Silver Shadows

Galerie Maria Wettergren

Dates

4 Sep - 31 Oct, 2026

Location

Galerie Maria Wettergren

121 Rue Vieille-du-Temple 75003 Paris, France, Paris

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Galerie Maria Wettergren presents Silver Shadows, an exhibition by South Korean artist Hyejeong Ko, on view from 4 September to 31 October 2026.

Winner of several awards, including the Boghossian Foundation Prize in 2025, the Homo Faber Award in 2024 and the Grand Prize at the Cheongju International Craft Competition in 2023, Ko creates sculptures in sterling silver inspired by the natural landscapes of Jeju, the volcanic island where she was born.

Drawing on organic forms such as dandelions, pebbles, sea urchins and streams, Ko transforms her observations of nature into shimmering, ethereal sculptures. Rather than imitating these forms directly, her work explores the dynamics of natural phenomena through the Taoist philosophy of Wu Wei — effortless action and harmony with the natural course of things.

Through the shifting reflections of silver and her mastery of micro-soldering, Ko creates works with a sense of lightness and grace, recalling the sea and its constantly changing light. Traditionally perceived as cold and solid, silver becomes in her hands a soft, flexible and seemingly living material.

VenueGalerie Maria Wettergren
TypeExhibition
Duration57 Days
CityParis

About

Galerie Maria Wettergren

Maria Wettergren opened her gallery in 2010 in Paris Saint Germain and specializes in contemporary Scandinavian design and art. The gallery equally represents unique and limited edition works by Japanese designers, as well as kinetic photographs by modernist artists. In 2013, Maria Wettergren was included in the magazine Art + Auction’s annual Power 100 issue of the 100 most important people from the art world, and in 2014 she received the Finn Juhl Architecture Prize. Maria Wettergren believes in the interdisciplinary dialogue between art, design, crafts and architecture. Today, radical exchanges are taking place with minds and materials pooling into multi-faceted collaborations where high-technological innovations meet craftsmanship and art. Maria Wettergren represents contemporary Scandinavian designers in the center of this phenomenon, whose poetic and pioneering works are part of important private and/or public museum collections such as the MoMA and the Cooper Hewitt in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The gallery is permanently participating in the international art and design fairs such as the Design Miami/Basel, PAD Paris/London, Art Salon/New York and FIAC (hors les murs).

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