Jiha Moon

Jiha Moon
Born 1973 (age 42–43)
Daegu, South Korea
Residence Atlanta, Georgia
Alma mater Korea University
Ewha Womans University
University of Iowa
Korean name
Hangul 문지하
Revised Romanization Mun Jiha
McCune–Reischauer Mun Chiha

Jiha Moon (born 1973) is a contemporary artist who focuses on painting, printmaking, and sculptural ceramic objects. Born in Daegu, South Korea, Moon is currently based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Personal life and career

Moon was born in Daegu, South Korea. After earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Korea University and her Master of Fine Arts in Western Painting from Ewha Womans University. After graduating, Moon relocated to the United States to pursue a Master of Fine Arts in painting at the University of Iowa.[1]

Works

Moon's paintings combine visual icons and symbols from a variety of sources, cutting across culture lines to the accumulation of art historical, corporate, and advertising symbols in contemporary society. Eastern and Western imagery and painting techniques, emoji, internet icons, and folk art are present in her work. She works primarily in acrylic paint on Hanji, a Korean paper, and incorporates fabrics, embroidery, and print collage in her paintings.

Art critic Roberta Smith wrote about Moon's work in the 2005 Asia Society exhibition “One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now," stating, "Jiha Moon packs...information into large, teeming paintings on paper, creating a sense of flux... rife with references to everything from traditional Chinese brush painting to contemporary cartoons."[2]

She has received a number of awards including the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant,[3] the Trawick Prize, and a Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Working Artist grant. Moon has been an artist in residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts, the Omi International Arts Center, MacDowell Colony, the Fabric Workshop and Museum, and the Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion.

Exhibitions

Moon has had solo exhibitions at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC,[4] the Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art in Nashville, TN,[5] the James Gallery at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City,[6] the Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro, NC,[7] and the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, VA,[8] as well as galleries in Atlanta, New York, Seoul, Washington D.C., and Zurich. She has also participated in group exhibitions at the Asia Society,[9] White Columns,[10] the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center,[11] the Fabric Workshop and Museum, the Weatherspoon Art Museum,[12] The Drawing Center,[13] the International Print Center New York, Smith College Museum of Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the High Museum,[14] the McNay Art Museum,[15] the Hunter Museum of American Art,[16] and the National Museum of Women in the Arts.[17]

Public collections

Moon's work is represented in a number of major museum collections including the National Museum of Women in the Arts,[18] the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,[19] the Asia Society, the Singapore Tyler Print Institute,[20] the Fabric Workshop and Museum,[21] the Mint Museum, the High Museum,[22] the Asheville Art Museum,[23] and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.[24]

Selected bibliography

2014:
Colvin, Rob. "In Survey of Southern Art, Place is the Space". Hyperallergic, September 5, 2014.
Yau, John. "Postscript to the Whitney Biennial: an Asian-American Perspective". Hyperallergic, June 29, 2014.
Yau, John. "Kathy Butterfly and the Aesthetic Challenge of "No Two Alike"". Hyperallergic, March 16, 2014.
Lampe, Lilly. "Jiha Moon: Foreign Love Too". ArtAsiaPacific, March 2014.

2012:
Kim, Micki Wick. "Jiha Moon". Korean Contemporary Art. Prestel Publishing: Munich, London, New York. Pg. 138-141. 2012.

2010:
Cochran, Rebecca Dimling. "Critics' Pick: Jiha Moon". ARTFORUM.com, Feb 2010.

2008:
McClintock, Diana. "Jiha Moon". Art Papers, Mar/Apr 2008.
Cochran, Rebecca Dimling. "Jiha Moon". Art in America, May 2008.

2007:
Cohen, David. "Weather Channels". The New York Sun, May 17, 2007.
Oppenheim, Phil. "Talent Show, Atlanta". Art Papers, Sept/Oct 2007.
Capps, Kriston. "Line Tripping." Washington City Paper, Oct 5, 2007.
Wennerstrom, Nord. "Jiha Moon at Curator's Office". ARTFORUM, Dec 2007.

2006:
New American Paintings. Open Press, #63 Mid Atlantic Regions. Boston, MA 2006.
McClintock, Diana. "Red Beans and Rice". Art Papers, Jan/Feb 2006.
Howell, George. "Jiha Moon". Art Papers, Jan/Feb 2006.
Smith, Roberta. "A Mélange of Asian Roots and Shifting Identities". The New York Times, Sept 8, 2006.
Kunitz, Daniel. "Defying the Definitive". New York Sun, Sept 14, 2006.
Yang, Jeff. "ASIAN POP/ Art Breakers". San Francisco Chronicle, Oct 16, 2006.

2005:
Cudlin, Jeffry. "Digital Distortion". Washington City Paper, Dec 30 2005 - Jan 5 2006.
O'Sullivan, Michael. "Jiha Moon's Shining Contrasts". The Washington Post, Sept 16, 2005
Dawson, Jessica. "Jiha Moon's Fantasy Islands". The Washington Post, Sept 15, 2005.

2004:
Johnson, Ken. "'Semi Lucid,' White Columns". The New York Times, Oct 8, 2004.

References

  1. ↑ 익숙하고 낯선 '숨은그림찾기' 문지하 개인전 January 26th, 2012 Yonhap
  2. ↑ Smith, Roberta (8 September 2006). "A Mélange of Asian Roots and Shifting Identities". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Painters & Sculptors Program 2011". Joan Mitchell Foundation.
  4. ↑ "Vantagepoint VII: Jiha Moon: Turbulent Utopia". Mint Museum.
  5. ↑ "Jiha Moon: Colliding Icons". Cheekwood Art and Gardens. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Jiha Moon: Stars Down to Earth". CUNY Center for the Humanities. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Jiha Moon: Falk Visiting Artist, Foreign Love". Weatherspoon Art Museum. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Jiha Moon: Double Welcome, Most Everyone's Mad Here". Taubman Museum of Art. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now". Asia Society and Museum.
  10. ↑ "Invitation for Semi-Lucid curated by Lauren Ross at White Columns". White Columns. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "More Mergers and Acquisitions". Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.
  12. ↑ "40th Anniversary Art on Paper Biennial 2008". Weatherspoon Art Museum.
  13. ↑ "Levity". The Drawing Center.
  14. ↑ "Drawing Inside the Perimeter". High Museum of Art.
  15. ↑ "Beauty Reigns". McNay Art Museum. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  16. ↑ "Hunter Invitational III". Hunter Museum of American Art. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  17. ↑ "Organic Matters: Women to Watch 2015". National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  18. ↑ Haight, Emily. "A Harmony of Opposites: Jiha Moon's Floating Landscapes". National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  19. ↑ "Collection: Jiha Moon". Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
  20. ↑ "Jiha Moon at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute".
  21. ↑ "Jiha Moon at the Fabric Workshop". Fabric Workshop and Museum.
  22. ↑ "Drawing Inside the Perimeter".
  23. ↑ "Jiha Moon at the Asheville Art Museum".
  24. ↑ "21st Century Art: Jiha Moon". Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

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