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'Jennifer Moon is a conceptual and life artist who lives in Los Angeles, California. Moon was born in 1973, in Lafayette, Indiana. She attended UCLA in 1996, where she received her B. A and during her time at the Art Center College of Design where Moon acquired her Master’s in Fine Arts.

Moon’s work helps cultivate the idea of self-empowerment through her work which she refers to as “The Revolution”. Moon explains that the concept behind her fantasy of “The Revolution”, there is “a movement that envisions a worldwide shift in thinking though love, presence of mind, and empowerment” Moon's showcases overwent many stages; being done through videos, sculptures she made, performances, and writing.

Exhibitions

Phoenix Rising, Part 1: This Is Where I Learned Of Love is a piece of art that is derived from Moon’s nine-month incarceration in California state prison. This was one of Moon’s first installments in a three-part Phoenix Rising Saga series. This exhibit was first introduced in April 2012 at Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles, CA, and transitioned over to Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland in March 2013.

In an exhibition named Made in L.A. 2014, Jennifer Moon received a Public Recognition Award for $25,000. Moon won by public vote. The main idea behind winning the Public Recognition Award is through ensuring that people choose their favorite artist within the exhibition.

One of Moon's more recent exhibitions recently held in Los Angeles, The Longest Journey is from our heads to our hearts. Moon received that same year 2016 KAFA Award. Moon's idea of work was to describe the interactions to be “collective realities”.

Most Recent Exhibitions • 2020: "Episode 1: Living a Life While Decolonizing the Mind" with Nao Bustamante, Todd Gray, Gelare Khoshgozaran, and Jennifer Moon. Moderated by Mario Ontiveros. X-TRA's Artists and Rights, July 7 2020. Podcast. • 2020: "Old Technologies, New Embodiments / Queer Science: On Virtual Touching," "Remote Intervention: A Symposium in Partnership with the Transformations of the Human Program at the Berggruen Institute," Los Angeles Review of Books, August 2, 2020. Web.

Publications

• 2013 Definition of Abundance: Principle 1 of The Revolution. 2nd ed. • 2014 Definition of Abundance: Principle 1 of The Revolution. 3rd ed. • 2016 Take My Hand and Let's Get Out of This 4% Universe." Critics Page distribution with Laub • 2020 Time Travel: What will be different about the art world in 2050?." Time Capsule prediction, frieze, No. 213

Solo Exhibitions List of Solo Exhibitions Hammer Museum, Los Angeles: for Made in L.A Equitable Virtine, Los Angeles Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles Tunnel, New York

References

1. Vankin, Deborah (July 30, 2014). "'Made in L.A. 2014': Jennifer Moon continues phoenix rise at Hammer". Los Angeles Times. 2. Wagley, Catherine (December 24, 2014). "Jennifer Moon: Will You Still Love Me: Learning To Love Yourself, It Is The Greatest Love Of All". LA Weekly. 3. Jennifer, Swann (August 27, 2014). "Jennifer Moon Wins Hammer Museum Award, Plans to Start Revolution". LA Weekly. 4. "Jennifer Moon | Hammer Museum"@.hammer.ucla. edu. Retrieved 2022-05-18. 5. "Jennifer Moon"@. Otis College of Art and Design. Retrieved 2022-05-06.