Moon Kyungwon

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Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho, El Fin Del Mundo, 2012, HD Film installation view at Documenta Halle
Moon Kyungwon
Hangul
문경원
Hanja
文敬媛
Revised RomanizationMun Gyeongwon
McCune–ReischauerMun Kyŏngwŏn
In this Korean name, the family name is Moon.

Moon Kyungwon (Korean: 문경원; born 1969) is a Seoul-based artist who received her Masters of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and Ph.D in Visual Communication from Yonsei University, South Korea.[1] Moon held her solo exhibition at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in 2004.[2] Her recent exhibitions include Poiesis of Collective Intelligence at Yamaguchi Center Arts and Media in 2013[3] and A Different Similarity at BOCUM Museum, Germany in 2010.[4] In 2012, Moon and a fellow artist, Jeon Joonho, participated in Documenta (13) in Kassel, Germany[5] and collectively received the 2012 Noon Award Grand Prize and 2012 Korea Artist Prize at Gwangju Biennale.[6][7] In 2013, the two artists put on a large-scale exhibition called News from Nowhere at the Sullivan Galleries inside the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC).[8] Curated by Sook-Kyung Lee[9] from Tate Modern, Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho were selected to showcase their collaborative video installation,[10] The Ways of Folding Space and Flying[11] at the Korean Pavilion for 2015 Venice Biennale.[12][13] Moon currently works and resides in Seoul, South Korea and teaches at the College of Art and Design, Ewha Womans University[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gallery Hyundai, Gallery Hyundai. "MOON Kyungwon & JEON Joonho". galleryhyundai.com. Gallery Hyundai. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  2. ^ "MOON Kyungwon & JEON Joonho, artists". d13.documenta.de. d13.documenta.de. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Sullivan Galleries Presents First Major US Exhibition of Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho". saic.edu. SAIC. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  4. ^ Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo Wonder Site. "Creator Information". tokyo-ws.org. Tokyo Wonder Site. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  5. ^ dOCUMENTA (13), dOCUMENTA (13). "the utopian dream and its unexpected side effects". d13.documenta.de. dOCUMENTA (13). Retrieved 18 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "MOON KYUNGWON & JEON JOONHO TO REPRESENT KOREA AT 56TH VENICE BIENNALE". biennialfoundation.org. Biennial Foundation. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Sullivan Galleries Presents First Major US Exhibition of Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho". saic.edu/. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Chicago Reader: News From Nowhere is Best Bet for Fall Art". saic.edu. SAIC. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  9. ^ Tate, Tate. "Sook-Kyung Lee, Research Curator, Tate Research Centre: Asia-Pacific". Tate. Tate. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  10. ^ "The Venice Questionnaire 2015 #14: Moon Kyungwon & Jeon Joonho". ArtReview. April 22, 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  11. ^ "The New Ways of Folding Space and Flying: A Project by Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho". koreanpavilion2015.com. Korean Pavilion. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  12. ^ Bria, Geneva (May 1, 2015). "Venice Biennale. The pavilion of Korea told by Sook-Kyung Lee". Artribune. Artribune. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  13. ^ Lee, Woo-youn (April 15, 2015). "Venice features emerging Korean artists". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  14. ^ "Faculty". ewha.ac.kr. Ewha WomansUniversity. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
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