Janny Baek is an artist and architect born in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in Queens, New York. Janny received her BFA in Ceramics from Rhode Island School of Design and worked as a sculptor in animation and toys before returning to school for her Master’s degree in Architecture at Harvard University.
Baek’s combined experiences in craft, pop culture, design, and architecture continue to shape her current work in ceramics. After founding her architecture firm, McMahon-Baek Architecture in 2014, she returned to ceramics and started her practice in 2019. In 2021, Baek was named an emerging artist by Ceramics Monthly, and her first solo exhibition, The Pleasure of Growth, at Culture Object, New York, in March 2023 was announced by The New York Times and covered in Wallpaper* Magazine, among others. Her work has recently been acquired by the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City.
Baek currently lives and works in lower Manhattan with her husband and their two daughters.
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