UNF Gallery at MOCA Jacksonville
As part of a dynamic relationship between the Ӱ and the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville (MOCA), the UNF Gallery at MOCA serves as a catalyst for faculty and student creative research and community engagement. This public-facing space provides a professional platform for innovative exhibitions, interdisciplinary inquiry, and collaborative projects that connect the university with the broader Jacksonville community.The gallery exhibits national and international contemporary artists and provides educational programming, lectures, workshops and conferences.
This collaboration expands the efforts of both venues to provide transformational learning opportunities to students and to showcase UNF to the larger Jacksonville community. Through curatorial practice, experimental programming, and scholarly exploration, the gallery advances UNF’s commitment to creativity, discovery, and cultural impact in the heart of downtown Jacksonville.
ON VIEW
Jiha Moon: Half Moon
February 28 - August 23, 2026
Jiha Moon (b. 1973, DaeGu, South Korea) is a contemporary visual artist with a multifaceted practice ranging from gestural paintings, ceramic sculptures, and installations. Moon draws from a wide range of influences, including Eastern and Western art histories, Korean temple paintings and folk traditions, popular culture, internet emojis and icons, and product packaging from around the world. She often transforms and distorts these visual languages, making them both unrecognizable and strangely familiar at the same time.
Her work is included in the collections of The Asia Society, The High Museum of Art, The Mint Museum, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Renwick Gallery, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, among others. She joined Florida State University's Art department faculty in the fall of 2023.
She is a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow and a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation's Painters & Sculptors Grant. Her mid-career survey exhibition, Double Welcome: Most Everyone’s Mad Here, organized by the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art and the Taubman Museum, toured more than 15 museums across the U.S.
This exhibition was curated by Ian Carey, Curator of UNF Galleries, and Instructor in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at the Ӱ.
IMAGE CREDIT: Jiha Moon, Parang 1 (Blue Fan Face), Ink and Acrylic on Hanji Paper mounted on Canvas, 2018. Image Courtesy of the Artist
HOW TO VISIT
MOCA Jacksonville is located in the core of Downtown, at 333 N. Laura Street.
There is ample parking at the Duval and Monroe street garages. Metered parking spaces around the Museum are also available, which are free after 6:00 p.m. on weekdays and all day during weekends. UNF students, faculty, and staff, as well as museum members, receive free 4-hour garage parking at the Duval Street parking garage (excluding special event).
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