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On Becoming Junos

Joonhee Myung (Junos) is a Seoul- and Santiago-based visual artist and writer working across photography, moving image, illustration, and text. Through artist-led publishing, visual essays, and site-responsive image-making, she examines migration, urban ecology, and the layered architectures of memory.​

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She is the founder of Junos Creatives, an independent imprint dedicated to artist-led publishing and experimental print formats.​​​​​​​​

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CV

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Solo Exhibitions

2025 LJL Art Space, Seoul, Korea [Illustration]
. 2024 Artlogic Space, Seoul, Korea [Photography]

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Selected Screenings & Group Exhibitions
. 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​

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Publishing / Artist-led Publishing
. 2026 Upcoming, Columbia Journal Issue 64 [Essay and Artwork Contribution]
. 2026 Upcoming, 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 (Featured in Your Local News Stand Zine and Bazinega Zine Event)
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Residencies

. 2026 Artist Residency, Culture Railroad 959, Guro Cultural Foundation, Seoul, South Korea 
. 2024 Haengam Art + Culture Center Residency, Changwon City, South Korea

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Talks & Presentations 

. 2026 January 11-17. Women Alternative Photo Group (WAPG, UK)
Online Curated 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). 

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Awards & Recognition

. 2026, 1st AI Creator Award, Munye Maru

. 2024, Audience Award, Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art Festival

. 2024, Special Prize, Global Talent Art Prize (UK)

. 2024, Winner, Seoul Metropolitan Subway Poetry Contest

. 2019, Special Prize, Jeonju International Heritage Film Festival

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Selected Press / Reviews

. 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

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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

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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)
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Instagram

Main Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/joonhee.myung

Junos Publishing
https://www.instagram.com/junospublishing

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