▪︎ About – JIHA JEON

Jiha Jeon is an artist based in Cologne, Germany. He was born in 1988, Bucheon, South Korea. His works focus on non-human beings which live their life in a man-made environment from birth to death. He uses digital technologies such as 3D animation, VR, AI and motion capture as a part of the conceptual and the creative process.

Academic Background

2007-15 B.F.A. Department of Photography, Chung-Ang University, Korea (CAU)
2017 – Department of Media-Art, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany (KHM)

Publications

2024 Virtuelle Tiere , Author by Ina Bolinski, Thomas Hawranke, Stefan Rieger
2020 Goodbye Cruel World, It’s Over, Edited by Janine Blöß und Hörner/Antlfinger, Germany 
2010 Flow of Yellow River, Edited by Minkyu Kang, Korea

Awards

2019 The Koelsch-Glass-Edition by Gaffel for ART COLOGNE 53. Internationaler Kunstmarkt, Germany

Exhibitions (selection)

2023 VIBRANT, Künstlerforum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
2022 TALK TO ME, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2021 Treiben im Gegenlicht, BunkerK101, Cologne, Germany
2021 Shifting Moments, Choi and Lager Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2020 AMBULANTE Film Festival”, Salón Transemedia, Online, Mexico
2019 “GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD, IT’S OVER”, Weltkunstzimmer, Duesseldorf, Germany
2019 Next Level Festival, Essen, Germany
2019 Practices of Approximation, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2019 We , Animals 8 multispecies narration”, Meinblau Projektraum, Berlin, Germany
2018 Rundgang KHM, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2017 * has joined the collaborative session”, Kunsthaus Rhenania, Cologne, Germany
2017 Urban Lines Jam, Magic City, Zeitenstroemung, Dresden, Germany
2016 Urban Lines Jam für Menschlichkeit, Cobox, Dresden, Germany
2014 Vision 2014, Gallery Luminarie, Seoul, Korea
2014 Time Mapping, Gallery 64, Anseong, Korea
2010 Flow of Yellow River, Gallery 64, Anseong, Korea

Solo Exhibition

2015 “3F Jiha Jeon”, Studio 23-3, Incheon, Korea

Other Project Participation

2023 – 2024 Virtuale Lebenswelten, visual design and research, with Ruhr university Bochum
2023 AND OTHER ENTANGLED STORIES, Unity Programmierung AR, with Gonzalo H. Rodri-Guez
2023 EVER|RÊVE, 3D Animation, with Hanna Noh, Ben J. Riepe Tanz Company
2022 Brutus Magazine, Photo, with Candida hoefer
2022 Portrait, Photography 3D modeling, with Byeongkyu Byeon
2022 König* innen, 3D printing production, with Hörner/Antlfinger
2022 An uncontactd tribe, Film VFX, Editing, Animation, with Hanna Noh
2022 Sunset singer, 3D Animation and Design, with Jesicca Poon
2021 Banana Island, Film VFX, Animation, with Carolina Schwarz
2021 InSight, 360 VR production, with Einav Katan-Schmid
2020 Very bad timing, AR Design, with Celine Berger
2019 The shape of night, Ton, Stage design, with Michelle Mijee Park
2018 I, VFX, with EunJin Park
2018 UnBearable Darkness, 3D object design, with Choy Ka Fai
2018 Ein drittel Grundstueck, Directing, Camera, Editing, with Hyeseon Jeong, Kihun Park