Artist statement

Based on textile crafts, I create works and convey messages through the act of

"repetitive tying" In the midst of repetitive daily life. This repetitive tying is based

on the tie-dye technique, and I apply the act of tying and sealing in a modern

way. My work primarily utilizes three elements: fabric, beads, and cable ties. The

most prominent of these are the circular beads, which are bound and sealed. Each

bead varies slightly in size and shape, and I believe they resemble the nature of

the endless stream of thoughts, emotions, and afflictions that arise throughout life,

leading me to identify them. I regard these beads as living beings, and through the

process of wrapping them in fabric with cable ties, tying them, and sealing them, I

eliminate these distracting thoughts and recreate them as new works of art. The

process and outcome of this repetitive tying are rooted in the Buddhist concept of

reincarnation. The creation and assembly of individuals represents an endlessly

repeating process of reincarnation. Furthermore, I believe that nirvana is achieved

only when all the objects are interconnected and completed as a single work. For

me, repetitive tying is a form of practice. I have time to reflect on myself in a

quiet and empty space of 'nothing' while sealing and extinguishing miscellaneous

thoughts.

JunHo HWANG (b.1998)

Education

2025, M.F.A. in Textile Art, Department of Living Art and Design, Graduate School,

Sangmyung University, Seoul, Korea

2023, B.F.A. in Living Art and Design, Sangmyung University, Seoul, Korea

Exhibition history

[Solo Exhibition]  Galley Woong, 2026

[Solo Exhibition] Sangmyung University Graduate School Master's Degree Exhibition

, Sangmyung University Art Design Center, Seoul, South Korea, 2025

[Group Exhibition] Craft in Transformation, Double J Collective Gallery, Dubai,

United Arab Emirates. 2026

[Group Exhibition] Craft Trend Fair Planning Hall (The Next, The Collection), COEX

Hall A, Seoul, South Korea, 2025

[Group Exhibition] It's Now 2025, Yugeumwadang Museum, Seoul, South Korea,

2025

[Group Exhibition] ANBD Four-Nation 2025 Regular Exhibition , Seoul, Tokyo,

Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, 2025

[Group Exhibition] ReVision: Contest Exhibition, Sangmyung University Museum,

Seoul, South Korea, 2025

[Group Exhibition] The 25th Iksan Korea Craft Competition, Iksan Arts Center,

Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea, 2024

[Group Exhibition] It's Now 2024, Dream Forest Art Center, Seoul, South Korea,

2024

[Group Exhibition] It's Now 2023, Dream Forest Art Center, Seoul, South Korea,

2023

[Group Exhibition] KSBDA Sejong Special Exhibition, Sejong Center for the

Performing Arts, Gallery 2, Seoul, South Korea, 2023

[Group Exhibition] The 23rd Iksan Korea Craft Competition, Iksan Arts Center,

Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea, 2022

[Group Exhibition] University Hall of the Craft Trend Fair, COEX Hall C, Seoul,

South Korea, 2021

수상경력

Awards

Awarded, ReVision Contest: K-Gyubang Craft Reborn through Upcycling (2025)

Special Selection in the Textile Division of the 25th Iksan Korean Craft Competition

(2024)

Bronze Prize, at the Korea Society of Basic Design & Art 'BADA' Contest (2023)

Special Selection at the Korea Society of Basic Design & Art 'BADA' Contest (2023)

Special Selection in the Textile Division of the 23rd Iksan Korean Craft

Competition, (2022)

Selected in the Textile Division of the 23rd Iksan Korean Craft Competition (2022)