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Yoon Jeong Won

There is no hierarchy of people, animals, and objects in Yoon Jeongwon’s painting. 'Two Dolphins',  'Red Duck' is a work that reveals her unique imagination and artistic characteristics where different races, animals, and hybrid creatures co-exist joyfully in harmony inside the ideal and surreal atmosphere. With its delightful and loose composition, her fantasy questions about the true blessings of life. She studied in Germany and has been internationally acclaimed for winning the International Art Award at Kunstverein. She expresses her thoughts on human desire and liberation through various media using Barbie dolls as chandeliers, objects, installation, photography, and many more.

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<Artist's Note>

Why did we have to dream about unnecessary things, and keep music. art, and in our hearts?
Wild sheep are very sensitive animals, but they like sloping, bumpy and rocky hills. I think of Endymion, a handsome boy who was a shepherd in Greek mythology who freely ran around there. And now he lives in love, looking for the girl with a fantasy that reconciles the ideals and reality, even if he cannot have the love that could sympathize with the misery of being a human. I dance while listening to music and go on like this.

Education
MFA, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden, Kunste Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Kunst Akademie Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
BFA, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
 
Solo 
2022   Colors of Time, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul
2020  Yoon Jeongwon: The Song of Spirits, Gallery JJ, Seoul
2018   Portrait of Nature: Stars and Flowers, Artplace, Seoul
2017   Escaping Game, Young Eun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi
2016   Beauty of Imperfection, Hanwon Museum of Art, Seoul
2015   La Stravaganza, Gallery Skape, Seoul
         Beautiful Days, Woljeon Museum of Art Hanbyeokwon Gallery
2013   La Stravaganza, Trunk Gallery, Seoul
         Beautiful Days, 57th Gallery, Seoul
2012   Fantasy Universe, AK Gallery, Suwon, Gyeonggi
2011   Smileplanet, Gallery Royal / Gallery Skape, Seoul
2009   Smileplanet, Project Space Sarubia, Seoul
         Flower of Universe, Gallery Hyundai Window Gallery, Seoul

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Group
2019   Beyond Boundaries, Korean Cultural Center New York, New York, USA
2015   SOME LOVE, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul
         Object Extraordinary, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon
2014   Collage Art – Weaving Stories Blending Images, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan
         Six Faces of Desire, Space K, Gwangju
2013   Inaugural Exhibition Part ll from SeMA Collection #2_
         NEW SCENES, Buk Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
         Animamix Biennale 2013-2014, Drama Within, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu
         Age of Grand Navigation, Busan Museum of Art, Busan
2011   Korea DNA, DESIGNBLOK, Prague, Czech Republic
         Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju
         Wind, Wind, Wind, Space K, Gwacheon
2010   Do window Vol.2, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
         Invitation to a Wondrous House, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2009   Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju
         Fashion Ethics “Wear Good”, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan
2007   Con-Terminal (with Yoo Youngho), Museum of Modern &Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
2005   Portfolio 2005, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2001   Hotspot, Kunst Akademie Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

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Awards
2019   DDP Spirit
2000   International Art Prize, Kunstverein Koeln-Huerth, Cologne, Germany