Needing and Wanting, 2023, Bathroom sink and cabinet, faucet, pond pump, hose, bulkhead fittings, plastic buckets, dimensions variable
Pillow Talk, 2022, Marker on paper, 9 x 12 in (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
Credit Card - Visa, 2018, Brass, 3 x 2 in (7.62 x 5.08 cm)
The Baroness Model. 1874, 2021, Mixed media, 30 x 40 x 11 in (76.2 x 101.6 x 27.94 cm)
Self-Reflection From Below, 2018, Wool, latch hook rug canvas, wood, 32 x 46 in (81.3 x 116.8 cm)
De-privation screen (front), 2017, Metal, wood, found obects, custom printed t-shirt, laundry rack, clothes pins, PVC tubing, rubber glove, fishing swivel, rice paper, soy sauce, diet coke, styrofoam, mirror, address numerals, inkjet prints, custom wall paper, piano hinges
Piss Moon Showerbase, 2021, Marker on paper, 9.5 x 12.5 x 1.25 in (24.1 x 31.8 x 3.2 cm)
Pissbox, 2017, Pigmented hydrostone, 21.5 x 17 x 16 in (54.6 x 43.2 x 40.6 cm)
The Parasite, 2016, Charred frozen pizza, guache, sumi-ink, cardboard
2 x 10 x 10 in (5.1 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm)
The Muttering Retreat, 2017, Found and altered umbrella, wire, 8 x 9 x 35 in (20.3 x 22.9 x 89 cm)
It Smells Like It Shouldn’t, 2018, Cinderblock, all-purpose flour, maiden hair grass, spray paint, 10 x 9 x 10 in (25.4 x 22.9 x 25.4 cm)
HaeAhn Woo Kwon
b. Daegu, KR
Lives and works in Halifax, CA
Education
2018 MFA, University of Guelph, Guelph, CA
2016 Graduate Program, Fine Art, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, US
2009 BFA, Cooper Union, New York, US
2007 Visiting Student Program, Columbia University, New York, US
Solo & Collaborative Exhibitions
2024 Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA (as HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander)
2023 a small but comfy house and maybe a dog (w. Amy Ching-Yan Lam), Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, CA (curated by Su-Ying Lee)
2021 Bathroom Classroom, in collaboration with Isabelle Pauwels, Amy Lam, Kirby Chen Mages, and IBanJiHa (SoYoon Kim), Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
2020 Peering in the flushing, Trilobite et le Pneu, Montreal, CA (as HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander)
2019 maximum suffering along the way, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA (as HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander)
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
Select Group Exhibitions
2023 Negotiating Borders, SAW Centre Gallery, Ottawa, CA (as HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander)
2023 DMZ Exhibition: Checkpoint, Dora Observatory, Paju, KR (as HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander)
2023 A forged spider’s web (curated by Anne Low), Unit 17, Vancouver, CA (as HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander)
2022 goodtime, the Plumb, Toronto, CA
2022 Water Works, (curated by Danielle Wu), International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, US
2022 Trip Like I Do, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA (as HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander)
2022 A Rhythm, Not a Plot, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, CA (as HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander)
2021 BLOOMDOOMROOM, the Plumb, Toronto, CA
2019 Barely Fair, Julius Caesar, Chicago, US (as HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander)
2019 Public Volumes, Small Arms Inspection Building, Mississauga, CA (as HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander)
2019 Gallery Galerie Galería, Jack Barrett Gallery, New York, US (as HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander)
2018 Soft Refraction, Xspace, Toronto, CA
2018 Lojong Exercises, Kikospace, Toronto, CA (as HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander)
2018 Contribution to Courage! Near Infra Red, Rinomina Gallery, Paris, FR
2018 The World According to Generalized Axiom of Revealed Preference, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
2018 Wild Inside, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, CA
2018 Matters in the End, Support Gallery, London, CA
2018 Casualize, 10 Carden, Guelph, CA
2017 Accident of Being Together, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, CA
2017 Yes Frills, Erin Stump Projects, Toronto, CA
2017 What Can the Object Do?, The Hand, New York, US
2016 Prattle Combat, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, CA
2016 Pleasure Faire, (organized by Brian Mann), Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, US
2016 Contribution to Rican/Struction, Agustina Ferreyra Gallery, San Juan, PR
2015 The Transfiguration of the Commonplace, Sempio Space, Icheon-si, KR
2014 Bruce Says, Okin Theater, Seoul, KR
2013 Turn Inside Out, Next Door Gallery, Seoul, KR
2010 Slow Flow, HanByukOne Gallery, Seoul, KR
2009 Rotating Show, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham, CA
2009 To Make a Cake May Take Years To Bake, Bushwick Open Studio, New York, US
Curatorial Projects
2014 Live In the Lobby, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, KR
Writing
2014 What You See Is What You Make, Exhibition catalog
Press
2021 Jacob Korczynski, ‘Bathroom Classroom- HaeAhn Woo Kwon with Isabelle Pauwels, Amy Lam, Kirby Chen Mages, IBanJiHa (So Yoon Kim)’, C Magazine
2019 Jenine Marsh, ‘HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander’, Canadian Art
2019 Ben Shannon, ‘In Conversation’, www.residenceeditions.co
2019 Laura Demers, ‘Makeshift privacy and pissing bodies: in conversation with HaeAhn Kwon’, www.thisispublicparking.com
2017 Linnea West, ‘Phone Tag: Interview with HaeAhn Kwon’, linneawest.com
Awards & Residencies
2018 Master of Fine Arts Scholarship, Canadian Federation of University Women
2016 Toni Sherman Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph
2016 Margaret Priest Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph
2016 International Graduate Student Scholarship, University of Guelph
2016 Graduate Travel, Research and Creation Fund, University of Guelph
2015 International Artist Fellowship, Office of the Provost, USC
2014 Seoul Foundation for Art & Culture Grant: Visual Artist
2012 Cheongju Artist Residency, Cheongju, KR
2009 The Sarah Cooper Hewitt Fund Prize for Excellence in Art
Artist Talks & Workshops
2021 ‘Amy Lam in Conversation with HaeAhn Kwon about Bathrooms’ Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, CA
2014 ‘What You Believe Is What You Say’, Artist Talk with Paul Kajander and Jung-hyun Kim, Art Sonje Center