Joowon JO | 조주원
Korean artist based in Paris
Joowon Jo est un artiste coréen basé à Paris. Sa pratique explore les transformations de l’identité, les relations entre l’image et la matière, ainsi que les frontières mouvantes entre l’humain et la technologie. Après avoir exploré le son, la vidéo, l’image 3D et l’installation, il associe aujourd’hui des procédés matériels et numériques, notamment le dessin, le transfert d’image, la superposition, l’effacement et l’expérimentation avec l’intelligence artificielle.
Le passage d’une forme ou d’une image vers un autre état, ainsi que les traces et les relations qui apparaissent au cours de ces transformations, constituent des éléments récurrents de sa pratique. À travers eux, il interroge la manière dont les frontières entre individu et collectif, humain et machine, numérique et matière se construisent, se déplacent et se recomposent. Ses médiums et ses méthodes évoluent selon les projets, mais son travail conserve un intérêt pour la coexistence de différents états, temporalités et systèmes de représentation, et pour les nouvelles relations qui peuvent émerger de leur rencontre.
Après avoir commencé sa carrière professionnelle dans le graphisme en Corée du Sud, Joowon Jo poursuit ses études artistiques en France. Il obtient en 2013 son DNSEP, diplôme national conférant le grade de master, à l’École supérieure des Beaux-Arts d’Angers, puis poursuit des études de master en art numérique, médias et technologies à l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Son travail a notamment été présenté à Paris, Séoul et Monaco, au Centre Culturel Coréen, à la Maison de l’UNESCO, au DDP — Dongdaemun Design Plaza, ainsi que dans plusieurs galeries et espaces indépendants.
Joowon Jo is a Korean artist based in Paris. His practice explores transformations of identity, relationships between image and materiality, and the shifting boundaries between human beings and technology. Having worked across sound, video, 3D imagery, and installation, he now brings together material and digital processes, including drawing, image transfer, layering, erasure, and experimentation with artificial intelligence.
The passage of a form or image from one state into another, together with the traces and relationships that emerge through these transformations, recurs throughout his practice. Through these processes, he examines how boundaries between the individual and the collective, human and machine, and digital image and material reality are constructed, displaced, and reconfigured. His media and methods change from one project to another, while his work maintains an interest in the coexistence of different states, temporalities, and systems of representation, and in the new relationships that can emerge when they meet.
After beginning his professional career in graphic design in South Korea, Joowon Jo pursued his art education in France. He received his DNSEP, a French national diploma conferring the grade of Master (grade de master), from the École supérieure des Beaux-Arts d’Angers in 2013, and later pursued further Master’s studies in digital art, media, and technology at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. His work has been presented in Paris, Seoul, and Monaco, including exhibitions at the Korean Cultural Center in Paris, Maison de l’UNESCO, DDP — Dongdaemun Design Plaza, and a range of galleries and independent art spaces.
조주원은 파리를 기반으로 활동하는 한국 작가로, 정체성의 변화, 이미지와 물질의 관계, 인간과 기술 사이에서 변화하는 경계를 탐구한다. 사운드, 영상, 3D 이미지와 설치 등 다양한 매체를 거쳐온 그의 작업은 최근 드로잉과 이미지 전사, 물질의 중첩과 지움, 디지털 이미지와 인공지능 등 서로 다른 제작 방식을 넘나들며 전개되고 있다.
하나의 형상이나 이미지가 다른 상태로 변화하는 과정, 그 사이에서 생겨나는 흔적과 관계는 그의 작업에서 지속적으로 나타나는 요소다. 이를 통해 개인과 사회, 인간과 기계, 디지털과 물질 사이의 경계가 어떻게 만들어지고 다시 변화하는지를 살펴본다. 작업 방식과 매체는 프로젝트에 따라 달라지지만, 서로 다른 상태와 시간, 이미지가 하나의 공간 안에서 만나 새로운 관계를 형성하는 과정에 지속적인 관심을 두고 있다.
한국에서 그래픽 디자인 활동을 시작한 뒤 프랑스에서 미술을 공부했으며, 2013년 앙제 고등미술학교에서 석사 학위등급을 부여하는 프랑스 국가학위인 DNSEP를 취득한 후 파리 1대학 팡테옹-소르본에서 디지털 예술, 미디어와 기술 분야의 석사과정을 추가로 공부했다. 그의 작업은 파리와 서울, 모나코를 비롯한 여러 전시 공간에서 소개되어 왔다.
