CV
WONJEONG DEPARTMENT STORE
b. 1999
Based in Seoul, Korea
WONJEONG DEPARTMENT STORE explores the desires inherent in images with an element of fantasy centering on media installation and performance, and how the image is connected to the world of others. The artist borrows the form of myth and delivers it through present sensibilities using herself as the material. Her work expands the temporal and spatial experiences by traversing across the juxtaposed sleek images on the smooth screen surface and the wet visible and present movements.
Education2018 - 2023 BFA, Fine Arts, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea
Shows/Events (Selected)2025 Narivile Flicker 2126 Viewing: Seeing Every You Seeing Every Me, Mullae Art Factory Box Theater, Seoul, Korea
2025 Self-Portrait with Palette, RAINBOWCUBE, Seoul, Korea
2025 ARKO Day: The Long Tail, ARKO Art Center·ARKO Arts Theater, Seoul, Korea
2025 PRPT(PromptSet): Vault Service II, WZ Studio, Seoul, Korea
2025 The Preview Seoul with Shinhan Card, Former Baek Seong-hui & Jang Min-ho Theater, National Theater of Korea, Seoul, Korea
2025 Caption Seoul Archive 001, Caption Seoul, Seoul, Korea
2024 SUBCULT COLLECTIVE, DDP, Seoul, Korea
2024 Screen Specter: Echoes of Identity and Voice, K-Cine, Seoul, Korea (Screening)
2024 Lee Youngah: Fantasy Gates」. Hongti Art Center, Seoul, Korea [Actor·Collaborator]
2024 Arts Korea Lab Festival: Futurescape, Arts Korea Lab·Dohwa Art D5, Seoul, Korea
2024 GIMYE: SPRING-SUMMER 2025 SHOW, Platform-L Contemporary Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2024 THE CAVE IS A STAGE, Seoripul Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2024 Deleted World: Dele’s Room, RAINBOWCUBE, Seoul, Korea
2024 Masterful Attention Seekers, Busan Moca, Busan, Korea
2024 NCA Project Showcase, Hongneung Content Talent Campus·KOCCA Content Culture Plaza, Seoul, Korea
2024 The Chamber, Caption Seoul, Seoul, Korea
2024 Kiss & Vomit, Artspace Connection, Seoul, Korea (Screening)
2023 Searchlight 2023, LES601, Seoul, Korea
2023 Nature Project, Seoullo Media Canvas, Seoul, Korea
2023 PRPT(PromptSet): Table Service, Y173, Seoul, Korea
2023 Tutorial: Closer!, Space Ink, Seoul, Korea
2023 KILL TIME TRASH_TEMP, WESS, Seoul, Korea (Screening)
2022 - 2023 The Last Things Before The Last, HITE Collection, Seoul, Korea
2022 Vacances, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea
2022 All Tomorrow’s Parties, Art Space 3, Seoul, Korea
2021 Take-Off to Art-Space!, Spatial·VRChat·Ifland, Seoul, Korea
2021 VIDEO BITES 2021, Tipping Point Space, Seoul, Korea
2021 Ars Electronica Garden Seoul Festival : Code H, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
2021 CVPR 2021: Virtual due to COVID-19, Computer Vision Art Gallery, Online
2021 AI Song Contest 2021, VPRO, Online
2021 The Preview Hannam with Shinhan Card, Bluesquare NEMO, Seoul, Korea
2021 How to Undress, Gallery B104, Seoul, Korea
2020 Presentation of the 5th Human Society Research Result, Gallery 645_, Seoul, Korea
2020 Havisham’s Room, Seoul Artists’ Platform_New&Young, Seoul, Korea
2020 HEARTIGURI DEBUT SHOWCASE, ANOV, Seoul
2019 Hello, stranger., Gallery Vinci, Seoul, Korea
2019 So-solo Exhibition, Theorygallery, Seoul, Korea
2019 НҮД (EYE: (organ of sight), Mongolian spelling ᠨᠢᠳᠦ), Eulji-ro OF, Seoul, Korea
Peformances (Selected)2025 A World of Things Is Piled Up, ARKO Arts Theater, Seoul, Korea (Performance)
2024 PuuPle, Busan Moca, Busan, Korea (Performance)
2024 Worworworship, Caption Seoul, Seoul, Korea (Performance)
2023 ઈSKIN CARE MYTHઉ·Bed Training, HITE Collection, Seoul, Korea (Performance)
2022 ઈSKIN CARE MYTHઉ·Bed Training, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea (Performance)
2022 ઈSKIN CARE MYTHઉ, Art Space 3, Seoul, Korea (Performance)
Grants2025 Youth Artist Development Support, Arts Council Korea (ARKO), Korea
2024 Super Tested, Arts Korea Lab, Korea
2023 NCA(New Content Academy), Korea Creative Content Agency(KOCCA), Korea
2023 Arts and technology convergence support, Arts Council Korea (ARKO), Korea
2022 Content Impact Subsequent support for excellent projects, Korea Creative Content Agency(KOCCA), Korea
2021 Content Impact AI Meets Hybrid, Korea Creative Content Agency(KOCCA), Korea
2020 Content Impact Music Meets AI, Korea Creative Content Agency(KOCCA), Korea
2020 Space Lab, Seoul Artists’ Platform_New&Young, Korea
Talks2025 Narivile Flicker 2126 GV: Every You, Mullae Arts Factory Box Theater, Seoul, Korea
2025 Artist Presentation, ARKODAY, ARKO Arts Theater, Seoul, Korea
2024 Project Presentation, NCA Project Showcase, KOCCA Content Culture Plaza STAGE66, Seoul, Korea
2023 Artist Talk, HITE Collection, Seoul, Korea
PublicationsCaption Seoul. 『CAPTION SEOUL ANNUAL ARCHIVE: 2025』. 2025. 43. ISBN 979-11-991973-1-2
「WONJEONG DEPARTMENT STORE: Drawing Unstable Fantasies into the Body and the Screen」. Article. 『K-ARTIST』. January 12, 2026.
