JAYE MOON

December 29, 2021

“The pressure we feel from society is a battle we fight within ourselves. Self-acceptance holds the power to end this internal struggle and set us free.”

“죽는날 까지 하늘을 우러러 한점 부끄럼이 없기를 잎새에 이는 바람에도 나는 괴로워 했다 별을 노래하는 마음으로 모든 죽어가는 것을 사랑해야지 그리고 나에게 주어진 길을 걸어가야겠다. 오늘밤에도 별이 바람에 스치운다.” 윤동주 서시

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences,” – Audre Lorde in Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches, 1984

“Identity is not a fixed point, but a fluid spectrum. Embracing non-binary perspectives allows us to see the limitless potential within every human being.”

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

ARTIST BIO

Jaye Moon (b. 1963) has been crafting interactive braille paintings with LEGO bricks since the 1990s. Her LEGO Braille paintings demonstrate her innovative approach to accessible art, emphasizing inclusivity and tactile engagement. In these works, Moon translates excerpts from movie scripts, song lyrics, poetries, and prose in literature with a distinct approach, including her writing. Her work is an abstract painting for all viewers with and without the ability to decipher Braille. Touching the surface of the work transcends its aesthetics and takes on the meaning embodied within.

Moon’s work has been exhibited in Brussels, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, New York, Seoul, and Tokyo. Her museum exhibitions include the Brooklyn Museum, the Queens Museum in New York, the Nam June Paik Art Center, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Korea, and the Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art in Korea. Her artwork has been reviewed in art publications, including Art in America, Artforum, Artnet, Time Out, and News Week Magazine, and featured in the Korean middle school art textbook. She received the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and an MFA in Sculpture from Pratt Institute. Jaye Moon is the 2025 Hall of Fame inductee of the New York Foundation of Art and is represented by Jennifer Baahng Gallery in New York and Seoul.