{"id":1419,"date":"2017-05-22T16:51:52","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T16:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/?post_type=artists&p=1419"},"modified":"2022-04-06T14:06:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T14:06:00","slug":"ah-young-jeon","status":"publish","type":"artists","link":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/artists\/ah-young-jeon\/","title":{"rendered":"Ah Young Jeon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interview by Jimon
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1) Where did you grow up and where do you currently reside and work?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>I grew up in Seoul, South Korea and in 2004 when I was eighteen I moved to San Francisco to study art. Recently\u00a0we; my husband and I moved back to Seoul and we will be staying here for the next two years.<\/p>\n

2) What school did you attend and do you think it was necessary?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>I went to Academy of art University for my BFA and MFA. I studied a number of traditional techniques of artistry including how to throw pottery. However once I began my MFA studies is when I really decided to be an artist, for me that was the defining moment.<\/p>\n

3) Do you remember the first piece of art that caught your attention?<\/strong>\u00a0 It would have to be Manet’s Le fifre at a Manet exhibition at Palazzo Ducale in Venice 2013. Although I studied and learned of many artworks through art history classes, Manet’s Le fifre was the first where I was truly impressed and instantly fell in love with everything about it.\u00a0 It blew my mind. It was so good that I forgot all other art I had ever seen.<\/p>\n