Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho Biography

Their first major collaborative work, El Fin del Mundo (The End of the World) examines the meaning of art in a future era where, as envisioned by the artists, all social values and order have vanished. Collaborative projects with artists, designers, and architects and furthermore experts from other diverse fields such education, economics, politics, culture, and religion have been included in the ongoing conversation that aims to reflect on society as a whole and suggest a vision for the future. Initially presented at Documenta (13) in Kassel, Germany in 2012 and since then has been shown at the Korea Artist Prize exhibition at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (2012); the Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (2013); Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich (2015); and Tate Liverpool, UK (2018).

Moon & Jeon's other projects include The Ways of Folding Space & Flying, the Korean Pavilion at Venice Biennale (2015); and Freedom Village (2017). Other notable group exhibitions include Altering Home, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (2018); 2050, A Brief History of the Future, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung (2018); The Return of Memory, HOME, Manchester (2017); COLORI, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Torino (2017); New Romance, MCA, Sydney (2016); ELEKTRA international Digital Art Biennale, Arsenal, Montreal (2016); GLOBALE:Exo-Evolution, ZKM, Karlsruhe (2015); Lille 3000, Tripostal, Lill e(2015); Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, FAAM, Fukuoka (2014); The Future is Now, MAXXI, Rome (2014); Singapore Art Biennale, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore (2013); Home Works 6, Beirut Art Center, Beirut (2013); Multitude Art Prize, UCCA, Beijing (2013); Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (2012).

Text courtesy Gallery Hyundai