Kehan Wan

MFA 2020

Peeking the world (small installation piece combined with brooches and objects), 2020. Sterling silver, copper.

Peeking the world (small installation piece combined with brooches and objects), 2020. Sterling silver, copper.

 

Artist Statement

Dependent upon the internet for all aspects of daily life, we are unconsciously being controlled by data mining and have become desensitized to the security concerns of mass data collection. Through micro-installations and wearable works, I create tactile data bits and visualizations that draw attention to these complex issues. Delicate rows of tiny human figures are arranged to read as text, or the constant stream of recorded personal data. Jewelry pieces are arranged into an aerial installation monitored by looming magnifying lenses. These works invite the viewer to have a closer look, and provoke feelings of invaded privacy, surveillance, and information overload.

Peeking the world (details), 2020. Sterling silver, copper.

Peeking the world (details), 2020. Sterling silver, copper.

Encircling (small installation), 2020. Sterling silver.

Encircling (small installation), 2020. Sterling silver.

Data Text, 2020. Sterling silver, digitally edited.

Data Text, 2020. Sterling silver, digitally edited.

Printer (object), 2020. Sterling silver.

Printer (object), 2020. Sterling silver.

 

Bio

Kehan Wan earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in jewelry metal art with distinction at California College of the Arts, where she also did an internship with jewelry artist Curtis H. Arima. Her solo senior show, In this era of Anxiety, was exhibited at CCA. Currently, she earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in Metal at the State University of New York at New Paltz, where she worked as recruitment and promotions graduate assistant for a year. Her thesis show, In this Era of Big Data, was exhibited as an online show in SUNY New Paltz.

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