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.
Musée du quai Branly (France)
The British Museum (UK)
LOEWE FOUNDATION (Spain)
Seoul Museum of Craft Art (Korea)
Cheongju Craft Biennale (Korea)
2025 Maison&Objet, Rising Talent Awards
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
2025
· Un Tiempo de Sinceridad, Korean Cultural Center Spain, Spain
2023
· Mind, Hand and Time, Cromwell Place, UK
2020
· Horsehair, From Line to Three Dimension, Gat Exhibition Hall, Korea
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
· The Language of Materiality, SOLUNA, Korea
· FRIZE Seoul, SOLUNA FINE ART, COEX, Korea
· Origin of Materials, London Craft Week, St George Street Gallery, UK
· Ferrari Tailor Made Project, Banpo Ferrari showroom, Korea
2025
· Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong Exhibition & Convention Centre, Hong Kong
· Illuminated : A Spotlight on Korean Design, Design Miami in Situ. DDP Plaza, Korea
· Landscape of Materials, Hazel Studio, The Lavery, UK
· Maison&Objet, Rising Talent Awards exhibition, Parc de exposition, France
2024
· Craft Trend Fair, Coex, Korea
· Shaping Time, In search of another world, Deoksugung Palace Deokhongjeon Hall, Korea
· Language of Craft, Korea-China Cultural Exchange Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center Shanghai, China
· Language of Craft, Korea-China Cultural Exchange Exhibition, Museum of Wu Suzhou, China
· Korean Aesthetic, Korea Craft Show in Paris, Liaigre flagship store, France
· FINE CRAFT by SOLUNA - Light to Shadow, Gallery 5, Cromwell Place, UK
· Milan Design Week, LOEWE Lamps, Palazzo Citterio, Italy
· LOEWE Crafted World, Shanghai Exhibition Center, China
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
