KYURI JEON
b. 1990, South Korea
Lives and works in New York, USA
EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania โ Philadelphia, USA | Master of Fine Arts
Seoul National University โ Seoul, KR | Master of Fine Arts in Painting
Korea National University of Arts โ Seoul, KR | Bachelor of Fine Arts
Willem de Kooning Academy โ Rotterdam, NL | Exchange Program in Fine Arts
GROUP EXHIBITION
2025
there are other skies, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, USA
2024
The New Subject, KINDL โ Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Hope is a Discipline, The Arts Center at Governors Island, New York, USA
Designing Motherhood, Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design(ArkDes), Stockholm, Sweden
transfeminisms, Mimosa House, London, UK
2023
The New Subject, Konsthall C, Stockholm, Sweden
Designing Motherhood, Gates Foundation Discovery Center, Seattle, USA
Right to Mother, CCS Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, USA
2022
Designing Motherhood, MassArt Art Museum, Boston, USA
Completely Familiar, Entirely Free, Artspace New Haven, New Haven, USA
Taking Form, AHL Foundation Gallery, NYC, USA
2021
When the Body Becomes Manifesto, Boan Art Space, Seoul, South Korea
Wants & Needs, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NYC, USA
Double Feature, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, USA
Designing Motherhood, Mรผtter Museum, Philadelphia, USA
2020
4th Wall, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, USA
Ways Away, Fjord Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
2019
Intersection, Space9, Seoul, South Korea
2018
Way Home, Suwon Art Center, Suwon, South Korea
2017
Sang Sang Hwa Hwa: Something New, Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Center, South Korea
SCREENING โ FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION
2022
Sorry Not Sorry Short x Asian Pop-Up Cinema Film Festival, New York, USA
Seoul International Senior Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea
Gaebok Women's Film Festival, Kunsan, South Korea
Changwon Womenโs Rights Film Festival, Changwon, South Korea
2021
GIVE BIRTH TO ME TOMORROW โ Artistsโ Moving Image Festival(AMIF), Glasgow, UK
Women Make Waves International Film Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
Summer Pride Cinema, Seoul International Pride Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea
Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media Festival, Seoul, South Korea
Incheon Womenโs Film Festival, Incheon, South Korea
Jeju Hondie Film Festival, Jeju, South Korea
Film Festival for Women's Rights, Seoul, South Korea
2020
OVC with Lino Kino, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA
Seoul International Women's Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea
DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, Goyang, South Korea
Les Mains Gauches โ Queer Feminist Short Movies, Marseille, France
2019
Festival Film Dokumenter(FFD), Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Migrant World Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea
Diaspora Film Festival, Incheon, South Korea
Close Enough, Lightbox Film Center, Philadelphia, USA
Seoul Independent Documentary Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea
2018
Seoul International Newmedia Festival, Korean Short, Seoul, South Korea
COMMUNITY SCREENING / PUBLIC TALK
2025
Ending the Korean War Symposium, Yale University, New Haven, USA (02/06/2025) [screening/talk]
Flesh Witnesses, Atlas Cinema, London, UK (06/15/2025) [screening]
East Asian Narratives in Non-fiction Shorts, LA Film Forum, Los Angeles, USA (10/08/2025) [screening]
Restoring Memory, New York University, New York, USA (02/18/2025) [screening]
Her (Invisible) Cities, Liu Shiming Art Foundation, New York, USA (02/15/2025) [screening/talk]
2024
Translating Life, Death, and Language, Asia Art Archive in America, New York, USA (09/19/2024) [screening/talk]
Conversation with Maggie Wong and Hฦฐฦกng Ngรด as part of Tiger Balm, USA [interview]
Asian Diasporic Experience in Non-Fiction Shorts, Gene Frankel Theatre, New York, USA (10/19/2025) [screening]
Flรขnerie, IntheCloset, Vilnius Culture Night, Vilnius, Lithuania (06/07/2024) [screening]
Loose Definition, WHAMMY! Analog Media, Los Angeles, USA (05/23/2024) [screening]
2023
Visiting Artist Talk, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (03/29/2023) [screening/talk]
Seoul Community Cinema League, Seoul, South Korea (11/23/2023) [screening]
2022
Indieground, Seoul, South Korea (03/01/2022-03/14/2022) [screening]
Independent Short Collection, WAVVE, South Korea (07/23/2022-08/07/2022) [online screening]
2021
Here, Now, and My Body, Arirang Cine Center, Seoul, South Korea (12/23/2021) [screening/talk]
Archive and Reconstruct with Cine Miru, MediACT, Seoul, South Korea (12/12/2021) [screening/talk]
Film Festival for Women's Rights, CGV Apgujeong, Seoul, South Korea (12/09/2021) [screening/talk]
Our Embodied Memory, Kyuri Jeon, and Bora Lee-Kil, South Korea (10/29/2021) [online talk]
2020
DMZ Intl. Documentary Festival, MegaBox Baekseok, Goyang, South Korea (09/24/2020) [screening/talk]
Seoul Intl. Womenโs Film Festival, MegaBox Sangam, Seoul, South Korea (09/13/2020) [screening/talk]
Kyuri Jeon and Lino Kino, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA (09/09/2020) [online talk]
Artist Talk, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (04/07/2020) [screening/talk]
Bucheon Cultural Foundation, Bucheon, South Korea (10/20/2020) [online screening]
Suwon Media Center Cinematheque, Suwon, South Korea (12/05/2020-12/07/2020) [online screening]
GRANT / AWARD
2025
MacDowell Fellowship, MacDowell Foundation
Artist Research Grant, GyeongGi Cultural Foundation
2024
Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts
2023
Young Artist International Grant, Art Council Korea
2022
Mayorโs Award in Short Film at Seoul Int. Senior Film Festival, Seoul Metropolitan Government
Contemporary Visual Art Awards, Silver Prize, AHL-T&W Foundation
2021
Production Grants, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
Grants for Independent Artists, GyeongGi Cultural Foundation
AAPI Artists Grant, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation
2020
Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship, Toby Devan Lewis Foundation
Independent Documentary Production Fund, Korean Film Council
The Second Prize in Asian Shorts Competition, Seoul International Women's Film Festival
2018-20
PennDesign Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania School of Design
2017
Emerging Artist Grants, GyeongGi Cultural Foundation
2016
Art & Culture Creators Grants, GyeongGi Cultural Foundation Northern Cultural Agency
2015
Ilhyun Travel Grants, Ilhyun Museum
2013
Promising Art Project Grants, Hyundai Card/Capital
RESIDENCY / INDEPENDENT PROJECT
2025
MacDowell Residency, New Hampshire, USA
2023
Founder & Co-organizer of As Slow As Possible Residency, New York & Los Angeles
2016
Asia Network Project Participant, GyeongGi Cultural Foundation Northern Cultural Agency
2015
Cinematography/Production Design, Glittering Hands, Directed by Bora Lee-Kil
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Updated on September 2025.