Jung Yeondoo (born 1969, South Korea) uses photography, videography and sculpture to find connection amidst the anonymity of modern urban life. He has lived and worked in Seoul, South Korea, since 2000, after graduating from Seoul National University and finishing an M.F.A. at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Jung ‘s work was displayed in the Korea Pavilion at the 2005 Venice Biennial; in 2007, he became the youngest winner of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea’s Artist of the Year award. The original slides for Evergreen Tower (2001) are part of a 2019 gift of photography to PEM from the Joy of Giving Something (JGS) Foundation, Inc.

Jiyeon Kim is developing PEM’s new Korean Art gallery, opening in May 2025. Kim brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this position, from her academic credentials earned from universities in Seoul, Indiana, New York and Los Angeles; to her teaching career in Korea and the U.S., including her most recent position at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly. In 2016 and 2017, she worked on PEM’s Korean collection as a project specialist.

Kim earned her Ph.D. in Korean Art History from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her recent research topics include social status and artistic identity, collecting history of Asian art in Boston area museums and gardens as social space. She actively participates in the cultural life of the Korean community in the greater Boston area and across New England.