I am a visual artist, entrepreneur, and educator based in Austin, TX. I love supporting communities and strive to find ways to grow together in my art career, services in education, and constructing a symbiotic business. My artworks speak to my nomadic journey of living in many places and belonging nowhere! You will find my creative practice diverse in approaches that are tied to a variety of styles. I constantly evolve my way of seeing the world, reflected in my art with various expressions investigating core interests like identity, time, body, impermanence, and authenticity.

BIO
Jieun Beth received her Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art at the University of Texas at Austin (2013) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting at the Savannah College of Art and Design (2009). She has exhibited regionally, nationally, and internationally, and notable recent exhibitions include the Korea Art Show in Suwon, South Korea (2022), a solo exhibit at CANVAS ATX in Austin, TX (2022), and at ARTIFACT Gallery, New York, NY (2021). She participated in the Desert Door Residency hosted by Big Medium and Desert Door Distillery in Drayden, TX (2022).

Exploring themes ranging from the body to spirit, memory to personal truth, individual to collective, and singular to universal, Jieun Beth threaded concepts between body identity, the identity of memory, and the identity of impermanence. She investigated the influence of beliefs on perceptions and how we identify ourselves and others through perspectives. In her recent series, Regale, she uses Manhwa (manga) and Impressionism, primary inspirations of West and East that influenced her to become a visual artist. She depicts characteristics of her identity in archetypal representations and reclaims her love of painting through this series.

 Jieun Beth is a jack of all trades. She is an art educator with broad teaching experiences working with all ages through diverse educational programs, including private lessons, elementary afterschool art programs, higher education, and community art classes. From 2018 – 2022, Jieun Beth started and led the exhibition program at the award-winning Austin Central Library wearing many hats as the curator, art administrator, and art installer. She has been serving the local and international community through community outreach. She is also the purveyor, chef, and owner of Kimchi Rók, a small business dedicated to her mother’s craft of cooking.