Joon Yong Moon (Korea, b.1982) is a South Korean new media artist. He is also known by his English artistic name, Joon Moon. He is working on experimental media and computational art such as augmented reality, tangible interface, generative art, and sound visualization. His works were exhibited at MOMA(New York), Ars Electronica, Microwave, Onedotzero, FILE, Cinekid, and Scopitone, and major museums of Korea such as National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Kumho Museum, and National Asian Culture Center.
His representative series of works, Augmented Shadow received STARTS Prize Nomination of European Commission, and Excellence Award of Japan Media Arts Festival, and official selections from international XR film festivals such as Kaohsiung, Sandbox(China), Bucheon.
: Contact :
joonmoon.art[at]gamil.com
: Selected Exhibitions :
2024. Museum Ostwall, “From Environment to Immersion”, Germany, Dortmund
2023. KIAF Seoul, “Gray Box Area”, Seoul, Korea
2022. 22nd Kaohsiung Film Festival XR section, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2022. 25th Japan Media Arts Fetival, Tokyo, Japan
2022. Sandbox Immersive Festival, “Entrance”, Qinhuangdao, China
2022. 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival XR section, Bucheon, Korea
2022. FILE Festival, “Supercreativity”, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2020. VT Artsalon, “The Signs of Doubt”, Taipei, Taiwan
2020. 4th Open Media art Festival, “Black Swan : Unpredictable Future”, Seoul, Korea
2020. Paradise Art Lab Festival, “Connect”, Incheon, Korea
2019. Asia Culture Center, Creators in Lab Showcase, Gwangju, Korea
2019. Ars Electronica Festival 2019, “Out of the Box”, Linz, Austria
2018. Gwangju Media Art Festival, “Algorithmic Society : The Birth of Machine-god”, Gwangju, Korea
2017. Jeju Biennale 2017, “Tourism”, Jeju, Korea
2017. Kumho Museum of Art, “Blank Page”, Seoul, Korea
2015. Stereolux, “Scopitone Festival”, Nantes, France
2014. National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, exhibitions in 4 cities including “The Future is Now!”, Rome, Firenze, Budapest, Marseille
2014. Saint-EX, Nuit Numerique #11, “Reel, Irreel, Virtuel”, Reims, France
2012. Mediacity Seoul 2012, “Spell on You”, Seoul, Korea
2011. CMoDA & Onedotzero, “AV@AR”, Beijing, China
2011. “Cinekid Media Lab”, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011. Gwangju Design Biennale 2011 “Design Is Design Is Not Design”, Gwangju, Korea
2011. MOMA, “Talk to Me”, N.Y.C., U.S.
2011. “FILE Festival”, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2011. “I/O/I. The Senses of Machines(Interaction Laboratory)”, DHUB, Barcelona, Spain
2010. Onedotzero, “Onedotzero X Yota”, St. Petersburg, Russia
2010. “Microwave International New Media Arts Festival”, Hong Kong
2010. Int’l Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality 2010 & Art Center Nabi, “Borderless Reality”, Seoul, Korea
: Selected Awards / Honors :
2022. Best M&E Award from Unity MWU Korea Award
2022. Officially Selected by Kaohsiung Film Festival
2022. Officially Selected by Sandbox Immersive Festival
2022. Officially Selected by Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
2022. Excellence Award from Japan Media Arts Festival
2022. A grant from Art & Tech of Arts Council Korea
2021. A grant from Art & Tech of Arts Council Korea
2020. A patent granted for the technology of 2020. “Augmented Shadow”, Korea
2020. Selected Support for 10 artists of Paradise Art Lab, Incheon, Korea
2019. Artist Residency, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea
2019. STARTS Prize(Ars Electronica) Nomination, Linz, Austria
2012. Selected Support for Young Artists, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2011. Artist Residency, Incheon Art Platform, Seoul, Korea