Jeong-in Mun

Comic, picturebook, illustration

Korean comic artist and illustrator based between Angoulême and Seoul.
I create quiet and poetic stories about identity, vulnerability and subtle humor.

Here and there (이길, 저길), 2024

A participatory picture book where readers can choose their own path for the character by cutting and recombining the pages. Selected for the illustrator exhibition of Bologna Children's Book fair 2023.

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Illustrations for L'instant poésie, 2025

Commissioned illustration works for a poem reading podcast "L'instant Poésie" of France Culture

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Burning braids, 땋은 머리에 불 붙이기, 2024

A series of paintings on traditional hairstyles of the Joseon dynasty in Korea. I dream of freedom by setting fire to the wigs that symbolize oppression and the heavy traditions imposed on women.

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12 years, 12 animals, 2022-

A project of drawing 12 animals over 12 years, illustrating each year's animal with Korean proverbs or expressions related to that animal. Continuing since 2022.

New York drawings, 2023

Illustrations from New York travel drawing book

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Short comics

Short comic works
1-8 : Bloody Mary, for Cavalcade magazine,
9-14: Collaboration with Antton Ospitaletche, for Hippocampe magazine,
15-16: Cigarettes, for Dreamzine #3

Book Covers

Commissioned book cover illustration works

Ceramic works

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CV

Education2024 – DNSEP (Master’s Degree in Fine Arts), Illustration Department, HEAR Strasbourg, France
2022 – DNA (Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts), Illustration Department, HEAR Strasbourg, France
2015–2017 – Studies in Children’s Book Illustration, SI Picturebook (Some Institute of Picturebook), South Korea-Awards & Competitions2025
– Selected for the Bibliography Selection, IMMAGINA Festival, Lucca, Italy
– Finalist, Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition (Book Publishing), Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair2023
– Winner, Illustration Exhibition, Bologna Children’s Book Fair
“이길, 저길 (Here and there)”2022
– First Prize, Illustration Competition, À Compétence Égale
– First Prize, Student Art Award, Postcard Competition, Central Vapeur-
Publications2024
– 이길, 저길 (Par-ci, par-là), Yellowpig Publishing, Dalgrimm Collection, South Korea-Exhibitions2026
– Between Elsewhere, Group Exhibition, Le 6B, Paris, France2025
– Golden Pinwheel 2025 Finalists Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair, Shanghai, China
– Bologna Illustrators Exhibition 2023, Group Exhibition, Duo Yun Xuan Art Center, Shanghai, China
– Bologna Illustrators Exhibition 2023, Group Exhibition, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan2024
– Bologna Illustrators Exhibition 2023, Group Exhibition, CxC Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
– Parmi Nœuds, Group Exhibition, La Caténaire, Strasbourg, France2023
– Folktale Reimagined, Group Exhibition, organized by UAEBBY (United Arab Emirates Board on Books for Young People), National Library for Children and Young Adults, Seoul, South Korea
– Bologna Illustrators Exhibition 2023, Group Exhibition, Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
– Bologna Illustrators Exhibition 2023, Group Exhibition, Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya, Japan
– Bologna Illustrators Exhibition 2023, Group Exhibition, Nanao Art Museum, Ishikawa, Japan-Residencies03–07/2025
– Maison des Auteurs, Angoulême, France08/2022
– Youth Daily Life Research Institute, Gampo, South Korea