Jongjin Park Wins the 2026 LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize
by Adriano Batista
Jongjin Park
LOEWE has named Jongjin Park as the winner of the 2026 LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize. The South Korean artist, born in 1982, won for his work Strata of Illusion (2025). He was chosen from 30 finalists by a jury of 12 figures from design, architecture, criticism, and museum curating. The panel included Frida Escobedo, Patricia Urquiola, Abraham Thomas, and Olivier Gabet, alongside LOEWE creative directors Jack McCollough and Lázaro Hernández.
LOEWE FOUNDATION CRAFT PRIZE – JONGJIN PARK – WINNER
Park’s work resembles a seat but is really a study in tension. Thousands of overlapping paper layers are coated with porcelain slip in different colours. When fired in the kiln, the paper burns away, and the mass yields, collapsing under heat and gravity into its final shape. The piece sits somewhere between control and collapse.
The jury also awarded two special mentions.
The first goes to the Baba Tree Master Weavers collective and Álvaro Catalán de Ocón for Frafra Tapestry (2024). The collective includes Mary Anaba, Charity Aveamah Atuah, Christiana Anaba Akolpoka, Asakiloro Aduko, Mary Ayinbogra, Teni Ayine, Subolo Ayine, and Punka Joe. Catalán de Ocón, born in 1975, drew up architectural plans in Madrid based on aerial photographs of a traditional village in the Gurunsi region of Ghana. The tapestry was then crafted in Ghana by master weaver Mary Anaba and the Baba Tree weavers using traditional basketry techniques and natural, dyed elephant grass. The jury valued the way contemporary technology and ancestral knowledge were brought together. The project aims to preserve the collective memory of an architectural tradition and a way of life, both under threat.
LOEWE FOUNDATION CRAFT PRIZE – ALVARO CATALAN DE OCON – SPECIAL MENTION
The second mention goes to Graziano Visintin, born in 1954 in Italy, for Collier (2025). The work consists of two necklaces made from tiny gold cubes decorated with niello, an ancient goldsmithing technique. The jury noted the painterly effect of applying niello to gold, where countless miniature paintings come together on a small scale. Visintin’s handling of the material is skilful and original, turning an old craft into something contemporary.
LOEWE FOUNDATION CRAFT PRIZE – GRAZIANO VISINTIN – SPECIAL MENTION
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