Jawon is a Korean Canadian Set and Costume designer based in Toronto. With a keen interest in understanding the human mind through literature and philosophy, Jawon has found her passion in theatre where all her interests converge and she can create a unique world within each story. Jawon believes empathy and compassion are the key to helping humanity and oneself; every time she encounters a new play, she is thrilled by the challenge of creating set and costumes that express a highly poetic yet sympathetic story.
Credits include: Set Design for Mizushobai (upcoming, Tableau D’Hôte Theatre); set and costume design for Run Towards the Danger (upcoming, Curveball Theatre); costume design for Armadillos (upcoming, Factory Theatre); set design for Fairview (Canadian Stage); design assistance for Of The Sea (Tapestry Opera and Obsidian Theatre); set design for Redbone Coonhound (Tarragon theatre); design assistance for Choir Boy (Canadian Stage); set designs for Mary Stuart, Ubu Roi and Fefu and her friends (Directors’ Workshop Project/ Stratford Festival); associate set design for Death and the King’s Horseman (Stratford Festival); costume design for Venus (NTS); costume design for Mother and Child and 3..2..1 (NTS); design assistance for 21 Black Futures (Obsidian Theatre and CBC). Jawon is a graduate of set and costume design program at the National Theatre school of Canada and the recipient of 2022 Tyrone Guthrie Award for theatre design study.