Jennifer Moon

Jennifer Chihae Moon (born 1973) is a conceptual artist and life-artist[1] living in Los Angeles. She was born in Lafayette, Indiana and completed her bachelor's degree at UCLA and master's degree at Art Center College of Design.

Jennifer Chihae Moon
Born
Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
EducationUCLA, Art Center College of Design
Known forConceptual art
Websitejmoon.net/home.html

After college

Moon had her first solo art exhibition in 1996 and her work was shown regularly up to 2002. After receiving a graduate degree from Art Center, Moon suffered from drug abuse and was sentenced to 18 months in the Valley State Prison for Women in 2008, following several attempted robberies. Although she made a wonderful comeback with artistic skills.[2][3]

Main focus

The interdisciplinary artist's work focuses on self-empowerment through a movement she calls "The Revolution". Moon blends queer science, self-help, fantasy, and the deeply personal through the Revolution in performances, videos, writing, and sculpture to share their unconventional vision with the world.[4]

Publishing books

Moon published two books in 2012 as part of an exhibition at Commonwealth and Council, a Los Angeles art exhibition space: Principle 1 of The Revolution Definition of Abundance (2012) [5] and Where I Learned of Love (2012). As part of her contribution to the 2014 iteration of the Hammer Museum's Made in LA Biennial exhibition, Moon published The Book of Eros (2014).[6]

Since 2012 Moon has had a monthly radio show on KCHUNG Radio formerly titled Adventures Within[7] now titled Adventures With You where she covers topics such as love, body issues, race, trauma, and politics.[2]

From 2014 to 2015 Moon installed six video cameras in her home and car that broadcast twenty four hours a day to the public space of the Equitable Life Building lobby.[8][9][10]

Moon was the recipient of a 2013 CCF Fellowship[11] and the Moan public recognition award at the 2014 Made in LA exhibition at the Hammer Museum.[12]

In 2019, Moon's work "The Mooniform" was exhibited in the group show "School for Endurance Work," curated by Carole Frances Lung, at Cal State LA's Fine Arts Gallery.[13]

Exhibitions

Moon has exhibited venues such as:

  • China Art Objects, Los Angeles, California
  • Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
  • Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia
  • Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles, California
  • Transmission Gallery, Glasgow Scotland

References
  1. http://contemporaryartreview.la/wp-content/themes/carla/assets/img/issues/04/Carla_Quarterly_Issue4_Moon,laub,andLove.pdf
  2. Vankin, Deborah (July 30, 2014). "'Made in L.A. 2014': Jennifer Moon continues phoenix rise at Hammer". Los Angeles Times.
  3. Kim, James; Kell, Cameron (December 11, 2014). "Artist Jennifer Moon drives around LA for inspiration". The Frame. 89.3 KPCC.
  4. Jennifer, Swann (August 27, 2014). "Jennifer Moon Wins Hammer Museum Award, Plans to Start Revolution". LA Weekly.
  5. "Principle 1 of The Revolution Definition of Abundance - LACA". lacarchive.com.
  6. Summer, Guthery (November 2014). "Made in LA". Frieze. No. 167. Archived from the original on 2015-03-01.
  7. Finkel, Jori (Feb 27, 2014). "Painting on a Radio Canvas: KCHUNG Gives Los Angeles Artists a Voice on the Airwaves". nytimes.com.
  8. "artforum.com / critics' picks". artforum.com.
  9. "An Artist Turns Surveillance into Affection". Hyperallergic. 12 February 2015.
  10. Wagley, Catherine (December 24, 2014). "Jennifer Moon: Will You Still Love Me: Learning To Love Yourself, It Is The Greatest Love Of All". LA Weekly.
  11. "Fellowship for Visual Artists".
  12. Los Angeles Times (19 August 2014). "Hammer Museum announces winners of 2014 Made in L.A. Mohn Awards". Los Angeles Times.
  13. "The School for Endurance Work Exhibition". Cal State LA. 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
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