27/08/2026
COMING SOON ✨
Galerie Maria Wettergren is delighted to announce its next exbibition “Silver Shadows” by South Korean artist Hyejeong Ko, opening on Thursday, September 3, from 5 to 8 pm, in the presence of the artist.
Winner of the Boghossian Foundation Prize in 2025, the Homo Faber Prize in 2024, and the Grand Prize of the Cheongju International Craft Competition in 2023, Hyejeong Ko is today considered one of the leading Korean artists in the field of contemporary sculpture, and her works are notably held in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London UK, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, and Ulster Museum - National Museums NI, Belfast, UK.
Hyejeong Ko creates extraordinary sterling silver sculptures inspired by the natural landscapes of her native Jeju Island. Dandelions, pebbles, sea urchins and the movement of water form her work, in which she seeks not so much to reproduce nature as to capture its inner dynamics, echoing the Taoist principle of Wu Wei — harmony with the natural flow of things. Through her remarkable mastery of micro-welding and the shifting reflections of silver, she transforms the material into sculptures of almost unreal lightness and grace. Their subtle nuances under changing light recall the delicate gradations of ink found in Asian painting.
Photos: Courtesy of Galerie Maria Wettergren & The artist
Hyejeong Ko Boghossian Foundation Victoria and Albert Museum Ulster Museum Korea Craft and Design Foundation(KCDF) 한국공예·디자인문화진흥원 (Korea Craft & Design Foundation) Korean Craft and Design Paris Design Week
