Jennifer Moon
Jennifer Moon (born 1973) is a conceptual artist and life-artist[1] living in Los Angeles. She was born in Lafayette, Indiana and completed her BA at UCLA and Master's at Art Center College of Design.
Jennifer Moon | |
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Nationality | American |
Education | UCLA, Art Center College of Design |
Known for | Conceptual art |
Moon had her first solo art exhibition in 1996 and her work was shown regularly up to 2002. After receiving a graduate degree from Art Center, Moon suffered from drug abuse and was sentenced to 18 months in the Valley State Prison for Women in 2008, following several attempted robberies.[2][3]
The interdisciplinary artist's work focuses on self-empowerment through a movement she calls "The Revolution". Moon blends queer science, self-help, fantasy, and the deeply personal through the Revolution in performances, videos, writing, and sculpture to share their unconventional vision with the world.[4]
Moon published two books in 2012 as part of an exhibition at Commonwealth and Council, a Los Angeles art exhibition space: Principle 1 of The Revolution Definition of Abundance (2012) [5] and Where I Learned of Love (2012). As part of her contribution to the 2014 iteration of the Hammer Museum's Made in LA Biennial exhibition, Moon published The Book of Eros (2014).[6]
Since 2012 Moon has had a monthly radio show on KCHUNG Radio formerly titled Adventures Within[7] now titled Adventures With You where she covers topics such as love, body issues, race, trauma, and politics.[8]
From 2014-2015 Moon installed six video cameras in her home and car that broadcast twenty four hours a day to the public space of the Equitable Life Building lobby.[9][10][11]
Moon was the recipient of a 2013 CCF Fellowship[12] and the Moan public recognition award at the 2014 Made in LA exhibition at the Hammer Museum.[13]
In 2019, Moon's work "The Mooniform" was exhibited in the group show "School for Endurance Work," curated by Carole Frances Lung, at Cal State LA's Fine Arts Gallery.[14]
Moon has exhibited internationally at venues including:
References
- http://contemporaryartreview.la/wp-content/themes/carla/assets/img/issues/04/Carla_Quarterly_Issue4_Moon,laub,andLove.pdf
- Vankin, Deborah (July 30, 2014). "'Made in L.A. 2014': Jennifer Moon continues phoenix rise at Hammer". Los Angeles Times.
- Kim, James; Kell, Cameron (December 11, 2014). "Artist Jennifer Moon drives around LA for inspiration". The Frame. 89.3 KPCC.
- Jennifer, Swann (August 27, 2014). "Jennifer Moon Wins Hammer Museum Award, Plans to Start Revolution". LA Weekly.
- "Principle 1 of The Revolution Definition of Abundance - LACA". lacarchive.com.
- Summer, Guthery (November 2014). "Made in LA". Frieze (167). Archived from the original on 2015-03-01.
- Finkel, Jori (Feb 27, 2014). "Painting on a Radio Canvas: KCHUNG Gives Los Angeles Artists a Voice on the Airwaves". nytimes.com.
- Vankin, Deborah (July 30, 2014). "'Made in L.A. 2014': Jennifer Moon continues phoenix rise at Hammer". Los Angeles Times.
- "artforum.com / critics' picks". artforum.com.
- "An Artist Turns Surveillance into Affection". Hyperallergic.
- 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.
- http://my.calfund.org/artist-gallery/gallery/year-2013/jennifer-moon/
- Los Angeles Times (19 August 2014). "Hammer Museum announces winners of 2014 Made in L.A. Mohn Awards". latimes.com.
- "The School for Endurance Work Exhibition". Cal State LA. 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- "Artist-run Glasgow - News - Art in America". artinamericamagazine.com.
- "Archive :: Transmission Gallery". transmissiongallery.org. Archived from the original on 2015-02-25.
- "artnet.com Magazine Reviews - Hello Superartist". artnet.com.
- "China Art Objects Galleries". chinaartobjects.com.
- "Gertrude Contemporary". gertrude.org.au.
- https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-jennifer-moon-phoenix-rising-laub-commonwealth-council-20151124-story.html
External links
- Official website
- Lawson, Thomas (October 2014). "Made in L.A. 2014". Artforum.