June Hwajung (born 1991 in Jeonju, South Korea) received his BFA in Korean Arts from the JeonBuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea in 2015 and is currently studying at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria in the class of Daniel Richter.

The artistic practice of June Hwajung is deeply influenced by his long engagement with traditional Korean art. His works begin with a layer of "hanji", thin Korean paper applied across the entire canvas. He then paints more sheets of Korean paper with watercolor, cuts out pieces, and attaches them to the prepared surface. This collage-like process generates a nuanced spatial depth with a strong structural presence. Occasionally, he adds a figurative accent at the end using black ink.

While the works are marked by vivid color and seemingly simple motifs, they often reveal layered meanings beneath their surface. June Hwajung explores intimacy, desire, and vulnerability, focusing on how emotions and relationships unfold within different spaces. A garden, for instance, becomes a metaphor for migration and fragile belonging: plants from uncertain origins grow side by side, adapt, or only appear briefly before disappearing. Elsewhere, objects within domestic interiors appear displaced from their familiar context, evoking states of disorientation and instability. By tracing how norms, traditions, and power structures are internalized within intimate environments, June Hwajung’s work reveals the quiet tensions that shape experiences of migration, human connection, and identity today.