Jennifer Chihae Moon (born 1973) is a

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and life-artist living in Los Angeles. She was born in

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and completed her bachelor's degree at

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and master's degree at

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After college

Moon had her first solo art exhibition in 1996 and her work was shown regularly up to 2002. After receiving a graduate degree from Art Center, Moon suffered from

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and was sentenced to 18 months in the Valley State Prison for Women in 2008, following several attempted robberies. Although she made a wonderful comeback with artistic skills.

Main focus

The interdisciplinary artist's work focuses on self-empowerment through a movement she calls "The Revolution". Moon blends queer science,

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, and the deeply personal through the Revolution in performances, videos, writing, and sculpture to share their unconventional vision with the world.

Publishing books

Moon published two books in 2012 as part of an exhibition at Commonwealth and Council, a Los Angeles art exhibition space: ''Principle 1 of The Revolution Definition of Abundance'' (2012) and ''Where I Learned of Love'' (2012). As part of her contribution to the 2014 iteration of the

Hammer Museum The Hammer Museum, which is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, is an art museum and cultural center known for its artist-centric and progressive array of exhibitions and public programs. Founded in 1990 by the entrepreneur- ...

's Made in LA Biennial exhibition, Moon published ''The Book of Eros'' (2014). Since 2012 Moon has had a monthly radio show on

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formerly titled ''Adventures Within'' now titled ''Adventures With You'' where she covers topics such as love, body issues, race, trauma, and politics. From 2014 to 2015 Moon installed six video cameras in her home and car that broadcast twenty four hours a day to the public space of the Equitable Life Building lobby. Moon was the recipient of a 2013 CCF Fellowship and the Moan public recognition award at the 2014 Made in LA exhibition at the Hammer Museum. In 2019, Moon's work "The Mooniform" was exhibited in the group show "School for Endurance Work," curated by

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, at Cal State LA's Fine Arts Gallery.

Exhibitions

Moon has exhibited venues such as: * China Art Objects, Los Angeles, California * Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California * Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, California * Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia * Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles, California * Transmission Gallery, Glasgow Scotland

References

External Links

Otis College Faculty Page

Goodreads

Creative Capital

Hammer Museum
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