JOONHEE MYUNG

On Becoming JUNOS
Joonhee Myung (JUNOS) is a Seoul- and Santiago-based visual essayist working across photography, moving image, illustration and text. Through artist-led publishing and site-responsive image-making, she examines migration, urban ecology, and the layered architectures of memory.
She is the founder of Junos Creatives, an independent imprint dedicated to artist-led publishing and experimental print formats.
CV
Solo Exhibitions
. 2026 Even Without Water, the Bird Lands: Zanmulgyeol, Nomadic Fluidity, and the Doors of Bulgwangcheon, 959 Gallery, Guro Cultural Foundation, Seoul
-Relay solo exhibition; expanded presentation of the artist’s ongoing Bulgwangcheon and villa-door motif archive. [Archival / Artist-led Publishing]
. 2025 The Way Nature Stays, LJL Art Space, Seoul, South Korea
A site-responsive solo project in an underground urban passage [Illustration]
. 2024 Leaves of Home / 뿌리내림, Artlogic Space, Insadong, Seoul
Selected Emerging Artist Solo Exhibition [Photography]
Selected Screenings & Group Exhibitions
. 2026 Orbit, Seoripul Gallery, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
- Group exhibition co-presented by Seocho Cultural Foundation and Guro Cultural Foundation
. 2025 - 2026, Climate Letter, National Assembly Library, Busan, Korea
. 2025, Miami Art and Tech Summit, Miami, Florida, USA
. 2025, Millenium Film Workshop Open Screening, New York, USA
. 2025, Projet Betula Screening Series, Out of the Blue Cinema, Paris, France
. 2025, Re-Fest 2025, LA/NYC, USA [Rock Collection]
. 2025, VisualcontainerTV screening, Italy (virtual)
. 2024, Form 2024, CICA, Kimpo, South Korea
. 2024, Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art Festival (online platform based in Canada)
. 2024, Fair Trade Seoul, Faust, Seoul, South Korea
. 2023, SPRINTS TEDxSeoul, Artists for Climate, KOTE, Seoul, South Korea
. 2023, Re-fest 2023, LA-Seoul, US/South Korea
. 2022, Vitafest Short Film Festival (virtual), Santiago, Chile
. 2019, International Intangible Heritage Film Festival, Jeonju, South Korea
- Award winning work Miinbyulgok
. 2018, Paseo por Corea, Santiago, Chile (organized by INACAP and supported by the Korean Embassy in Chile)
. 2016, Force of Stillness Screening (curated by Amber Bemak), Rubin Museum, New York City, USA
. 2015, UNESCO Mokwohee Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
. 2014, Jeonju International Artist Community Exhibition, Jeonju Cultural Arts Center, Jeonju, Korea
Publishing / Artist-led Publishing
. 2026 Guernica [Global Spotlight "Intentionally Left Blank (Sin Titulo)"]
. 2026 Fanzinoteca Rock 'n' Cave, Portugal (Zanmulgyeol)
. 2026 Fanzineist Vienna (Zanmulgyeol)
. 2026 Columbia Journal Issue 64 [from the Nomadic Fluidity Photo Series]
. 2026 Columbia Journal Online [Essay "The Doors of Bulgwangcheon"]
. 2026 Washington Square Review, [Essay "Demon Hunters, Hanok Rooms"]
. 2025, Independent Book Fair Daegu (Hosted by The Pollack at James Record)
. 2025, People of Print (UK), review of Zanmulgyeol
. 2025, Abstract Magazine (Featuring Nomadic Fluidity Series)
. 2025, Branches Journal (Illustration Piece Journey)
. 2025, Edition V, Hindsight Journal [Featured Cover Art]
. 2025, Issue 3, THE MIXTAPE REVIEW [Prose and Sound: Intentionally Left Blank (Sin Titulo)]
. 2025, Issue 3, Culterate Magazine [Prose: Intentionally Left Blank (Sin Titulo)]
. 2025, Spring Edition of Superpresent Magazine [Film: Hometown (2022)]
. 2025, Established Junos Creatives and Junos Publishing, 2025
. 2025, Zanmulgyeol, Ahmedabad Cultural Week Ed. 1, India, online zine presentation.
