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  Education
2002     M.F.A., University of Iowa, School of Art & Art History, Iowa City, IA
2001     M.A., University of Iowa, School of Art & Art History, Iowa City, IA
1999     M.F.A., EWHA University, Seoul, Korea
1996     B.F.A., Korea University, Seoul, Korea
  Solo Exhibitions
2008     "Turbulence Utopia", The Mint Museum, VantagePoint VII, Charlotte, NC
"No Peach Heaven: MuRungDowon", Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007     "line tripping", Curator's Office, Washington, DC
"fabulous fictions", Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY
Miki Wick Kim Contemporary, (Two person show), Zurich, Switzerland
"Stain Trivia;" Project exhibition, Take-out Drawing, Seoul, Korea
2006     "Pleasant Purgatory", Brain Factory, Seoul, Korea
2005     Scope Miami, Curator's Office, Miami Beach, FL
"Symbioland", Curator's Office, Washington, DC
2004     Greenbelt Art Center, Greenbelt, MD
Elizabeth Roberts Gallery, Washington, DC
"Hypermeltedfictioncontradiction", Dega Gallery, McLean, VA
2003     "I'll Meet You There", Korean Cultural Service, Washington, DC
"Moonscape", McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
2002     "Absolute Narrative", Eve Drewelowe Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
  Selected Group Exhibitions
2007     "Talent Show", Atlanta Biennial, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, Curated by Stuart Horodner
"Levity", The Drawing Center, Curated by Katherine Carl, New York, NY
"This Many", Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2006     Asia Society's 10-Artist Print Portfolio, Asia Society and Museum, New York, Tyler Print Institute, Singapore
"One way or Another", Asian American Art Now, Asia Society and Museum, New York, NY, Curated by Melissa Chiu, Susette S. Min and Karin Higa, Catalogue. Art Gallery of University of Houston, TX, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, CA, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles. Until 2008
"The Real World", Katzen Art Center of American University, Washington, DC
"Animalia", Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC
2005     The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art awards, Creative Partners gallery, Bethesda, MD
"Boundaries, Contemporary Landscape", Union Gallery, Curated by Jeff Rhodes, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
"Red beans and Rice", Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, Curated by Craig Bunting and Koan Jeff Baysa
"Strictly Painting 5", McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA, Juror: Jonathan P. Binstock
"State of the Art", A Mid-Atlantic Overview, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
"Family Sublime", Park School, Brooklandville, MD
2004     "Semi-Lucid", White Columns, Curated by Lauren Ross, New York, NY
"Technature", Two person show, Kunstoffice, Berlin, Germany
"Storytellers", Los Medanos College Gallery, Pittsburg, CA
2003     "Worlds-Welton-Valdar-SaeGae", Atelierhaus Mengerzeile, M3, Berlin, Germany
"Hand and Eye", Artist-in-Residence 2002-2004, Wesley Seminary, Washington, DC
"Fully Integrated", Juror: David Chung & Andrea Pollan, Dega Gallery, McLean, VA
2002     Summer Salon, Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA
"Midwest Ticket", Gallery 119, Chicago, IL
M.F.A. Exhibition, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
"InBetween", Byron Buford Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2001     Small Painting, Byron Burford Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
"Appendage", Eve Drewelowe Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2000     "For Family", Byron Buford Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
"Funny Bones", Byron Burford Gallery University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1999  
  "10 plus 4", Fox building, Maryland Art Institute, Baltimore, MD
"Field", Gwan-Hoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Grants and Awards / Residency
2008     Headlands Center for the Arts, Golden Foundation Fellowship, Sausalito, CA
2007     Art Omi International Artists residency, Ghent, NY
Acadia Summer Art Program, (Kippy Kamp), Bar Harbor, ME
2006     Singapore Tyler Print Institute, artists in residency, awarded by Asia Society and Museum New York, NY
2005     Best in Show, The Trawick Prize, Bethesda Artists awards, Bethesda, MD, Jurors: Olga Viso; Director of Hirshhorn museum and sculpture garden, Thom Collins; Director of Baltimore Museum of Art, Andrea Pollan: Independent curator and director of Curator's Office
2004     The Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion, Artist-in-Residence, (January -May), Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC
2003     Best in Show, fully integrated, exhibition awarded, Dega Gallery, McLean, VA
UCROSS Foundation, (March), Clearmont, WY
2002     Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, (June), Sweet Briar, VA
2001-2002     Pelzer-Lynch Scholarship, School of Art & Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2000-2001     Lucinda Mendenhalle Wile Scholarship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1999-2000     School of Art & Art History Alumni Scholarship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1996     Highest Honors in Art Education, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Korea University Scholarship, Seoul, Korea
  Bibliography / Review
  Nord Wennerstrom, ARTFORUM, P360, Dec. 2007
Kriston Capps, "Line Tripping", Washington City Paper, Oct. 3, 2007
Pill Oppenheim, "Talent show", Art Papers, Page 57, September/October issue, 2007
New American Paintings, Open Press, #70 Southern regions, Boston, MA 2007
David Cohen, "Weather Channels", New York Sun, May 25, 2007
Roberta Smith, A Melange of Asian Roots and Shifting Identities, New York Times, September 8, 2006
Daniel Kunitz, Defying The Definitive, New York Sun, September 14, 2006
Jeff Yang, Asian Pop Art Breakers, San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Monday, Oct 16, 2006
New American Paintings, Open Press, #63 Mid Atlantic regions, Boston, MA 2006
George Howell, Art Papers, Jiha Moon Page 71, January/February issue, 2006
Diana McClintock, Art Papers, Red Beans and Rice, Page 53, January/February issue, 2006
Jeffry Cudlin, Washington City Paper, Symbioland, October 7, 2005
Michael O'Sullivan, The Washington Post, Jiha Moon's Shining Contrast, Sept.16, WE57, 2005
Jessica Dawson, The Washington Post, Jiha Moon's Fantasy Island, Sept.15,C05, 2005
Ken Johnson, New York Times, Semi Lucid OCT. 8, 2004
Jessica Dawson, The Washington Post, In Moon's Work, The Eyes Have It, AUG. 15, CO5, 2004
Jennifer Modenessi, Contra-Costa Times, Narrative Artworks Tell Engrossing Stories, FEB. 20, 2004
Joanna Shaw-Eagle, Washington Times, Top Picks JAN. 15, 2004
Jinsuk Kim, Painting by Jiha Moon, The Korea Daily, AUG. 21, 2003
American Diaspora - Poetry of Displacement, Edited by Virgil Suarez and Ryan G. Cleave - Book Cover, 2000, University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, IA, 52242, Cover Artwork
  Collections (selected)
  The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA
Smithsonian Institute, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Neuberger Berman Art Collection, New York, NY
Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore
Asia Society and Museum, New York, NY
City Hall Art Collection, The John A. Wilson Building, Washington, DC
Art Omi International Art Center, Ghent, NY
Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY
University of Iowa These Archives, Iowa City, IA