HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander

Talk

21 October 2025, 6:00pm ET

HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander

Location:

Room 312, Joan and Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts

86 Fine Arts Road

York University

HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander lead a public artist talk about recent projects, working methodologies, and materialities. They will discuss their exhibition How is Where You Are (2025), which spans a diverse array of media, including ceramics, porcelain, resin, and textile, and introduces a new approach to video and sound into the artists' repertoire.

Information

HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander is a collaborative duo working primarily with natural lacquer and sculptural installation. Through the threading together of given and family names, their practice complicates the notion of individual authorship and addresses the constructedness of identity. They have presented work with Franz Kaka, Toronto (2024); Daniel Faria, Toronto (2024); The Real DMZ Project, Paju/Ottawa (2023); Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto (2022); Trilobite et le Pneu, Montréal (2020); Jack Barrett Gallery, New York (2019); The Small Arms Inspection Building, Mississauga (2019); Julius Caesar, Chicago (2019); NERI | Barranco, Mexico City (2019). HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

This talk is presented in partnership with the Graduate Program of Visual Arts, York University.

About the Series

fORUM is Mercer Union’s ongoing series of talks, lectures, interviews, screenings, and performances.

Talk

21 October 2025, 6:00pm ET