Dahye Jeong Wins 2022 Loewe Craft Prize for Horsehair Basket
Dahye Jeong has been honored with the 2022 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize, earning €50,000 for her creation A Time of Sincerity (2021). This artwork is a basket crafted from horsehair, utilizing a traditional Korean hat-making method believed to have been lost for 500 years. The jury commended Jeong for her role in reviving this craft and noted the sculpture's exquisite lightness. An exhibition featuring Jeong's work along with 30 other shortlisted artists is currently displayed at the newly inaugurated Seoul Museum of Craft Art until 31 July. Established in 2016 by Loewe's creative director Jonathan Anderson, the prize recognizes innovation in various crafts, reflecting the brand's roots in a collective workshop from 1846. Anderson remarked, "Craft is the essence of LOEWE."
Key facts
- Dahye Jeong won the 2022 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize.
- The prize is €50,000.
- Winning work: A Time of Sincerity (2021), a horsehair basket.
- Technique: 500-year-old Korean hat-making, thought lost.
- Exhibition at Seoul Museum of Craft Art through 31 July.
- Prize started in 2016 by Jonathan Anderson.
- Prize covers ceramics, jewellery, textiles, woodwork, glass, metalwork, furniture, papercraft, lacquer.
- Loewe began in 1846 as a craft workshop.
Entities
Artists
- Dahye Jeong
Institutions
- Loewe Foundation
- Seoul Museum of Craft Art
- Loewe
Locations
- Seoul
- South Korea