born in 1989
A rare artist as she works with horsehair inspired by Korea’s millinery tradition for men. Horsehair has been used by many different cultures in a number of ways. It was used for making brushes, instruments, furniture and more. Dahye has transformed this ancient material into one-off three dimensional objects using traditional Korean weaves that was applied to create men’s headwear. The method she uses is painstaking. Dahye refers to her making as “an investment of time”, the invisible material in her work. She is constantly reflecting on herself as a human being and the making itself is a way of maintaining a specific mind-control. She describes this as “sincerity of time”.
Dahye won the Grand Prize at the 2021 Cheongju International Craft Competition. She was the winner for the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize in 2022. Her first solo show was featured in London, UK for Craft Week.
Her work is collected by the Loewe Foundation and the British Museum.
The British Museum (UK)
LOEWE FOUNDATION (Spain)
Seoul Museum of Craft Art (Korea)
Cheongju Craft Biennale (Korea)
2023 Selected to Korean Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism for Young Artist section
2022 LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize Winner
2021 Cheongju Craft Biennale, Craft Competition, Grand Prize
2020 Korea Crafts Competition, Award for the head of the Cultural Heritage Korea
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Mind, Hand and Time, Cromwell Place, UK
2020
Horsehair, From Line to Three Dimension, Gat Exhibition Hall, Korea
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
FINE CRAFT by SOLUNA - Light to Shadow, Gallery 5, Cromwell Place, UK
2023
Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Light of weaving : Labour-Hand-Hours, Korean Culture Centre UK, UK
Collect Art Fair, Somerset House, UK
2022
Craft Trend Fair, COEX, Korea
KOGEI Kanazawa Art Fair, Kanazawa, Japan
The 5th Triennale of KOGEI in Kanazawa Craft Visions, Kanazawa, Japan
The Balvenie Makers Exhibition, Hwikyeomjae, Korea
LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize, Seoul Museum of Craft Art, Korea
Again, from the Earth's Foundation, Milan Design Week, Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Italy
2021
‘Home’ Welcome to My House, 23, Huiujeong-ro 16-gil, Korea
Jeju Art Design Festa, Jeju Comphortree Hotel & Resort, Korea
Cheongju Craft Biennale, Korea
2020
One Day Ticket for Korean Crafts, KCDF Gallery, Korea
2019
Craft Trend Fair 'Moving Project', COEX, Korea
Space of Everyday, Onyang Folk Museum, Korea
Window Exhibition , Onyang Folk Museum, Korea
一衣帶水 : Traditional Korean Costumes Textiles, China National Silk Museum, China
Ongoing: New Tradition: When Tradition becomes Today, Yeol, Korea
2018
Two Ethos, KCDF Gallery, Korea
