Royal College of Art (group residency) / Nyoungjun Moon

photo Simon Beckmann

Royal College of Art (group residency) / Nyoungjun Moon / sculpture

The artist works across sculpture, photography, and performance to question the structures of belief that shape social reality. Her practice begins with a fundamental suspicion toward what is often accepted as self-evident truth, examining how fiction, authority, and collective belief are constructed and continuously reproduced within society.

Focusing on the relationship between space, institutions, and the body, the artist investigates how systems of belief become embedded in everyday environments. Through minimal yet concentrated sculptural forms, she translates invisible structures of power into spatial experiences. Architectural fragments, shifts in scale, and spatial displacements function as tools for revealing how social orders are naturalized and maintained.

Rather than illustrating political narratives directly, her work operates through subtle spatial tension. The restrained forms create encounters that prompt viewers to reconsider the foundations of the beliefs and social systems they inhabit.

During her residency at Joya AiR, she explored the instability of the family as a social structure through the tent—an architecture defined by its temporary condition and its constant possibility of assembly and dismantling.

In partnership with the Royal College of Art, this group residency at Joya: AiR was curated by guest artist Annie Edwards (GBA 26, MA RCA, BFA) www.annieedwards.com