Moon Jung Jang : Moon Jung Jang

Moon Jung Jang

lecturer.
Graphic Design,
Lamar Dodd School of Art,
University of Georgia,
270 River Road,
Athens, GA 30602
USA

EDUCATION

2008 MFA Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island
2008 CERTIFICATE Brown University, Sheridan Teaching Certificate Program.
2001 MFA Hongik University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea
1993 BFA Duksung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

2002 - 2005 Art director, Studio 'AGI (Activism of Graphic Imagination)', Korea.
2001 - 2002 Art director, Monthly Magazine 'DESIGN' , Korea.
1999 - 2001 Designer, Monthly art Magazine 'art' , Korea.

EXHIBITION

2009 Tranava Poster Triennial 2009, Tranava, Slovakia
2009 365:AIGA Annual Design, AIGA National Design Center, New York, New York
2009 Ten images for Ithaca 2009,
in Ithaca (Public Art Gallery) and in Athens (Melina Cultural Center), Greece
2009 SEED Award 2009, GALA, AIGA Atlanta, Atlanta
2009 The 9th International Poster Triennial in Toyama, Japan
2009 20th International Poster and Graphic Arts Festival of Chaumont, France
2009 Solo Exhibition : Disturbed Boundaries, Lamar Dodd School of Art, UGA, Athens, Georgia

2008 Faculty Exhibition 2008, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Georgia
2008 Peripheral Vision, RISD graduation show
2007 Continuum, Sol Koffler gallery, RISD
2007 Imagination+Action, Gwangwhamun Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2004 real-ing, Savina museum, Seoul, Korea
2004 Thought of illustration, Chobang, Seoul, Korea
2003 Family and householder system,
The exhibition center of Women’s History, Seoul, Korea
2003 Great expectation: Grand mother stimulates our daughter,
Ministry of Gender Equality, Seoul, Korea
2002 The designers read history, Suhshin Gallery, JeonJu, Korea
2001 de-sign korea: A street encounter with the President,
Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center

RESEARCH

2008 Politics of Layout(on-going)
2006-2008 Peripheral Vision
2003-2005 Graphic Activism
2001 The Historical Meaning of Korean DDAK-JI Printed Book
(Publishing design and modern typography in 1910's, Korea)

Award

2009 Tranava Poster Triennial 2009, Tranava, Slovakia
2009 365: AIGA Annual Design, AIGA National Design Center,
New York, New York
2009 Ten images for Ithaca 2009, in Ithaca (Public Art Gallery) and
in Athens (Melina Cultural Center), Greece
2009 SEED Award 2009, GALA, AIGA Atlanta, Atlanta
2009 The 9th International Poster Triennial in Toyama, Japan
2009 The 20th International Poster and Graphic Arts Festival of Chaumont, France

2008 President’s graduate award: Teaching Awards at Brown Univeristy+RISD.
2008 RISD Awards of Exellence: honorable student.
2006-2008 RISD fellowship, RISD

2004 Design Award, Prize ‘A Bronze Statue’: ‘Let’s play with nature’ project
Monthly Magazine ‘DESIGN’, Seoul, Korea
1990 Scholarship at DukSung University, Seoul, Korea

Work In Archive
Chaumont, France
Toyama, Japan
Ithaca, Greece
Tranava, Slovakia
AIGA, USA
AIGA Atlanta, USA
Rhode Island School of Design, USA
Ministry of Gender Equality, Seoul, Korea

Journal In Korea

Writing
2009 ‘Reality, divided me, and my only super star’
D+[Speak], Biomonthly design magazine vol.2
2004 ‘The task for reproduction and restoration to
the original state as duty of designer’,
Monthly Magazine ‘DESIGN’ (Designhouse Press).

Interview
2004 ‘It is imagined by graphic and is acted by design.’ ,
Minjogyesool(The monthly review for the Korean National and People Art)
2002 ‘We’d like to see a new political poster for President election’
The KyungHyang Shinmun(Daily Newspaper in Korea)
2002 Special Feature: ‘Through design the political issue might be
appealed’ This interview was the introduction of Design Studio AGI
And its activities, The Hankyoreh21. No.393.
2000 ‘What is Design as a Social Voice?‘, Moonhwakwahak No.22 (Cultural Theory Magazine).
2000 ‘Poster Designer of People’s solidarity for vote: Moon Jung Jang’
The purpose of this interview is not to vote assemblyman who is unjust and abuses power,
The JoongAng Ilbo (the Newspaper in Korea)