Junwon Jung







born 1978, Sang-Ju, South Korea

education and work experience
2016      Diplom as a Meisterschüler, Prof. Otto Künzli & Prof. Karen Pontoppidan, AdBK München, DE 
2009-10   Lecturer, Dept. Metalwork & Jewelry, Kookmin Univ., Seoul, KOR 
2008-09   Researcher, Institute of Environmental Design, Kookmin Univ., Seoul, KOR 
2007      M.F.A, Metalwork & Jewelry, Kookmin Univ., Seoul, KOR

exhibition
_solo
2019      Maurer Zilioli - Contemporary Arts, Munich
2017      Maurer Zilioli - Contemporary Arts, Munich (with Nadine Kuffner)
2016      pin and box, Galerie Vice Versa, Lausanne, CHE 
2015      Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, NL 
2009      element, Gallery Dam, Seoul, KOR

_group
2019     SARANGBANG, Gallery Noel Guyomac'h, Montreal, CA
             40th anniversary of Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, NL
             a contemporary jewellery odyssey, Museum of arts and crafts, Itami, JP
             WIEDER SEHEN, Kunstarkaden, München, DE
             Schmuck2019, IHM, München, DE
             21 grams, Galerie Handwerk, München, DE
            Idiomatic, French Institude, München, DE
            In memoriam Bruno Martinazzi accompanied by Friends and Admires, Maurer Zilioli, München, DE
2018    triangle square circle, Gallery Ahwon, Seoul, KOR
            50 Jahre Galerie Handwerk München, München, DE
            Intermezzo, Maurer Zilioli - Contemporary Arts, München, DE
            21 grams, China academy of art, Hangzhou, CN
            INÉDIT #2, Galerie Vice Versa, Lausanne, CHE
            a contemporary jewellery odyssey, Gallery OOOJH, Seoul, KOR
            Ravary 2018, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, NL
            Förderpreis 2018, Lothringer13 Halle, München, DE
2017    off-limits, Maurer Zilioli - Contemporary Arts, München, DE
            Zimmer Frei, Hotel Mariandl, München, DE
            Nachlese II, Maurer Zilioli - Contemporary Arts, München, DE
            Korea : Design + Plakat, Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum, München, DE
            Art Jewelry Project, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, AUS
2016    Schneeweiss &, Gallery followrabbit, Frankfurt, DE  
            Wood_extended life, Gallery Vogoze, Seoul, KOR 
            lalala, Elisabethstr.16, München, DE 
            Schmuck2016, IHM, München, DE 
            there_Diplom exhibition, AdBK München, DE 
2015    The big five, Gallery Deux Poissons, Tokyo, JP 
            Bubble and squeak, Gallery aramato joies, Barcelona, SP 
            Schmuck : Objekte__Installation_Video, Kunstarkaden, München, DE 
            Schmuck2015, IHM, München, DE / Prague Glass Experience Museum, Prag, CZ 
2014    Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, NL 
            Der Oberbayerischer Föderpreis für Angewandte Künste, Galerie Bezirk Oberbayern, München, DE
            Wolpertinger run away, Czech Centrum Prag, CZ / Galerie Vice Versa, Lausanne, CHE
            The dark side of the moon, AdBK München, DE 
            PULSAR, Fabrika 12, Valencia, ESP 
            III, oder die Schatten III, Elisabethstr. 16 München, DE 
2013    Wolpertinger run away, Gallery Baum, Paju, KOR 
             Flower of desire, Art link, Seoul, KOR 
             do legst di nieda, Adbk München, DE 
             ravary workshop #27, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, NL
             irony forest, Akademie Galerie, München, DE 
2012     Neon Golden, AdBK München, DE 
             Alchemists ‘mythology of material‘, KCDF, Seoul, KOR 
             Chain project, Museum A CASA, Sao Paulo, BRA 
2011     Profi-line, AdBK München, DE 
             Brooch of May, Gallery laif, Seoul, KOR 
2009     Korean Group, Gallery Caroline Van Hoek, Brussels, BEL 
             Korean Jewelers, Gallery CAJ, Kyoto, JP
             Schmuck2009, IHM, München, DE / Melbourne, AUS 
              re-life, Gallery laif, Seoul, KOR

 awards
2019      Herbert-Hofmann Preise, München, DE
2016      Bayerischer Staatspreis, Bayerischen Wirtschaftsministerium, München, DE
2014      Anerkennungspreis, Oberbayerischer Förderpreis für Angewandte Künste, München, DE

publications
Native Jewelry_tales from toolbox, Schifferbooks, UK, 2017
New Necklaces_400 Designs Contemporary Jewelry, Promopress, UK, 2016
Jewellery, Kampen's Choice, Gallery Marzee, NL, 2015
The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers, Darling Publications, DE, 2009
500 Necklaces, Lark books, US, 2006

collections
Marzee collection, Nijmegen, NL
Die Danner Stiftung, München, DE



  • Object, 2019
  • Brooch
    Stahl
  • Object, 2018
  • Brooch, 2018
    Silver, gold
    winner Herbert Hofmann Prize
  • Object, 2019
  • Brooch, box
    zinc, silver, brass, wood
  • Object, 2019
  • Brooch, box
    copper, silver, steel, wood
  • Object, 2019
  • Ring
    Silver
  • Object, 2019
  • Ring
    Silver
  • Junwon Jung
  • Brooch "pfand", 2018
    silver, gold
    3x3x3 cm
    Herbert Hofmann Preis
  • Junwon Jung
  • Untitled, 2018
    Brooch
    plexi, onyx, silver
    10x2x2,5 cm
  • Junwon Jung
  • ring, untitled, 2018
    rosegold