Taewon Ahn
Taewon Ahn’s (b. 1993, Seoul, South Korea) labor-intensive works are pulled from the lexicon of digital exoticism, transience and spectacle, upended with emancipatory promises through analogue processes. Born during the unruly and rapid moment when analog turned digital, his anomalous sculptures and paintings act as a contemplation on the consumption of images.
As the birth and death of images are repeated infinitely online, Ahn seeks to depict how technology and late capitalism have been corporally absorbed and continually alter our perception of reality. His practice honours the nonsense, ruse and the erroneous nature of existence. Resembling the filters we play with on our phones, he seamlessly texture-maps depictions of Hiro, his pet cat, onto organically contorting resin forms. Ahn confronts the malleability of representation and the enduring process of becoming. In his latest body of works, he introduces a new character into the memeitic universe of his own creation, Mako the kitten.
Taewon Ahn majored in painting at Chung-Ang University, Seoul. Selected solo and group exhibitions include P21, Seoul; Project Native Informant, London; Cylinder, Seoul; Gallery Stan, New York and Seoul; CON __, Tokyo; MoCA Busan, Busan; The Hole, New York; Everyday Gallery, Antwerp; SeMA Warehouse; Seoul; Chang Ucchin Museum of Art, Yangju; Soorim Cultural Foundation, Seoul.

Taewon Ahn
Mako is out of control
2024
Acrylic on urethane
15.5 x 32 x 61 cm (6 1/8 x 12 5/8 x 24 in)


Taewon Ahn
Mako is out of control
2024
Acrylic on urethane
32 x 27.5 x 3.5 cm (12 5/8 x 10 7/8 x 1 3/8 in)

Taewon Ahn
Mako is out of control
2024
Acrylic on urethane
33 x 27 x 3.5 cm (13 x 10 5/8 x 1 3/8 in)

Taewon Ahn
Hiro is everywhere
2024
Acrylic on urethane
40 x 31 x 19 cm (15 3/4 x 12 1/4 x 7 1/2 in)

Taewon Ahn
Hiro is everywhere
2024
Acrylic on urethane
40 x 31 x 19 cm (15 3/4 x 12 1/4 x 7 1/2 in)

Taewon Ahn
Mako is out of control
2024
Acrylic on urethane
47 x 26 x 25 cm (18 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 9 7/8 in)

Installation View
Taewon Ahn
PPURI, 2024
P21, Seoul

Taewon Ahn
Hiro is flexible
2024
Acrylic on epoxy
31.5 x 150 x 60 cm (12 3/8 x 59 x 23 5/8 in)

Taewon Ahn
Hiro is flexible
2024
Acrylic on epoxy
31.5 x 150 x 60 cm (12 3/8 x 59 x 23 5/8 in)

Taewon Ahn
Hiro is flexible
2024
Acrylic on epoxy
31.5 x 150 x 60 cm (12 3/8 x 59 x 23 5/8 in)

Taewon Ahn
PPURI
2024
P21, Seoul

Taewon Ahn
Hiro is everywhere,
2024
Acrylic on epoxy
30.6 x 30 x 17 cm (12 x 11 3/4 x 6 3/4 in)

Taewon Ahn
The Birth of Mako
2024
Acrylic on canvas
91 x 91 x 3 cm (35 7/8 x 35 7/8 x 1 1/8 in)

Taewon Ahn
Hiro is everywhere
2024
Acrylic on epoxy
61.7 x 56.5 x 21 cm (24 1/4 x 22 1/4 x 8 1/4 in)

Installation View
Taewon Ahn
PPURI
P21, Seoul

Taewon Ahn
Hiro is everywhere
2024
Acrylic on epoxy
34 x 66 x 10.5 cm (13 3/8 x 26 x 4 1/8 in)

Taewon Ahn
Stuck, 2024
2024
Acrylic on urethane
61 x 43.5 x 17.5 cm (24 x 17 1/8 x 6 7/8 in)

Taewon Ahn
Hiro and Dodi
2024
Acrylic on urethane
34.5 x 31 x 17 cm (13 5/8 x 12 1/4 x 6 3/4 in)

Taewon Ahn
Mako the House Cat
2024
Acrylic on canvas
91 x 91 x 3 cm (35 7/8 x 35 7/8 x 1 1/8 in)

Taewon Ahn
Hiro is everywhere
2024
Acrylic, resin on urethane
121 x 50.5 x 23 cm (47 5/8 x 19 7/8 x 9 in)

Installation View
Taewon Ahn
CONDO, 2024
Project Native Informant, London

Taewon Ahn
Morning
2024
Acrylic on wood panel
41 x 32 x 2.5 cm (16 x 12 1/2 x 1 in)

Taewon Ahn
Morning
2023
Acrylic on wood panel
41 x 32 x 2.5 cm (16 x 12 1/2 x 1 in)

Hiro is everywhere
Hiro is everywhere
2023
Acrylic on resin
50 x 61 x 6 cm (19 3/4 x 24 x 2 3/8 in)

Taewon Ahn
King is flexible
2023
Acrylic on canvas
91 x 91 x 3 cm (35 7/8 x 35 7/8 x 1 1/8 in)

Taewon Ahn
Hiro is everywhere
2023
Acrylic on resin
51.6 x 29.3 x 29 cm (20 1/4 x 11 1/2 x 11 3/8 in)

Taewon Ahn
Hiro is everywhere
2023
Acrylic on resin
51 x 34 x 31 cm (20 1/8 x 13 3/8 x 12 1/4 in)
