Architectural Drawing, 2016

Container in an architectural mood, 2016

A prizewinner in the Cheongiu International Craft Bienniale in Korea in 2011, she has exhibited throughout Korea and in Taiwan and Denmark.

Specialising in pinched pots, she explores both domestic ware and sculpture. In 2014 she spent 6 months as artist in residence at Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre in Denmark. While she was there, she experimented with wood firing, an experience which has profoundly affected her working methods. She is currently artist in residence at the Clay Arch Museum in Korea, where she is developing new work.

Kyungwon Baek was born in 1987 in South Korea and studied ceramics at Seoul National University. She earned B.F.A in 2010 and M.F.A in 2013 from Seoul National University. She was a resident artist at Guldagergaard International Ceramic Center(Denmark) in 2014 and 2017, at Gimhae Clayarch Museum(South Korea) in 2015 and at The Ceramic House(U.K) in 2017.

She has been living and working in Seoul. She has done many commission works including collaboration with Izzat Baba, Korean fashion brand, as well as group exhibitions. In 2017, KyungWon Baek was nominated as a finalist of 2nd Open to Art, International Contemporary Art and Design Ceramics Competition promoted by Officine Saffi, the gallery specializing in Ceramics in Milan.

Kyungwon Baek