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]
| Moon Kyungwon | |
| Hangul | 문경원 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 文敬媛 |
| Revised Romanization | Mun Gyeongwon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Mun Kyŏngwŏn |
References
edit- ^ Gallery Hyundai, Gallery Hyundai. "MOON Kyungwon & JEON Joonho". galleryhyundai.com. Gallery Hyundai. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "MOON Kyungwon & JEON Joonho, artists". d13.documenta.de. d13.documenta.de. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo Wonder Site. "Creator Information". tokyo-ws.org. Tokyo Wonder Site. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ 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) - ^ "MOON KYUNGWON & JEON JOONHO TO REPRESENT KOREA AT 56TH VENICE BIENNALE". biennialfoundation.org. Biennial Foundation. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Chicago Reader: News From Nowhere is Best Bet for Fall Art". saic.edu. SAIC. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ Tate, Tate. "Sook-Kyung Lee, Research Curator, Tate Research Centre: Asia-Pacific". Tate. Tate. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "The Venice Questionnaire 2015 #14: Moon Kyungwon & Jeon Joonho". ArtReview. April 22, 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "The New Ways of Folding Space and Flying: A Project by Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho". koreanpavilion2015.com. Korean Pavilion. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ Bria, Geneva (May 1, 2015). "Venice Biennale. The pavilion of Korea told by Sook-Kyung Lee". Artribune. Artribune. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ Lee, Woo-youn (April 15, 2015). "Venice features emerging Korean artists". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "Faculty". ewha.ac.kr. Ewha WomansUniversity. Retrieved 18 May 2015.