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Jennifer Moon
Jennifer Moon (born 1973, Lafayette,Indiana) is a 49 year old Korean/American conceptual artist and educator who is currently living in Los Angeles, California. She is known for the types of materials she uses for her work. For example, Moon uses bamboo, dental floss, animal pelt, metallic fiber, leather, and so many more that makes her work unique.

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Early life and Education
Moon was incarcerated for attempted armed robbery. But while she was in school at University of California, Los Angeles she got into drugs and was impossible for her to stop because it became a habit. She then was addicted to it after 2002 and it took over her life when she started to attempt to rob people at the ATM machines with her boyfriend. Moon was sentenced to 18 months in maximum security Valley State Prison for Women in 2008. In 2009 she was finally out of prison and was sober. Prison turned her life around and she found her purpose to return to the Art world.

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Jennifer Moon received her Bachelor Degree in Art from University of California, Los Angeles in 1996. But she also went back to school to get her Master Degree in Fine Arts in 2002 at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

Teaching
2019-2021

Visiting Faculty, Film/Video, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard MFA, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

2019-Current

Assistant Professor of Sculpture/New Genres, Fine Arts, Otis College of Art Design, Los Angeles, CA

Accomplishments

 * In January 16, 2016 Jennifer Moon was interviewed for a blog name "Discover the dis blog". She was interviewed because she wants to change the system.
 * Moon was interviewed by KPCC 89.3 FM radio show for winning the fan vote at the Hammer Museum. She spilled the secret on how she gets inspired by her work.
 * Won a grant for visual artists by the Harpofoundation in 2019. Her work reconfigures social and political imaginaries.


 * In 2018, Armory wrote about Moon's exhibition of "A Branch in the Realm of Beliefs". It's about retrieving lost faith.


 * Los Angeles Times wrote about "Jennifer Moon's mesmerizing show turns the art world into a punchline" on November 25, 2015.


 * In January 2020, UCLA Artist published how Moon had her artwork at an exhibition at Commonwealth and Council in Los Angeles. "Familial Technologies" was the name of her artwork that represented family therapy sessions with her family.


 * The AHL foundation wrote about "T & W Foundation 2019 Contemporary Visual Art Awards Winners Exhibition". Moon was one of the winners of Domestic Affairs for exploring elements of home and family life.

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