. 2025, Bazinega Indie Zine Fest, India (Zanmulgyeol)(on-site and virtual participation)
. 2025, Your Local News Stand Zine Day, Singapore (Zanmulgyeol)
Residencies
. 2026 Artist Residency, Culture Railroad 959, Guro Cultural Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
. 2024 Haengam Art + Culture Center Residency, Changwon City, South Korea
Talks & Presentations & Public Programs
. 2026 May World Vision Dreamers Zine Workshop
Guro Cultural Foundation × World Vision Korea, Seoul
. 2026 January 11-17. Women Alternative Photo Group (WAPG, UK)
Takeover (Nomadic Fluidity Series Photography & Experimental Prose), 2026
. 2025 Nov 22–23. Presenter, The Art of Experimentation Online Conference, Women Alternative Photography Group, UK / USA (virtual).
. 2023 December. SPRINTS TEDxSeoul, Artists for Climate, KOTE, Seoul, South Korea
Selected Press / Reviews
. 2026 NewsCulture, Even Without Water, the Bird Lands: Zanmulgyeol, Nomadic Fluidity, and the Return of Doors”
. 2026 Eunpyeong Citizens’ Newspaper,
“Ecological Memory Etched into the Gates Near Bulgwangcheon”
. 2026 Monthly Literary Webzine Munye Maru
Announcement of the 1st New Writers Award winners
. 2025 People of Print (UK) Review of Zanmulgyeol
. 2025 Curatory Magazine, Vol. 10 Featured artist interview
. 2025 Haengam Residency artist feature
. 2024 Indie Focus Solo exhibition review
. 2023 SPRINTS FineActs x TedxSeoul / British Embassy in South Korea
Group Exhibit Coverage
. 2020 Yonhap News, International Heritage Film Festival coverage
. 2018 Coverage of Paseo por Corea (Santiago, Chile)
. 2016 Huffington Post, Rubin Museum screening program feature
. 2014 Joongang Ilbo, Broadcasting Content Promotion Foundation coverage
. 2007 Hankyoreh Newspaper interview
Intern at United Nations Headquarters, New York
Awards & Recognition
. 2026 1st Creator Award (AI Video Art Category), Munye Maru
. 2024 Audience Award, Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art Festival
. 2024 Special Prize, Global Talent Art Prize (UK) for Nomadic Fluidity Photo Artwork
. 2024 Winner, Seoul Metropolitan Subway Poetry Contest for "Tubak-hae"
. 2019 Special Prize, Jeonju International Heritage Film Festival for Short Film "Miinbyulgok"
Illustration Commissions, Assignments and Collaborations
• 2025 Thumbnail design for Korean audiobook channel
• 2024 Design Agency CEDO Seoul Special Online Zine
https://www.instagram.com/p/C-4iJMtqYEw/?igsh=MXNxcmFlbWs4YTQ5eA==
• 2024 Yonhap News Documentary on E-Cigars
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/MYH20240809011500528?section=news
Education
2006–2008
MA Coursework in Sociology, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Recipient of the DAUM Foundation Master’s Thesis Grant
Research focused on the lives and voices of marriage migrant women using the Portraiture Method
Coursework completed; thesis not completed
2003
Visiting Student, Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, USA
2000–2005
BA in Russian Literature and Language / Political Science
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
2000
Myungduk Foreign Language High School (Seoul, South Korea)
Anglo-American School of Moscow (Moscow, Russia)
Nido De Aguilas International School (Santiago, Chile)
Main Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/joonhee.myung
Junos Publishing
https://www.instagram.com/junospublishing