When you strive for originality, excellence and artistry, you challenge your mind to find the perfect inspiration and to transform it into a simple message. Above that, the artist also struggles to find resourceful material to use it as the best medium of his / hers art. And one of the artists who found its unique inventive material is Benja Harney who succeeded to make anything and everything possible with – paper.
Benja Harney is a paper engineer. Working both in Australia and internationally, he is renowned as a pioneer in his field. As a professional creative, artist and educator, over the last 12 years Harney has led his Sydney-based studio, Paperform, to develop a body of work that pushes the possibilities of the paper medium. Harney and his team at the Paperform studio are dedicated to engineering bespoke paper constructions spanning a huge variety of applications. He is well known for creating installations for Adidas, Topshop, Nike and Hermès. Anything and everything out of paper is what they do: pop-up books, paper sculpture, masks, installation, illustration, packaging, fine art, fashion, animation, set design…
