Heesoo Kwon

2024 Stepping Stone Grantee

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.