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MAE JEON

Lives and works in New York, USA
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New York City fine artist Mae Jeon produces
sophisticated and elegant digital floral fine
artworks that are suitable for private and public
collections.
Her vivid, light-filled paintings attract the eye and
delight the soul! Born in Seoul, Korea, Mae has been
involved in the world of art and designs over
25 years. She received a BS and MFA in graphic
and advertising design from Hong-Ik University in
Seoul. Her graphic design career began in Tokyo,
Japan, where Mae further developed her technical
skills on branding campaigns, designing packaging
and advertisements. While working as a designer
Mae began developing her painting techniques
and style.
In 1977, she moved to New York and continued
working as a graphic designer. She started using
computer for graphic art applications for design
works. In 2000, she began to create digital fine
artworks incorporating floral subjects. In the
relationship of digital technology with nature, she
uses the frailty of flowers to depict the delicacy of
emotions.
Her artwork has been exhibited in numerous solo
and group shows in New York City galleries. Mae
also exhibited her artworks in California and a
museum in Florida. Recently she had a unique art
exhibition with her 4 sisters in Seoul, Korea and
she was a participated artist of the 2005 Florence
Biennale in Italy. Jeon has received several awards
for her work and has been featured in magazines
and art publications in the US and Europe. Her
digital artwork is printed on fine art paper using
archival ink.

“Flowers in my art represent my emotional and
spiritual experiences. I use them to express my
feeling of the emotional conflicts, desire and
experiences that I encounter in everyday situations.
Each artwork is an expression of a personal
experience and the resulting series becomes a
public flower garden of my private emotions.”
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