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Heesoo Kwon

2024 Stepping Stone Grantee

Bio

Heesoo Kwon (b. 1990 in South Korea) is a multimedia artist whose work interweaves digital technology with feminist spirituality and autoethnographic exploration. At the heart of her work is Leymusoom, an ongoing autobiographical feminist religion she founded in 2017, Through 3D animation, modeling, and AI technologies, Kwon creates digital realms where she reimagines matrilineal histories and queers familial relationships. Kwon's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at LACMA, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Buk Seoul Museum of Art, and Huis Marseille - Museum for Photography in Amsterdam. She is a recipient of the 2023 San Francisco Bay Area Artadia Award, and her work is held in the permanent collections of KADIST, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, and Huis Marseille.

Premolt 17, 2023Photography

  • A child wearing a white hat and maroon jacket runs through a grassy area. In the background, a faded image of artificially create women dancing in a wooded area. People enjoying a picnic in the further background. Time stamp on the photograph says "93 5 5."
  • A bride and groom in wedding attire face a artificially inserted woman figure. The groom wears a black suit; the bride, in a white gown and veil over face with floral head piece, holds flowers.
  • A dimly lit room with a father and child sitting on the floor, surrounded by bedding. A blurred figure holds candles on the left. Timestamp on the photograph says "94 1 19."
  • In a screen, a photo shows a family scene with a woman holding a baby. Other individuals, including one partially veiled, are in the background. As the screen moves, a mystical creature appears behind the family looking at the same direction the woman holding the baby is.
  • Figure dances with arms to sound. In the background of warm toned walls, women are lying down and hanging out.
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