JIN JEONG

Jin Jeong, Monument Valley, 2022, Oil on linen , Collection of Cafesjian Art Trust at The Cafesjian Art Trust Museum. 2025.420.1.

Monument Valley transforms the familiar geography of canyons and peaks into a symphony of color and waves, like a fever dream of nature. In Jin Jeong’s hands, geography becomes an abstract fluid, surging like rivers of emotion unbound by realism. The canvas is a living landscape. One not shaped by erosion but by movement, mood, and memory. 

Jeong’s palette destabilizes the viewer’s sense of place, drawing them into a new world. Here, lime green cliffs meet magenta highlights; tangerine and cobalt collide in tectonic shadows. The result is both psychedelic and meditative. 

This is not a depiction of land, but a reimagining of how the beauty of land feels. 

Written by Laniah Mars, CAT Summer Intern (2025)