Biography.guide
Home › People › Painter › Moon Kyungwon
Portrait of Moon Kyungwon

Moon Kyungwon

b. 1969

Seoul-based artist

Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Moon Kyungwon

Born 1969. Moon Kyungwon is a South Korean painter.

Moon Kyungwon (; 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. Moon held her solo exhibition at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in 2004. Her recent exhibitions include Poiesis of Collective Intelligence at Yamaguchi Center Arts and Media in 2013 and A Different Similarity at BOCUM Museum, Germany in 2010. In 2012, Moon and a fellow artist, Jeon Joonho, participated in Documenta (13) in Kassel, Germany and collectively received the 2012 Noon Award Grand Prize and 2012 Korea Artist Prize at Gwangju Biennale. 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). Curated by Sook-Kyung Lee from Tate Modern, Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho were selected to showcase their collaborative video installation, The Ways of Folding Space and Flying at the Korean Pavilion for 2015 Venice Biennale.

Moon currently works and resides in Seoul, South Korea and teaches at the College of Art and Design, Ewha Womans University

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Born
1969, Seoul
Birth century
Occupation
Nationality
Education
Ewha Womans University
Employers
Ewha Womans University

People in Moon Kyungwon's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Moon Kyungwon's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Moon Kyungwon?

seoul-based artist

When was Moon Kyungwon born?

Moon Kyungwon was born in 1969 in Seoul.

What is Moon Kyungwon's occupation?

Moon Kyungwon is a painter.

What nationality is Moon Kyungwon?

Moon Kyungwon is South Korean.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Moon Kyungwon

· Wikidata: Q20010749

· DBpedia: Moon Kyungwon

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Moon Kyungwon. https://biography.guide/moon-kyungwon/

MLA: "Moon Kyungwon." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/moon-kyungwon/.

Chicago: "Moon Kyungwon." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/moon-kyungwon/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-20 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:32 UTC