Jon Kwak <\/b><\/em>is a graduate San Diego State University and studied at L\u2019accademia Belle Arti in Firenze<\/i> (The Art Academy of Florence) in Italy from 1998-1999.\u00a0 Mr. Kwak has worked with famous international artists like Andy Goldsworthy, Conchita Amata, James Hubbell and Susan Felix.\u00a0 Mr. Kwak was one of recipient at Artist Fellowship ,Inc<\/i> from New York in 2011.\u00a0 Mr. Kwak has taught art all age groups (k-12) in California and Vermont. He has been shown his work in Italy, San Diego, and around the Bay Area.<\/p>\n Artist Statement<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n “My artwork is about the image of \u2018X\u2019.\u00a0 This creative foundation was discovered while I was a studying at L\u2019accademia Belle Arti di Firenze (The Fine art of Academy of Florence) in Italy.\u00a0 This foundation was laid out as in the historical context\u2013the feeling isolation at the time as a foreign student which has led me to exploring the possibilities of image of \u2018X\u2019 for seventeen years.\u00a0 To me’X’ evokes and signifies childhood memory or life being x-ed out, marked, finished, reborn-liked in my work.\u00a0 During my creative process of the ‘X’, I do not read the \u2018X\u2019 as a Roman numeral or letter; I am more interested in observing the shapes when juxtaposed with the found objects.\u00a0<\/b>There is an inexplicable mystery when the image of \u2018X\u2019 juxtaposed with found objects.”<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <<< Go back to the previous page<\/em><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Biography Jon Kwak is a graduate San Diego State University and studied at L\u2019accademia Belle Arti in Firenze (The Art Academy of Florence) in Italy from 1998-1999.\u00a0 Mr. Kwak has worked with famous international artists like Andy Goldsworthy, Conchita Amata, … Continue reading 
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