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Artist Talk Full Version for the VASA SENSUM: Kye-Yeon Son Exhibition. The exhibition continues until Friday, June 30th @Korean Cultural Centre Canada.

In celebration of Canada 150, the Korean Cultural Centre Canada (KCC) presents "VASA SENSUM: Kye-Yeon Son, Retrospective Exhibition".

Located in the downtown core of the nation’s capital, KCC is one of the best places in Ottawa to commemorate Canada’s 150 anniversary of Confederation as well as the ever growing friendship between Korea and Canada.

In this special occasion, KCC wants to highlight Korea’s contribution to the enhancement of Canadian arts and culture by presenting Kye-Yeon Son’s retrospective exhibition, whose excellent artistic achievement were officially acknowledged by the Canadian federal government.

Kye-Yeon Son is one of the leading jewellery and metal artists in Canada who won the 2011 Saidye Bronfman Award - One of the prestigious Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts.

Born in South Korea, Son received her BFA from Seoul National University and her MFA from Indiana University. She has exhibited her works in numerous solo and group exhibitions in public and commercial galleries across Canada, the United States, South Korea, Germany, Japan and England.

Son moved to Montreal in 1984, joined the faculty of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Halifax in 1995 and became a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in 2000.

Among her many awards are the 2006 NICHE Award and several Awards of Excellence from the Metal Arts Guild, Toronto. Son currently lives and works in Halifax, Canada.