Biography
Hyunsun Jeon's paintings evoke the world of fairy tales, where nature sometimes takes on disturbing twists and turns. Forests and green hills are synonymous with peace, tranquility and contemplation, but they are also charged with dramatic intensity. Her compositions are dominated by green, blue and black. Executed in watercolour, small brushstrokes are juxtaposed to form pixelated images, often featuring geometric shapes with well-defined contours that seem to inhabit these imaginary landscapes. Jeon's paintings play on different perceptions of reality: shifts in perspective, mirrors or windows all create points of view that blur the lines and give free rein to daydreaming. The artist delights in the quirky, the unconventional, and this is reflected in the way her paintings are presented: sometimes hung non-linearly on the wall, they are often assembled in self-supporting structures, in the form of folding screens or polygons.
Hyunsun Jeon was born in 1989 in Seoul. She lives and works in Jeju (South Korea). A 2018 graduate of Ewha Womans University in South Korea, she has been exhibited in Seoul in "Panorama", at the SongEun Foundation, at the 12th Mediacity Biennale at SeMA, and at the Leeum Samsung Museum of Art; in Suwon, at the Suwon Ipark Museum of Art ; in Cheongju, at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art; in Busan, at the Busan Museum of Art; and in Hong Kong, at the Korean Cultural Center. In June 2024, the Jean-François Prat Foundation awarded its 13th contemporary painting prize, with Hyunsun Jeon among the three finalists.
