Storytelling

“For the reality of a young child involuntarily having to straddle cultures, identities, languages and life in general, Kyung Jeon’s mixed bag upbringing produced not only a most creative and open mind, but also laid the foundations for the narrative epics that play out on her rice-paper enhanced canvases, which themselves become multi-layered palimpsests that reveal the artist’s secrets and dreams, hopes and fears...By depicting her own worries, insecurities, goals and, ultimately, power, Jeon provides hope that someday we won’t be judged by how we look or what language we speak, but by what we say and how we say it.”*by Eric C. Shiner