Jeong Soyoung. 「ARKO Day: The Long Tail」. 『Monthly Art』. Article. December 5, 2025.
Ahn Yongho. 「2025 ARKO Day: ‘We Are Not Tails but Artists’ — Ten Young Artists on Stage at ARKO Arts Theater」. 『CNB JOURNAL』. September 11, 2025.
Lim Hyeji. 「Me on the Screen, the Self That Became Belief」. 『BREAK Magazine』. April 2025.
Caption Seoul. 『CAPTION SEOUL ANNUAL ARCHIVE: 2023–2024』. 2025. ISBN 979-11-991973-0-5
Lee Youngah. 「Fantasy Gates」. [Actor · Collaborator]. 『2024 Hongti Art Center Artist Archive』. Monograph. Busan Cultural Foundation, 2024. pp. 32–43. ISSN 2983-3515.
Arts Korea Lab. 『Arts Korea Lab Super Testbed 2024』. Monograph. 2024. p. 159.
WONJEONG DEPARTMENT STORE. 「A Department Store That Services Fantasy」. Interview. 『Direct Siyeon』. September 14, 2024.
Seoul Wild Horse. 「Freedom! A Movement Toward It」. Interview. 『Dahyeoljil Magazine』. September 2024 Issue.
Shin Yongcheol. 「An Attention-Seeking Mask of Gaze and Sound, Suddenly a Mirror, Suddenly a Mirror」. Review. 『Monthly Art』. May 2024 Issue.
Joo Yerin. 「This Is the Power of Busan Art!」. Review. 『Art in Culture』. April 2024 Issue.
「Masterful Attention Seeker」. Review. 『PUBLIC ART』. April 2024 Issue.
Busan Moca. 『Masterful Attention Seekers』. Brochure. 2024. p. 10.
WONJEONG DEPARTMENT STORE. 「I Stole Something That Belonged to an Eternal God」. Interview. 『BE(ATTITUDE)』. February 7, 2024.
Caption Seoul. 「The Chamber: Artist Interview」. January 2024.
Seoullo Media Canvas. 『The 4th Exhibition 2023』. Catalogue. Seoul Metropolitan Government. 2023. p. 23.
Lee Sanoh. 「A Reel Sent from the Sky to the Bed」. 『LTW Letter』. August 31, 2023.
Lee Yeonsook (Rita). 「New Keywords on Art: 11. Skin / Fetishism / Subculture」. 『PUBLIC ART』. May 2023 Issue.
Noh Haena. 「the Last Things Before The Last: Time Was Running Out」. Review. 『PUBLIC ART』. April 2023 Issue.
HITE Collection. 『The Last Things Before The Last』. 2023. ISBN 979-11-87366-11-9
Korea National University of Arts. 『Vacances』. 2022. 84~87.
Oh Jihyung. 「Blue Is Curious」. Interview. 『Osisun』. June 2, 2022.
Art Space 3. 『All Tomorrow’s Parties』. 2022.
Tipping Point Space. 『Video Bites』. Catalogue. 2021. p. 21.
Seoul Artists’ Platform_New&Young. 「Miss Havisham’s Room」. [Planning · Art]. 『YET 1』. Monograph. Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, 2021. pp. 136–149. ISBN 979-11-86489-38-3.
Music AlbumsWONJEONG DEPARTMENT STORE. 『AV.E-Maria』. Digital Single Album. 2024.
WONJEONG DEPARTMENT STORE. 『Pure Hymn』. Digital Single Album. 2023.
Artificial Spirit. 『Virtual Hollow』. Digital Single Album. 2023.
Artificial Spirit. 『Nature Tone』 Digital Mini Album. 2022.
Artificial Spirit. 『Beyond the Kosmos』. Digital Single Album. 2021.
Artificial Spirit. 『Wheel of Four Tune』. Digital Single Album. 2020.
CollectionsShinhan Card, Korea