Red beans, beans, sprouts, insects, moths, and spring herbs are intricately embroidered on the canvas. Jeong Jeong-yeop has captured the vitality of these elements without overlooking their essence. He has focused on marginalized and fragile beings in his work. Since the 1980s, he has consistently showcased a diverse range of works including painting, installation, and performance art, based on feminist and ecological perspectives. After graduating from the Department of Western Painting at Ewha Womans University in 1985, he held his first solo exhibition, "Life-Encompassing Household Management," at the 21st Century Gallery in 1995, followed by exhibitions such as "Botmul" in 2000, "Strange Life" and "The Thickness of That Life" in 2001, "Face Landscape" and "Red Bean" in 2009, "Finding the Path in Painting, Untamed Life" in 2014, and "Off Bean" in 2011. His significant works include the "Grain" series, which reflects the female gaze hidden behind repetitive labor, and the "First Feast" series, which depicts various female figures.
He is recognized as a leading figure in the Korean feminist art movement and an activist and painter who has captured the shapes and emotions of oppressed women through their labor and daily lives. In the 1980s, he joined art collectives focused on labor issues such as "Dureong" and "Gatkkot" and was a key player in the "Women's Art Study Group," linking field movements and feminist art until the mid-1990s. After the official dissolution of the "Women's Art Study Group" in 1994, he began his dedicated exploration of painting. Since 2000, he has also formed the women artist collective "Breath," opening new horizons in feminist activism and artistic community practice.
-The provided text from the article by Du kyung A of Women's News: