Image, courtesy of the artist: Nearly half of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the US have experienced discrimination or unfair treatment that may be illegal (according to Stop AAPI Hate’s May 2023 Report), 2024, Korean silk, sewn in the format of Korean object-wrapping cloth called bojagi, 37 x 37 inches
Solo exhibition featuring works by Julia Kwon.
December 13, 2024 – January 24, 2025
In Piece Together, Julia Kwon sews patchworks in the format of interpretative bojagi—Korean object-wrapping cloths historically created by Korean women who had limited contact with the outside world during the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910). Patterns from contemporary sociopolitical events are integrated into the bojagi designs to question preconceptions on cultural purity, authenticity, and otherness. Kwon pieces together these contemporary issues and events to point toward more capacious possibilities for identity and community.
Artist Lecture & Exhibition Reception:
When
Thursday, January 16, 2025
5:00 – 7:00 pm CST
Where
Artist Lecture: 005 Biggin Hall
Reception: Biggin Gallery, 101 Biggin Hall
This event is free and open to the public. 005 Biggin Hall and Biggin Gallery are handicap accessible.
Collective Quilting Workshop with Julia Kwon:
When
TBA
Where
TBA
About the Artist
Julia Kwon is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery (Washington, DC), Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA), Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (New York, NY), Museum of International Folk Art (Santa Fe, NM), The New York Public Library (New York, NY), Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Thomas J. Watson Library (New York, NY), and Yale University’s Haas Arts Library Special Collections (New Haven, CT), among others. Her work has been highlighted in Smithsonian Magazine, The Washington Post, Korea.net, BmoreArt, PBS’s WETA Arts, Arirang News, and SBS International News. She was awarded artist residencies at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Chautauqua School of Art, Headlands Center for the Arts, Santa Fe Art Institute, Textile Arts Center, Vermont Studio Center, among others. Julia Kwon holds a BA in Studio Art from Georgetown University and an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University.
Presented by the Auburn University Department of Art & Art History, the Auburn University Korea Center - King Sejong Institute, and the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities in Auburn University’s College of Liberal Arts.