Draft:Moon Joon Yong

Moon Joon Yong (born 1982) is a South Korean new media artist. He is also known by his English artistic name, Joon Moon.

Early life and education
Born in 1982, Moon holds a M.F.A. in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design..

Work
Moon Joon Yong is mostly working on experimental media and computational art such as augmented reality, tangible interface, generative art, and sound visualization. He is also a university teacher, freelance designer, and computer programmer.

His works have been exhibited at internationally renowned museums and media art festivals such as MoMA, Ars Electronica , Japan Media Arts Festival , Microwave International New Media Arts Festival , Onedotzero , Electronic Language International Festival(FILE) , Scopitone(France) , and IFVA.

His works have also been showcased at Korea's major museums, including the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art , and Seoul Museum of Art.

Moon's augmented reality artwork, "Augmented Shadow," was officially selected by international extended reality(XR) film festivals: Korea's Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, and Taiwan's Kaohsiung Film Festival

Awards & Distictions

 * 2022. Best Media & Entertainment Award from Unity (game engine) MWU Korea Award
 * 2022. Official Selection by 22nd Kaohsiung Film Festival
 * 2022. Official Selection by 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
 * 2022. Excellence Award from 25th Japan Media Arts Festival
 * 2022. Artist's grant for the “2022 Arts and Technology Convergence Support - Follow-up Support for Excellent Works of 2021” from the Arts Council Korea
 * 2021. Artist's grant for the “2021 Arts and Technology Convergence Support” from the Arts Council Korea
 * 2019. Nomination by STARTS Prize of the European Commission(Ars Electronica)