Juno Seunghui Joo is a South Korean photographer based in the UK. Juno explores various issues surrounding humanity through tableau photography. These may include relationships, communication, traditions, and cultural heritage. Her work is eclectic in its subject matter, ranging from very fundamental human problems to highly personal matters. Juno's work is characterised by the use of various mise-en-scènes and metaphors, creating a cinematic storytelling structure.
contact via jooseunghui@gmail.com
Selected Exhibitions
2026
• PhotoVOGUE Taipei: Fragments of Remembering, Bellavita Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
• RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
• Women by Women; PhotoVOGUE Festival, Milan, Italy
2025
• Cycles of Return, Art Space Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK*
• The 10th Daegu Photo Biennale Fringe Photo Festival, NOT ONLY BOOKS, Daegu, South Korea
• The Shape of Reminiscence, NOIASCAPE, London, UK*
• Rotterdam Photo Festival 2025, Museumpark, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Chester Photo Festival 2025, Castlefield Gallery New Art Spaces, Chester, UK
2024
• IPE 165 Exhibition, The Museum of Gloucester, Gloucester, UK
• TCF SUMMER 2024 Show, Candela Books+Gallery, VA, US
• IPE 165 Exhibition, The Royal Photographic Society, Bristol, UK
2021
• miles and miles of skin, The Necessaries, Seoul, South Korea*
• The Value, CICA Museum, Kimpo, South Korea
• WOMAN, Gallery Raon, Seoul, South Korea
Selected Prizes/Grants
2026 PhMuseum 2026 Photography Grant - Curators Pick
2025 National Portrait Gallery Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize - Digital Round Selected
2023 Royal Photographic Society IPE 165 Under 30s Award - Winner
2022 The 9th Amado Photography Award - Finalist
Talks, Publications, Featured and Events
2026
• FOUND: HOME Publication
• PhotoVogue Conversation Panel: 'She saw me. The Female Gaze, Desire, and Fashion'
2025
• NOT ONLY BOOKS Artist Talk
• IMMEMORY Photography Magazine
• Rotterdam Photo'25 Artist Talk
2024
• Alumni of BA Fine Art Interview with Goldsmiths, University of London
• SEE-ZEEN issue #14
• Photobook-Night event at the University of Portsmouth
• OFFPRINT London at Tate Modern at Royal College of Art MA Photography Table
• RPS IPE 165 Open House Artist Talk
• The Journal of The Royal Photographic Society January-March 2024 Vol 164 / No 1
2021
• Catalog #3 Magazine, Florence Contemporary Gallery
Residencies
2026 July PhotoVogue Residency, Taipei, Taiwan
2020 October-November <SHARP #1: Seoul Hanoi Artist Residency Plexus>, Seoul, South Korea
External Links
VOGUE Taiwan Article: 19 Asian creators look back on culture and identity with photography
PVF 2026 Conversations • She Saw Me. The Female Gaze, Desire, and Fashion
PhotoVogue Announces the 40 Selected Artists from the East and Southeast Asian Panorama Open Call
보그 코리아 <동아시아 & 동남아시아 파노라마: 포토보그 리저널> 공모전, 아티스트 40인
Art Space Portsmouth Exhibition <Cycles of Return>
Awards: International Photography Exhibition 165
IPE165 Artist Talk - Juno Seunghui Joo - What A Death Made Us Do
The 9th AMADO Photography Award
The 9th FAPA Award
see-zeen.com/juno-seunghui-joo
Rotterdam Photo'25
Immemory Photography Magazine
Catalog #3, Florence Contemporary Gallery
Gallery RAON Exhibition Woman
VIEPA 2023 AWARD
International EPEX Awards 2023
Education
2023-2024 MA Photography, Royal College of Art, UK
2019-2023 BA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK