Ten Moon marks a moment of transition for artist Jiha Moon. Following her relocation from Atlanta—her longtime American home—to Tallahassee three years ago, Moon has embraced a new environment, and her visual language has evolved in response. This exhibition captures that evolution, offering viewers a glimpse into her ongoing transformation.
Moon’s broader studio practice centers on multilayered paintings, ceramic sculptures, and mixed-media works. Drawing from Korean visual traditions, American pop culture, and digital iconography, she constructs a vibrant visual language that explores fluid identities and the global circulation of cultures. These references and motifs take shape in her Shrine series, the centerpiece of Ten Moon. In this body of work, paintings and ceramic objects converge within container-like frames—minimalist architectural forms that serve as three-dimensional stages, intimate spaces where imagined dreams unfold. In the latest iteration, Moon introduces circular panels fitted with shelves, embedding ceramic objects within a moonlike pictorial field. Vessels, dragons, peaches, banana peels, clouds, and hybrid limbs float and interact with painted imagery, blurring the boundaries between object and image, sculpture and painting.
