Jean Blue (진청)
Jean Blue is a South Korean visual artist and a painter currently based in Brighton, England.
Having studied Fine Art and Literature, Blue practices painting as a storytelling medium where motifs in an image serve as metaphors in a poem.
Working with mostly traditional art mediums, she experiments between paintings, illustrations, and books.
For any inquiries, please email mynameisdeepblue@gmail.com
Education
Korea University
Seoul, South Korea
Korean Language and Literature BA
Fine Arts BFA
University of Brighton
Brighton, UK
Sequential Design and Illustration MA
Solo Show
What Is After a Long Blue Night?
Brighton, UK
8 Jan - 21 Jan 2024 Gallery 19A
A Palette of Sea and Sun
Namhae, South Korea
4 Aug - 12 Sep 2022 Ananti Namhae Eternal Journey
Though You May Wander
Seoul, South Korea
2 Mar - 22 Apr 2022 Desker Design Store
Group Exhibition
2024 Safehouse II: SITUATIONAL by N. NO N (London, UK)
2024 Gallery Lock-inn: OPEN CALL by PHONY (Brighton, UK)
2023 Ground SeeSaw Seongsu: POSTER DUMP!
2023 Polestarart Gallery: Jean Chung, Manwook Exhibition
2023 Brighton CCA: Now is the Time
2023 Soda Museum (Space Of Design and Architecture): WE ARE COLLECTORS!
2022 The Hyundai x Young Art Fair: Art Dive In
2022 Flea Auction <CLASSIC, CLASSY ART>
2021 D Museum: Publishers' Table
2021 Ground SeeSaw Seongsu: Grimdosi
2020 Suncheon Artbook Fair
2019 Seoul Illustration Fair, Coex
Artist Books
2023 THE PURPLE WAVES, Self published
2022 The Palette Diary, Self published
Publications
2024 Artwork for the Korean edition of NURSE LUGTON’S CURTAINS by Virginia Woolf
2024 Cover artwork for the Korean edition of EN AGOSTO NOS VEMOS by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2022 Cover Illustration for the Korean edition of 'JOURNEY OF THE PINK DOLPHINS' by Sy Montgomery
2020 Artwork for <WHAT WILL THE SKY BE TODAY?> Published by Books International, a project funded by UNESCO
Commissioned & Collaborations
2022 Mural painting for Starbucks
2022 Collaboration with Tounou
2022 Collaboration with Dot Slash Dash
2022 Mural Painting for Letari
2022 Beauty illustrations for H Magazine January Issue
2019 Artwork for BurgerBang
Interview
Residency
2024 Cyprus College of Art
학력
고려대학교 서울캠퍼스 국어국문학과, 조형학부 졸업
University of Brighton, Sequential Design and Illustration MA
개인전
2024.01.08-2024.01.21 Gallery 19A
What Is After A Long Blue Night?
2022.08.04-2022.09.12 아난티 남해 이터널저니
A Palette of Sea and Sun: 해와 바다의 팔레트
2022.03.02-2022.04.22 데스커 디자인스토어
Though You May Wander: 긴 꿈에 헤매더라도
단체전
2024 Safehouse II: SITUATIONAL by N. NO N (London, UK)
2024 Gallery Lock-inn: OPEN CALL by PHONY (Brighton, UK)
2023 그라운드시소: POSTER DUMP!
2023 폴스타아트갤러리: 진청, 만욱 2인전
2023 Brighton CCA: Now is the Time
2023 소다미술관 WE ARE COLLECTORS
2022 더현대 x 영아트페어: 아트 다이브 인
2022 플리옥션 <CLASSIC, CLASSY ART>
2021 디뮤지엄: 퍼블리셔스 테이블
2021 그라운드시소 성수: 그림도시
2020 순천아트북페어
2019 서울일러스트레이션페어, 코엑스
아티스트북
2023 THE PURPLE WAVES, 독립출판
2022 <팔레트 다이어리>, 독립출판
출판물
2024 <럭턴 유모의 커튼>, 버지니아 울프, 민음사: 일러스트레이션 작업
2024 <8월에 만나요>, 가브리엘 가르시아 마르케스, 민음사: 일러스트레이션 작업
2022 <아마존 분홍돌고래를 만나다>, 돌고래 출판사: 표지 작업
2020 북스인터내셔널 그림책 <오늘 하늘은>: 일러스트레이션 작업
외주 & 콜라보레이션 작업
2022 스타벅스 벽화 작업
2022 뚜누(Tounou)와 협업
2022 닷슬래시대쉬(Dot Slash Dash)와 영상 협업
2022 르타리 벽화 작업
2022 H Magazine 1월호 내지 삽화
2019 버거뱅 일러스트 작업
인터뷰
레지던시
2024 Cyprus College of Art