JOO Hyeongjoon
ploutos88@naver.com
2021 Ph.D. Coursework, Fine Arts, Seoul National University
2019 M.F.A., Oriental Painting, Seoul National University
2014 B.F.A., Oriental Painting, Seoul National University
Solo Exhibitions
2025 In my darkest moments, even my own shadow abandons me, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul
2023 Where the white hawk stayed, Sangup gallery, Seoul
2020 Completion remind, Shift, Seoul
2019 SAFEGUARD, Shinhan gallery, Seoul
2019 From our insecurities, E-land space, Seoul
2018 Shelter, KSD gallery, Seoul
Selected Exhibitions
2024 The 25th danwon art festival selected artist exhibition, Kimhongdo Art Museum, Gyeonggi
2023 Our Volume, Sangchonjae, Jongno Foundation, Seoul
2022 Kwagju Hawlu, Kwag Ju Bank, Kwag Ju
2020 Gyeomjae art festival selected artist exhibition, Gyeomjae Jeong Seon Art Museum, Seoul
2018 Young and Young Art Project 4th selected artist exhibitiom, Youngeun Museum, Gyeonggi
2017 Portfolio exhibition, Seoul art Foundation, Seoul
Prize & Selected
2024 Kumho Yong Artist selected, Kumho Museum of Art
2024 Seoul Foundation Arts-based support selected, Seoul Foundation
2023 Seoul Foundation Support for artistic creation activities selected, Seoul Foundation
2023 Jongno Foundation Young Artists-based support, Jongno Foundation
2021 Kwagju Hawlu a prize of ten artists, Kwagju Hawlu
2020 Gyeomjae art festival selected, Gyeomjae Jeong Seon Art Museum
2018 Young and Young Art Project 4th selected, Youngeun Museum
2018 Shinhan Young Artist Festa selected, Shinhan gallery
2018 E-land foundation Support for exhibition, E-land foundation
2017 The prize of Portfolio exhibition, Seoul art Foundation
2017 KSD The prize of Young artist, KSD gallery
Hyeongjoon Joo explores the wish – a fundamental human desire – from a contemporary perspective. Rather than focusing on divine wishes portrayed in myths or heroic narratives, Joo turns his attention to the modest yet earnest hopes of ordinary people and gives them visual form. This exhibition In My Darkest Moments, Even My Own Shadow Abandons Me, unfolds around the story of a character named “Q,” who struggles to find a glimmer of light in a world cloaked in utter darkness. Through delicate line work, Joo depicts Q's narrative of wishing, capturing the subtle fractures of life and the emotions that emerge from them. By segmenting large-scale canvases or placing paintings on protruding structures, the artist encourages a multidimensional reading of the narrative through spatial engagement.
