Moon E Won
Moon E won sees something special in the undervalued and disparaged. She asks us to reconsider and reframe these forgotten beauties. She has photographed them, sketched them, written poems about them, and produced these mosaics. Her art is a love letter and an offering for us to join in her appreciation. Her proposition to reconsider the weedy life is echoed by scientist and author Peter Del Tredici. He writes: “Weed is simply a word used to describe a plant a person does not want in the yard. It is a value judgment that reflects personal preferences. Remarkably, there seems to be no Latin word for an unwanted plant…”. He urges us to not eliminate the weed but rather “increase their ecological, social and aesthetic values”.
It is difficult not to consider this work of Ewon Moon’s a more general commentary on social injustice and the ways in which we as humans determine value in our word. In the study room at Gallery Korea for three months at least the weeds were anything but unwanted.
Biography
Born
Award
Selected Exhibitions
1977, Busan Korea
2015 MFA University of British Columbia, Canada
2003 MFA Hong-ik University, Korea
2001 BFA Hong-ik University, Korea
2019 Art Support Specialized Project of Seoul Foundation
for Arts and Culture & Amore Pacific
2018 KCCNY(Korean Cultural Center New York)-Call for Artist
2018 Gallery ParkYoung-Call for Artist
2008 Song-eun Fine Art Grand
2006 Song-eun Fine Art Grand
2002 Joong-ang Fine Art Grand
2002 UN World Peace Art Grand
<Solo>
2019 Pieces of the Wind, Artbit Gallery, Seoul
2018 a black Dance in the Air, Call for artist_Sarangbang Special Installation, Korean Cultural Centre, New York
2018 a Black Dance in the Air_a Gesture Drawn in the Air , Gallery Dos, Seoul
2009 What’s your plan B?, Gallery Is, Seoul
2006 Islands, Cott Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2004 Hidden Addiction, Lotte Gallery, Anyang, Gallery Fish, Seoul, Korea
2003 Echo and close_Stream of the East, Kwan-hoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
<Group>
2019 To Find your own treasure_SECRET STORAGE , National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Cheongju, Korea
2019 Traditional patterns, meet_Art Support Specialized Project of Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture & Amore Pacific, Sulwhagram, Korea
2019 Artprize Gangnam Roadshow <Royal Lounge, Seoul, Korea
2019 Cheongju International Craft Competition, Cheongju Culture & Art Factory, Cheongju, Korea
2019 Seoripul Art for Art <Kepco Art Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2019 Walk of Art_ARTBOX. Project Zürich 1.0, SBB Event Hall, Zürich, Swiss
2019 Inter Style Dinning Project Munhwainga, Querencia House, Seoul, Korea
2019 花信風_A wind that tells you that the flower is about to bloom- call for artists, Gallery Pakyoung, Paju, Korea
2018 Sarangbang Special Installation-call for artists , Korean Cultural Centre, New York, the United States
2018 Osan Museum of Art Collection, Osan Museum of Art, Osan, Korea
2016 Collaborative Project We, a शब्द/ شبد (śabd) ,Korean Cultural Center, New Delhi, India
2016 Interstices <Incheon Art Platform G1 Gallery, Korea
2015 Intercultural U <Sty-Wat-Tan Hall, Vancouver, Canada
2015 Choosen Homeland: Searching for Women’s Identity & Unity, Korean Cultural Centre, Washington D.C., the United States
2013 KOWIN Spain <Korean Cultural Centre, Madrid, Spain
2010 Korean Fantasy Painting-The Sensual Reinterpretation of Korean Paintings, Seoul museum of Art, Korea
2010 Going to, Kunst - Direkt gallery, Bayern, Germany
2010 I don’t know you, In-cheon Culture & Arts Center, Korea
2007 Hello Chelsea! 2007, 35 Fine Art Gallery, New York
2007 ARWI International Art Fair, Puerto Rico Convention Center, Puerto Rico
2007 Human-Sea-Wind, In-cheon Culture & Arts Center, Korea
