Jeong Myoung-Jo

Jeong Myoung-Jo (b. 1970 in Korea) was inspired to pursue art by the beauty of Korean traditional clothes. However, Jeong’s work does not merely present colors and patterns. Looking at a woman in a beautiful traditional dress who has her back to the audience, you find the age-long remorseful lament of traditional Korean women or discover the destiny of the Korean people of having to carry the past wherever they go. Such diverse interpretations of Jeong’s paintings are made possible because the artist not only paints clothes but the women who wear them. Although the women in the paintings do not show their faces, as long as what you see in a painting is a person, you are bound to interpret the painting in the context of society and history, and from the perspective of self-identity.
Her works have been exhibited at ARTSIDE Gallery in Korea, Gana Art Center in Korea and Art Central in Hong Kong. Her works are also housed by Hansol Cultural Foundation in Korea, Amorepacific Museum of Art and Standard Chartered in the United Kingdom.
Selected Works

Jeong Myoung-Jo
The Paradox of Beauty #13-01, 2013
Acrylic and oil on canvas
97 x 162 cm

Jeong Myoung-Jo
The Paradox of Beauty #17-02, 2017
Oil on canvas
50 x 65 cm


Jeong Myoung-Jo
The Paradox of Beauty #22-01, 2022
Oil on canvas
180 x 100 cm
Jeong Myoung-Jo
The Paradox of Beauty #22-02, 2022
Oil on canvas
180 x 100 cm



Jeong Myoung-Jo
The Paradox of Beauty #13-08, 2013
Acrylic and oil on canvas
80 x 100 cm
Jeong Myoung-Jo
The Paradox of Beauty #15-01, 2015
Oil on canvas
180 x 100 cm
Jeong Myoung-Jo
The Paradox of Beauty #21-02, 2021
Oil on canvas
53 x 33.4 cm


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Jeong Myoung-Jo
Play-Ground #20-05 Portraits of a Beauty, 2020
Oil on canvas
162 x 97 cm
Jeong Myoung-Jo
Play-Ground #20-04, 2020
Oil on canvas
80.3 x 116.7 cm
Jeong Myoung-Jo
Play-Ground #20-06, 2020
Oil on canvas
112 x 162 cm