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Jennifer Moon
Jennifer Chihae Moon, a conceptual artist and life artist from Los Angeles, was born in 1973. She received her undergraduate degree from UCLA and her master's degree from Art Center College of Design. She was born in Lafayette, Indiana.

Education & Early Life
Jennifer Moon received her Bachelor's Degree from UCLA in 1996. She then attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Jennifer Moon changed her creative approach after serving nine months in prison in 2008 and 2009 for an attempted robbery. Moon started to focus more on herself, building on her experiences in founding the Revolution, a movement that seeks to transform society through love, presence of mind, and empowerment. Moon utilizes the Revolution through performances, videos, literature, and sculpture to convey her unusual perspective to the public by fusing political philosophy, self-help, and fantasy.

Exhibitions & Accomplishments

 * 2023 [TBD], The Revolution School, Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles, CA
 * 2018 Familial Technologies (solo) and Mr. Snuggles FOREVER (collaboration with laub), Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles, CA A Breach in the Realm of Beliefs (solo) and Mr. Snuggles FOREVER✨ (collaboration with laub), Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
 * 2017 The longest journey is from our heads to our hearts, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA 2015 Phoenix Rising, Part 3: laub, me, and The Revolution (The Theory of Everything) (collaboration with laub), Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles, CA
 * 2014 Will You Still Love Me: Learning To Love Yourself, It Is The Greatest Love Of All, Equitable Vitrines, Los Angeles, CA
 * 2022 Creative Capital Award, The Revolution School: Devin Alejandro-Wilder, Dan/i Bustillo, Jessie Closson, Rino Kodama, Jennifer Moon, Clara Philbrick


 * 2019 Harpo Foundation Grants for Visual Artists AHL – T&W Foundation Contemporary Visual Art Gold Award
 * 2016 KAFA Award 2015 Alpert/Ucross Residency Prize – Visual Arts
 * 2014 Mohn Public Recognition Award, Made in L.A. 2014 CCI ARC grant
 * 2013 CCF Fellowship for Visual Artists – Emerging
 * 1995 Teague-Melville-Elliot Prize, UCLA