EXHIBITIONS
SEPTEMBER 14 - DECEMBER 8, 2023
THE KOREA SOCIETY : 350 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10017
Group Exhibition at The Korea Society, NYC, highlighting the varied works of 3 Korean American ceramics artists.
MARCH 23 - MAY 20, 2023
CULTURE OBJECT : 344 West 38th Street, New York, NY 10018
Solo show at Culture Object, NYC. Text about the show from Culture Object:
Once upon a time, after years of planning and effort, a narrative began to unravel as seeds germinated to form. In Janny Baek’s first solo exhibition, ideas burst forth like a vigorous rush of spring growth. This exhibition is a creation story, and the ceramic objects are its characters. The show is alive with energy and movement, crackling with discovery and change.
The family of organisms Janny has created share a technical language across a range of several categories of forms, including clouds, waves, and flows. An air of mystery emanates from their strange but familiar appearance. Their misty ombres and gradients seem to come from within, built as they are of pigmented clay. As functional vessels, they feel less like containers and more like expellers of gasses and energies. It is impossible to look at them without imagining that, if you withdrew your attention, they might evaporate or scurry off, returning to the vast cloud of possible forms from which Janny manifested them.
Who are these happy golems that the artist has created? They are spirits of creativity, each one with distinct character and demeanor, expressed through form, color and pattern. Within a limited physical framework (colored clay, hand built Nerikomi/Neriage), Janny has brought to life to an ecosystem of creatures as her chosen representatives of infinite possible forms. They are somewhat more permanent embodiments of an ephemeral momentary possibility, grabbed from the ether by the artist. This first family of figures represent an introduction to Janny’s narrative and its characters who set the stage for a story of growth and transformation. In this first act, genesis, the curtain has raised.
JULY 14 - OCTOBER 1, 2022
HOUSTON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT: 4848 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002
Rocket Pop! is on view at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft on a special rotating platform in their Case Study exhibit.
OCTOBER 13 - DECEMBER 10, 2022
LIGHTHOUSE ARTS CENTER: 373 Tequesta Dr, Tequesta, FL 33469
Feathered Vessel will be in a group exhibition at the Lighthouse Arts Center, FL, in LUSH 2: A Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition
DECEMBER 8, 2021 - FEBRUARY 25, 2022
CULTURE OBJECT: 44 West 38th Street, New York, NY 10018
Mineral along with other pieces in group exhibit, Reliquary, at Culture Object, NYC.
MARKET ART + DESIGN | KASPER CONTEMPORARY
AUGUST 12-15, 2021
THE BRIDGEHAMPTON MUSEUM: Bridgehampton, NY
Oscillator and other selected pieces are on view with Kasper Contemporary.
1000 VASES | PARIS DESIGN WEEK
SEPTEMBER 10-13, 2020
GALERIE JOSEPH, PARIS, FRANCE
FACTORY MADE
OCTOBER 13-19, 2019
OLD AMERICAN CAN FACTORY: 232 Third Ave, Brooklyn NY 11215