EXPOSITIONS / EXHIBITIONS
Au-Delà du Visible
Galerie PBG Marais, 5 rue du Grenier-Saint-Lazare, 75003 Paris, France
18/08/2026 - 29/08/2026
The Baguette from Seoul
Cafe de Fessonia, Lotte Department Store Cheongnyangni, Seoul, Korea
14/08/2026 - 18/09/2026 (Part 2)
DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza) Gallery MUN, Seoul, South Korea
12/06/2026 - 06/08/2026 (Part 1)
Aesthetic City
SEE Galerie, 84 Rue du Temple, 75003 Paris, France
09/10/2025 - 18/10/2025 (Part 2)
DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza) Gallery MUN, Seoul, South Korea
13/11/2025 - 20/11/2025 (Part 1)
Les Contours du temps
20 rue La Boétie, Centre Culturel Coréen, 75008 Paris, France
21/03/2025 - 05/04/2025
Au-Delà du Visible
24 Rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris
19/11/2024 - 30/11/2024
Dual Perspectives : Humanity & Nature
UNESCO House, Ségur Hall
7, place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris
18/10/2024 - 28/10/2024
Entrecroisement
24 Rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris
05/12/2023 - 16/12/2023
L'évènement de la Nuit
24 Rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris
18/10/2022 - 29/12/2022
Une autre scène de Corée
Galerie Odile Ouizeman, 10/12 rue des coutures Saint-Gervais, 75003 Paris
12/05/2022 - 31/05/2022
Maison de Noel
2nd NFT Villa Show, Galerie IHAM, 46 Boulevard Henri IV, 75004 Paris, France
03/12/2021 - 25/12/2021
Artschild
84,88 et 90 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris, France
09/09/2021 - 20/09/2021
OUTRE MESURE
Centre Culturel Coréen, Paris, France
17/06/2021 - 17/09/2021
3m2
24Beaubourg, 24 Beaubourg 75003 Paris, France
02/10/2020 - 06/10/2020
P:rétro #2
59 Rivoli, 59 rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France
Exposition d’arts numériques / Exhibition of digital Arts
11/02/2020 - 22/02/2020
Pentalogie
Galerie PHD - Village Suisse, Paris, France
Exposition personnelle (Solo exhibition)
28/10/2019 - 03/11/2019
La Biennale PARISARTISTES # 2019
1-Bastille Design Center, Paris, France
2-L’Espace Commines, Paris, France
03/10/2019 - 06/10/2019
Patterns
Centre Culturel Coréen, Paris, France
29/05/2019 - 15/07/2019
P:rétro
Centre Culturel Coréen, Paris, France
Exposition d’arts numériques, médiatiques et installations
19/12/2018 - 28/02/2019
Expérience d’artiste
Salon du Comité National Monégasque de l’Association
Internationale des Arts Plastiques de l’UNESCO
4 Quai Antoine 1er, Monaco
30/11/2018 - 16/12/2018
KOREA LIVE Art Fair
Halle Aux Toiles, Rouen, France
29/08/2018-02/09/2018
HORS JEU
Centre Culturel Coréen, Paris, France
07/06/2018 - 11/07/2018
FUTURING NIGHT
Espace Cinko, Paris, France
16/10/2017-20/10/2017
KOREA LIVE Art Fair
Les Greniers à Sel, Honfleur, France
18/08/2017-27/08/2017
PÉRIPHRASES
GALERIE 89,Viaduc des arts, Paris, France
12/12/2016-05/01/2017
(RE)voir
Galerie Pont des arts, Paris, France
12/10/2016-22/10/2016
LE DESSIN à DESSEIN
Expo-collectif, l'Association des Jeunes Artistes Coréens.
Centre culturel coréen, Paris, France
04/05/2016-22/06/2016
MAD TEA PARTY
Espace des Arts sans Frontières, Paris, France
18/12/2015-22/12/2015
CAPTURE & RELEASE - PART I - E.V.P - BRUTALISME - NOIS
Installations sonores, diffusion, Blockhaus DY10, Nantes, France
06/02/2014
UN SAMEDI EN VILLE Spectacles, Installations, Performances,
en collaboration avec NTA, Angers, France
01/06/2013
DEDANS/DEHORS Installations, Hôtel Mercure, Angers, France
17/04/2011
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Graphic Designer VOLEVATCH, Paris, France
Brand identity, visual communication, editorial design, digital communication, and exhibition-related projects.
2016 - Present
Graphic Design Intern VOLEVATCH, Paris, France
Assisted with visual communication, editorial design, digital content, and brand materials.
2015
Graphic Design Intern KILO ARCHITECTURE, Paris, France
Designed brochures, invitations, and web-related communication materials.
2013
Graphic Designer ILDONLOHAS, Seoul, South Korea
Designed promotional brochures and visual communication materials for a pharmaceutical company.
2007-2008
Graphic Designer Republic of Korea Air Force, Cheongju, South Korea
Designed brochures, book covers, posters, and other visual communication materials.
2005-2007
EDUCATION
2014–2016
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France
Master’s studies in Digital Art / Design, Media and Technology
Master 1 completed (first year of the French Master’s programme)
2013
École supérieure des Beaux-Arts d’Angers / TALM, Angers, France
DNSEP — Diplôme National Supérieur d’Expression Plastique
French national diploma conferring the grade of Master (grade de master)
2011
École supérieure des Beaux-Arts d’Angers, Angers, France
DNAP — Diplôme National d’Arts Plastiques