Exhibition | DesignMiami/  (Basel | Miami, 2015) 

 

Karen Chekerdjian's first soloshow at Design Miami/ Basel (June 16-21, 2015) was presented by CarwanGallery in collaboration with Foundation Boghossian.

Trans|Form is a collection of limited-edition objects inspired by the idea of metamorphose of functions: four collections of transformed and transforming objects.

It invokes liminality, a fluid and malleable situation that throws everything into question, perpetuating change and constant mutation. A dining table becomes a rock formation; a vase becomes a sheet of metal; a platform becomes a lamp.

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Karen Chekerdjian was the first Lebanese artist to participate in Basel fair with a solo show.
She was very well received by the worldwide press ( Blouinart info, Wallpaper*, Telegraph Luxury, Espaces Contemporains among others) and curators along with collectors.

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"....Few people can attest to this better than Lebanese designer Karen Chekerdjian, whose poetic, sculptural, and ever-fascinating furnishings accessories and objets have made her not just one of my own favorite contemporary designers, but a star in her native Beirut.  And the light around her is growing brighter"  by Abigail R. Esman - Blouin Art Info, 02/07/2015

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After participating to Design Miami/ Basel in June she presented her works for the first time in America during Design Miami/ fair (December 1st- 6th)  again in collaboration with Carwan Gallery.

Her work was highly appreciated and recognized by curators and international press (Telegraph Luxury, Wallpaper*, Designboom, etc...)

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"..Karen Chekerdjian, exhibiting her work in the US for the first time in a solo exhibition at Design Miami with Carwan Gallery, has been steadily growing her name around the world for the last 15 years. But now, one could argue, is her time. In a world that is happily filling up with high quality design, people no longer stop in their tracks for function or form. Today what seasoned collectors are looking for above all is meaning.  And on that front, Chekerdjian is a pro.”

by Henrietta Thompson, The Telegraph Luxury, 27/11/2015