vancouver, CA (PK)
2009 Black Hole is Also Supernova, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, CA (PK)
2009 Rotating Show, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham, US (HWK)
2009 To Make a Cake May Take Years To Bake, Bushwick Open Studio, New York, US (HWK)
2008 Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler, Western Front, Vancouver, CA (PK)
2008 The Silence of Infinite Space, Glendale College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, US (PK)
2007 Sendai Contemporary Art Network: Light and City, Shiogama, JP (PK)
2007 Green, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, CA (PK)
2006 Since Before and After, SFU School for the Contemporary Arts, Vancouver, CA (PK)
2006 Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me!, Belkin Satellite, Vancouver, CA (PK)
2005 Anxiety of Influence: New Wight Biennial, UCLA, Los Angeles, US (PK)
Press
2022 Meeka Walsh, “Art Toronto | Editor’s Picks Day 2,” Border Crossings (HPKK)
2022 Jacob Korczynski, “Bathroom Classroom — HaeAhn Woo Kwon with Isabelle Pauwels ...,” C Magazine (HWK)
2019 Jenine Marsh, “HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander,” Canadian Art (HPKK)
2019 Ben Shannon, “Interview: HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander,” résidence (HPKK)
2019 Laura Demers, “Makeshift privacy and pissing bodies: in conversation with HaeAhn Kwon,” Public Parking (HWK)
2017 Linnea West, “Phone Tag: Interview with HaeAhn Kwon,” Linnea West (HWK)
2014 Caoimhe Morgan-Feir, “Top 3 of 2014: Time Travels,” Canadian Art (PK)
2014 Limb Jae-un, “Canadian Artist residing in Seoul, Paul Kajander,” Korea Net (PK)
2014 Caoimhe Morgan-Feir, “All Beneath the Moon Decays,” Frieze Magazine (PK)
2014 Britt Gallpen, “All Beneath the Moon Decays,” Drain Magazine (PK)
2014 Fran Schechter, “It’s Greek to Them,” Toronto Now (PK)
2014 Lee Woo-young, “Korea seen through eyes of foreign artists,” The Korea Herald (PK)
2014 Lee Sun-Min, “Art exhibit portrays Korea through foreign eyes,” Korea JoongAng Daily (PK)
2013 Shelley DeWees, “Paul Kajander and the DMZ Project,” Groove Magazine (PK)
2013 Maria Lind, “Can a show about the real world be too close to the real world?” Art Review (PK)
2013 Lee Sun-Min, “Exhibition paints new picture of life on the line,” Korea JoongAng Daily (PK)
2013 Woo-young Lee, “Art questions what DMZ means to Koreans,” The Korea Herald (PK)
2013 Ines Min, “Examining the Real DMZ Through Art,” Blouin Art Info (PK)
2011 Allison Collins, “Three Unfinished Actions at Western Front,” Art Slant (PK)
2009 Vanessa Kwan, “Black Hole is Also Supernova,” Richmond Art Gallery (PK)
2007 Aya Takada, “Spectacle in Video,” Sendai Contemporary Art Network (PK)
2005 Vishal Jugdeo, “Live and Loud,” UCLA New Wight Biennial
HaeAhn Woo Kwon (HWK)
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Hae Ahn Woo Kwon Kajander (HPKK)