South Korean hyper realist artist JW-Jeong (full name Joongwon Charles Jeong) graduated from Hongik University in Seoul, specializing in Visual Communication Design / Illustration. The main inspiration for historical portraits by JW-Jeong is a person making this history. The art of a young and talented South Korean artist hyper realist Joongwon Charles Jeong has been featured at numerous solo and group art exhibitions, starting from 2008 in South Korea and Japan. In 2012 he was awarded 1st Prize in Painting at Beaux-Art.

Joongwon Charles Jeong’s statement – “Aristotle once said, ‘A corpse is repulsive, but the painting of a corpse can be beautiful.’ And I say, ‘A pimple is repulsive, but the painting of a pimple can be beautiful.’ It’s the magic that keeps me practicing on hyper-realistic portraits!”

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