Artists

Profile

MOON Kyungwon
2006
Ph. D. Visual Communication, The Yonsei Graduate School of Communication & Arts, Seoul, South Korea
1998
M.F.A. California Institute of the Arts, California, USA
M.F.A. Chelsea College Art & Design, London, UK
1995
B.A & M.A. Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, Seoul, South Korea
1969
Born in Seoul, South Korea
JEON Joonho


1997
Vermont studio Fellowship, Vermont, USA
M.F.A. Chelsea College Art & Design, London, UK
1992
B.F.A. Dong-Eui University, Busan, South Korea
1969
Born in Busan, South Korea

Selected Solo Exhibition

MOON Kyungwon & JEON Joonho
2022
"Moon Kyungwon & Jeon Joonho: News from Nowhere," 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
2021
"Freedom Village," National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, South Korea
2018-2019
"NEWS FROM NOWHERE," TATE Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
2017
"FREEDOM VILLAGE," SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Japan
2015
"NEWS FROM NOWHERE," Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland




2015
The 56th Venice Biennale, Korean Pavilion, Venice, Italy
2013
"NEWS FROM NOWHERE," Sullivan Galleries, SAIC, Chicago, USA
MOON Kyungwon


2014
"PROMISE PARK," Yamaguchi Center for Art and Media, Yamaguchi, Japan
2010
"GREENHOUSE," Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea
2004
"GREENHOUSE," Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
JEON Joonho


2009
"Bless You," SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions

MOON Kyungwon & JEON Joonho
2021
Oku-Noto Triennale 2020, Suzu, Ishikawa, Japan
"Minds Rising Spirits Tuning," Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea
2020
"Potential Words I," Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
2019
"15 th Anniversary Exhibition Where We Now Stand – In Order to Map the Future[1]," 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
"Korean Video Art from 1970s to 1990s: Time Image Apparatus," National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea (MMCA), Gwacheon, South Korea
2018
"Culture City of East Asia 2018 Kanazawa: Altering Home," Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
"2050: A Brief History of the Future," National Museum of Fine Arts Taiwan, Taichung, Taiwan
2017
"Frieze Project," The Regent's Park, London, UK
"The Return Memory," HOME, Manchester, UK
"L’emozione dei COLORI Nell’arte," Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, Italy
2016
"New Romance," MCA, Sydney, Australia
La Terre Le Feu l’Esprit, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2015
Korean Art 1965~2015, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2014
"Beyond and Between," Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
"The Future is Now," MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome, Italy
"Asia Anarchy Alliance," Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2013
"If the World Changed," Singapore Biennale 2013, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2012
documenta(13), Kassel, Germany [with Moon Kyungwon]
"Korea Artist Prize," National Museum of Contemporary Art, South Korea
"Round Table," Gwangju Biennale 2012, South Korea
MOON Kyungwon


2013
"Art and Collective Intelligence," Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, Yamaguchi, Japan
2011
Talin International Film Festival, Talin, Estonia
2010
"Plastic Garden," Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2009
"A Different Similarity," Central Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2008
"Now Jump_Opening Show," Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin, South Korea
JEON Joonho


2012
"Lifelike," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
2011
Yokohama Triennale 2011, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
2010
Setouchi International Art Festival, Fukutake House, Kagawa, Japan
2009
"2Beginning of New Era," National Museum of Contemporary Art, South Korea
"Peppermint Candy," National Museum of Contemporary Art, South Korea
"Your Bright Future," LACMA & The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
"Under control," Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia
2008
"Modest Monument," Kings Lynn Art Centre, UK
"Metamorphosis," Espace Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
Busan Biennale, South Korea
Nanjing Triennale, China
"Von dem was dann noch bleibt," NKV Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
2007
"Peppermint Candy," Museum of Contemporary Arts Santiago, Chile
"Contemporary Korean Art in China-Wonderland," National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
"Have You Eaten Yet?" 2007 Asia Art Biennale, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
The 27th Biennial of Graphic Art in Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
"Asian Attitude," National Museum Poland, Poznan, Poland
"All About Laughter," Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2006
Singapore Biennale, City Hall, Singapore
"On Difference," Wttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
2005
"Critics Choice," The Fact Show, Foundation for Art & Creative Technology, Liverpool, UK
"Live Free or Buy," Images Festival, Innis Town hall, Toronto, Canada
"Shanghai Cool," Shanghai Duolun Museum, Shanghai, China
2004
"Show Case Contemporary Art Society," City Art Centre Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
"A Drop of Water A Grain of Dust," Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea
"Out the Window," Japan Foundation Asia Center, Tokyo, Japan
2003
"East of Eden," Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
"Pleasure Factory," Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
"People Walking on the Water-Cheonggeochun Project," Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
2002
"Media City Seoul-2002," Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
"11&11 Korea Japan Contemporary Art," Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
"The Fruit of Forbidden," Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2001
"Dreaming of New Atlantis," Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan, South Korea
2000
"Seoul London London Seoul," Total Museum, Seoul, South Korea

Awards

MOON Kyungwon & JEON Joonho
2013
The Multitude Art Prize, Ulens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2012
Noon Award, Gwangju Biennale, South Korea
The Korea Artist Prize, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art and SBS Foundation, South Korea
2007
Grand Prix, The 27th Biennial of Graphic Art in Ljubljana, Slovenia (JEON Joonho )
2004
Biennale Prize, Gwangju Biennale, South Korea (JEON Joonho )
2001
Tomorrow's Artist, Sungkok Art Museum, South Korea (JEON Joonho )
1995
Special Prize, Korea Grand Exhibition, South Korea (JEON Joonho )
1992
Grand Prix, Busan Grand Exhibition, South Korea (JEON Joonho )

Public Collections

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan
Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Arario Gallery, South Korea
CJ Culture Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
Contemporary Art Society, London, UK
Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, South Korea
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, South Korea
Heinz Ackman
JTBC, Seoul, South Korea
Kolon Collection, Seoul, South Korea
Korea Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea
Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Busan, South Korea
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, South Korea
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
SBS Culture Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea
Seungsan Culture Foundation, Kangwon, South Korea
Taguchi Art Collection, Japan
Tate Modern, London, UK
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Uli Sigg
Ulsan Art Museum, Ulsan, South Korea