Ran Hwang

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Ran Hwang creates grand installations out of common, low-key materials such as buttons, sequins, crystals, and pins in quantities of thousands, hence producing a scale that has the capacity to pleasantly overwhelm. The artist creates dynamic subjects and sceneries that are not commonly associated with these cold, plastic, industrial materials, and takes to greater heights things that are often taken for granted and usually utilized for their function and not their aesthetic qualities. With this technique and concept, Ran Hwang demonstrates how the smallest can generate the grandest and how the common can produce the unique.

About the artist

Ran Hwang is a contemporary New York based, South Korean artist known for her intricate and visually stunning installations. Born in 1960 in South Korea, Ran Hwang graduated with a Bachelors in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts, New York, and subsequently went on to attain her Masters Degree in Fine Arts at the Graduate School of Arts Chung-Ang University in Seoul, Korea. 

Ran Hwang creates iconic artworks that embody her in-depth contemplation with the nature of cyclical life, non-visibility and the beauty of transient glamor. Her earlier career in the fashion industry and the personal memories of 9/11 attack have led her to adopt everyday materials into the delicate and dramatic works. Her installations, often created with thousands of pins, buttons, and beads, evoke a sense of meditative tranquility and intricate beauty.

She has won Gold Prize by AHL Foundation NY in 2004 and Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2015. Her works are internationally acclaimed in galleries and museums around the world.