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RECENT WORK

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Braided Works

This body of work is a series hand-braided cords based on geologic formations and processes. The individual cords are woven with a Japanese Marudai loom used for Kumihimo, a traditional Japanese art form of making braids and cords. The colors and various cord patterns represent the visual appearance and textures associated with the lithology in the formations.

Photo courtesy of John Segesta

Time Made Visible
Stratigraphic Column of the Grand Canyon
Hand-braided cords and needle-felted soft sculpture, 2025

Marine Provenance
Stratigraphic Column of the Topanga Canyon Formation
Hand-braided cords and needle-felted soft sculpture
2025

Orogenesis
Stratigraphic Column of the Goleta–San Marcos Pass Area
Hand-braided cords
2024

Chromatic Flow: Colors of the Colorado
Hand-dyed and braided cord
2025 

Textile-Based Works

GOOD DIRT

2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition

This body work is based on the rocks, plants, ecological systems I came to know while in residence at UC Santa Barbara. Leaning into the hyperlocal, I have fused together field studies, material research, textiles, and sculpture.

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Interactive Soft Sculpture
2023

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Generative and Collaborative Ceramics
2023

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Risograph Print (Edition of 100)

2023

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Video & Performance Works

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Contact Metamorphism

Video
2022

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almost endlessly

Multichannel Video Performance
2021

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Orientations (2018–2021)

This body of work comprises identity-focused explorations rooted in personal experiences.​​

Field Studies:
Drawings and Watercolors

Print &
Illustration

2025 © DANI KWAN. All Rights Reserved.

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