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Background
Jennifer Moon is an artist who lives in Los Angeles, California. Moon focuses on life and conceptual art as she expresses herself through her artwork. She obtained her bachelor's degree at the University of California, Los Angeles, and her master's degree at the Art Center College of Design.

Early Life
Jennifer Moon was born in Lafayette, Indiana, and then moved to California where she obtained both her bachelor's and master's degrees. In 1996, it marked the year of Moon's first solo art exhibition. As mentioned above, Moon obtained her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from UCLA's School of Art Center College of Design. After she graduated with her Master's from UCLA, Moon was sentenced to prison in the year 2008 due to drug abuse, which then led to multiple attempted robberies. After Moon left prison, she found herself creating more art pieces showcasing her skills as an artist. She has written books to speak about her past in prison and how she has grown from her past, channeling her artistic skills to her art pieces and exhibitions.

In 2018, Moon received an award from the Commonwealth and Council for her visual art. She then went on to write multiple books speaking about her experiences and stories she wished to share. Moon also has a social media account where she shares workshops and places to help people learn about the art community.

Accomplishments
In 2012, during the Commonwealth and Council exhibition, held at a Los Angeles art exhibition space, she published two books named Where I Learned of Love (2012) and Principle 1 of The Revolution Definition of Abundance (2012).

Along with those two books, Moon also published The Book of Eros (2014) during the 2014 iteration of Hammer Museum's Made in LA Biennial exhibition.

Beginning in 2012, Moon also hosted a radio show on KCHUNG Radio, which was also known as Adventures Within. It then changed to Adventures With You. In the Radio show, she speaks about race, trauma, love, and body issues.

Moon also participated in installing six video cameras in her car and home to show the world her daily life and she published this to the Equitable Life Building lobby from the year 2014 to 2015.

2019 marked the year of the exhibition, "The Mooniform," which was shown at the "School for Endurance Work," a group show organized by Carole Frances Lung, shown at California State University, Los Angeles' Fine Arts Gallery.

Exhibitions
- Presence in Absence, Irvine, California

- Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California

- Nonconforming, Chicago, Illinois

- Psychopomp, Westchester, Los Angeles

- Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles, California

- Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, California

- China Art Objects, Los Angeles, California

- Over the Wall, Mission District, San Francisco