Past Residents
Past Resident2016: Arts Council Korea
Hyukgue Kwon
Hyukgue Kwon questions how the practice of curating can represent a multitude of contemporary art that goes beyond the initial articulation of artistic, subjective and cultural framework, without the means of illusive celebration and the management of the arts. Kwon often collaborates with other practitioners, writers and audiences, and his practice mostly involves a critical interpretation of exhibition making and the exploration of various curatorial strategies, challenging the pre-conceived notions of exhibition making.
Hyukgue Kwon (born 1982, Seoul, South Korea) is an independent curator and researcher. Kwon’s recent curatorial projects include, When I Encounter You, London, 2015-ongoing;Eunsoo Hur, Project Space Stage 3×3, Seoul, South Korea, 2014; Richard Smith, Winter Project Space, London, 2013; Penumbra, an eight day project with eight artists, Bermondsey Project Space, London, 2012. He also worked as a researcher for exhibitions such as Terra Galaxia: Aerotropolics, Home and Away, City States, Liverpool Biennial, 2012.
Hyukgue Kwon, Richard Smith, 2013, Mixed media, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from South Korea
Past Resident2015: Gallery BK
Seonghi Bahk
Seonghi Bahk constantly examines relationships, history and the present, existence and illusion through charcoal hanging works that merge East and West.
Seonghi Bahk (born 1966, Sun San, South Korea) moved to Milan, Italy in 1996 where he graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti Brera. He has participated in various exhibitions throughout Europe since then. Recent solo shows include Point of View, View-tiful, WooYang Museum of Contemporary Art, KyeongJu, South Korea. His artwork is in the collections of LVMH, Paris; The Shilla Hotel, Seoul, South Korea; Samsung Corporation, Seoul, South Korea; John Swire & Sons Ltd, Hong Kong; ARK Restaurants Corporation, New York; Joung Gu Tax office, Seoul, South Korea; Ibiza Gran Hotel, Spain; Okά, Paris, France and more. He was awarded the ninth Kim Chong Yung Sculpture Award in 2006.
Seonghi Bahk, An Aggregation, 2013, Charcoal, nylon threads, plant, Dimensions variable.
Residents from South Korea
Past Resident2016: Maraya Art Centre
Raja’a Khalid
Raja’a Khalid’s practice is concerned with contemporary narratives of class, luxury, and consumer and material cultures, especially those that connect her native Arabian Gulf region with the world at large. She is interested in how current day capitalist economies articulate ‘culture’ and seek out motifs of soft power that reflect on the Gulf’s streaming constructions of heritage, authenticity, wealth, masculinity, sport, game, athleticism, adornment, wellness and wilderness. Outcomes are often sculptural abstractions based on these investigations and mediums employed include industrial processes, systems or rhetoric e.g. patents, wholesale supplies or B2B goods, etc.
Raja’a Khalid (born 1984, Saudi Arabia) is a Dubai-based artist and writer. She received her MFA in Fine Art from Cornell University, where she was also the recipient of the Cornell Council for the Arts Grant in 2013. Recent awards and residencies include the NYU Abu Dhabi FIND Research Fellowship, 2014; the Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen International Fellowship for Art and Theory, 2015, and the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten Guest Residency, 2015. Her work has been shown in New York, Dubai and Vienna.
Raja'a Khalid, Oud Aura, 2015, Industrial scent diffuser and synthetic oud essential oil, 12 × 12 × 5 in. (30.48 × 30.48 × 12.7 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
