Ran Hwang at work
Button & Pins on wood Panel, cm
About the artwork
Among Ran Hwang’s most notable exhibitions would be at the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Belgium (2019), Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore (2017), UNESCO Paris Headquarters in Frace (2015), Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art – Hunter Center Mezzanine in USA (2015), and at Third Floor-Hermès in Singapore (2014).
About the artist
Ran Hwang graduated with a Bachelor 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. This Korean-born artist currently resides and practices her craft in New York, and is best-known for creating intricate, large-scale wall installations with exquisite materials from the fashion industry such as beads, buttons, pins and thread. A multiple award winner, Ran Hwang has completed many residencies and her works have been exhibited across the globe, including Korea, Switzerland, USA and France, and collected by distinguished hotels, museums and companies.