Kye-Yeon Son imbues her vessels with emotional resonance. At first glance, her forms may appear traditional, but they operate as subtle reflections on the shifting stages of life.
From her earliest vessels that suggest waiting, and the tentative wading into life, through her wishing stones, designed to reassure through nostalgia and serenity, to the more abstracted branch forms, Kye-Yeon speaks of and to the rhythms of life.

These vessels are elegant tributes to the power of holding such intangibles as emotions, spirits or memories.  Kye-Yeon has perfected the visual impact of empty containers, permeating them with lightness while simultaneously saturating them with feeling.

The positive and negative spaces of her branch vessels symbolize resilience and spiritual potential that parallels the human cycle of growth, death, and renewal.

This is Kye-Yeon’s passion – the creation of unambiguous vessel forms that reverberate with emotion. It is a passion that invites viewers to anticipate, to dream, and to speculate through the magic of metal.

- Catalogue essay by Sandra Alfoldy, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Craft History, NSCAD University

About Kye-Yeon Son

Born in South Korea, Kye-Yeon Son received her BFA from the College of Fine Arts at Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea and her MFA from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.

Kye-Yeon Son has exhibited her works in numerous solo show and group exhibitions in public and commercial galleries across Canada, the United States and Korea,

Her work has garnered numerous awards from multiple organizations including the Canada Council for the Arts; the Metal Arts Guild; and most recently, NICHE magazine, a leading publication promoting fine craft art and galleries. Since 2000, she has also been a member of the Royal Academy of Arts.