1935년 함경남도 원산에서 태어나 일제강점기와 해방, 한국전쟁의 파고를 겪으며 살아남았다. 홍익대학교에서 조각을 공부한 뒤 파리 국립고등미술학교(École des Beaux-Arts)로 유학을 떠나 그곳에서 이응노, 한묵, 문신 등 파리의 당대 예술가와 교류하고, 새로운 조각 기법과 판화를 공부하며 예술 세계를 확장했다. 귀국 후 상명여자대학교 조소과 교수로 재직하며 작업을 이어가던 그는 1984년 조카를 보러 찾아간 아르헨티나의 대자연에 깊이 매료되었고, 한국에서의 안정적 삶을 뒤로하고 야생의 재료를 찾아 그곳에서 40년 동안 왕성한 작품 활동을 했다.
그는 70년이 넘는 시간 동안 조각의 본질을 탐구해온 예술가이자 ‘조각-회화’라는 독자적인 장르를 개척한 작가다. 나무와 돌을 주재료로 삼아 조각과 회화의 경계를 넘나들며 오로지 작업에 매진했다. 서로 다른 둘이 만나 하나가 되고, 그 하나가 다시 둘로 나뉜다는 ‘합이합일 분이분일(合二合一 分二分一)’ 철학은 작가의 예술 세계를 관통하는 핵심 철학이다.
남미에서 수십 차례 개인전을 열어 입지를 다진 반면 국내에서는 알려지지 않은 편이었으나, 2023년 서울시립남서울미술관 전시를 계기로 다시 조명받기 시작, 2024년 베니스비엔날레 본전시에 초청되며 전 세계의 주목을 받았다. 세계적인 아트플랫폼 아트시의 ‘2024 가장 영향력 있는 작가 10인’에 선정되었고, 2024년 문화체육관광부로부터 보관문화훈장을 수훈했다. 90대에 접어든 그는 지금도 전기톱을 들고 작업실에 서서 묵묵히 작업을 이어가고 있다.
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Lee Jung-min graduated from Ewha Womans University, Faculty of Design and received her master’s degree from the Graduate School of Industrial Design with the thesis Strategies for Legal Protection of Service Design . Since 2013, she has been working as a researcher at the Korean Intellectual Property Office.
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Stanley Morison
Stanley Arthur Morison was a British typographer, printing executive and historian of printing. Largely self-educated, he promoted higher standards in printing and an awareness of the best printing and typefaces of the past. From the 1920s Morison became an influential adviser to the British Monotype Corporation, advising them on type design. His strong aesthetic sense was a force within the company, which starting shortly before his joining became increasingly known for commissioning popular, … -
Kim Hyun-a
After graduating from Hongik University’s Visual Design Department and KAIST’s MBA program, she worked as a designer in various organizations. She works as a freelance designer and participates in open design projects such as the Open Design Salon at Creative Commons Korea. -
Kim Dae-kwon
He started his career as a font engineer with the first project, “Malgun Gothic”, the first Korean hinting font for UI. He developed various plugins for font editors and gave many technical lectures. He enjoys various collaborations and conversations with font designers. He is currently in charge of mobile font download service at Font Bank and operates Line Gap. -
Simon Morley
Simon Morley is a visual artist and until 2023 was Assistant Professor in the College of Arts, Dankook University, Republic of Korea. As well as being author of three titles for Thames & Hudson— Modern Painting , Seven Keys to Modern Art and Writing on the Wall —He is also the author of The Simple Truth: The Monochrome in Modern Art and By Any Other Name: A Cultural History of the Rose . He has lectured at such museums as Tate, The National Gallery, Hayward Gallery, Serpentine Gallery, … -
Yoon Min-goo
Yoon Min-goo was born in 1989. Graphic designer and font designer. He draws letters and turns them into fonts. He has created various Korean fonts, starting with the web font Barngul in 2002. A separate interest is modern paleontology. He is fascinated by the process of providing letters as materials to workers in various fields and collaborating with them to produce unexpected results. -
Yoon Ho-seob
Yoon Ho-seob is an environmental activist and South Korea’s first Green Designer. An emeritus professor of visual design at Kookmin University’s College of Architecture, he has pioneered work that combines design and the environment, education and the environment, and develops and provides design works to support environmental movements by students and private organizations. He is the author of books such as Yoon Ho-seob and Dreaming of a Green Campus . -
Kiura Mikio
Born and raised in Osaka. He has two master degrees in computer science at Nara Institute of Science and Technology and design at Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design. Currently, he runs his award-winning design studio ANKR DESIGN in Tokyo and designs new products and services with his clients. He thoroughly understands the Japanese manufacturing industry, as well as, the workflow of large companies and startups in Japan. He also has a profound knowledge of Japan’s unique culture and … -
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파리를 기반으로 활동하는 프랑스 예술가. 1977년 뉴욕에서 장기 체류하면서 사진가가 되기로 결심했다. 프랑스로 돌아온 뒤 국립 고등 영화·사진 학교인 루이 뤼미에르국립고등학교(Ecole nationale superieure Louis–Lumiere)에서 사진을 전공했다. 패션, 연극, 영화, 배우 초상 사진 등 다양한 분야에서 활동한 후 개인 사진 스튜디오를 설립해 광고 에이전시와 잡지를 상대로 작업했다. 동시에 ‘사람이 거주하는 건축(architecture habitee)’을 주제로 한 개인 작업을 지속해왔다. 2009년, 인도에 위치한 르코르뷔지에 건축을 다룬 중요한 프로젝트를 작업하며 건축과 도시계획 주제로 되돌아왔다. 이 작업의 첫 번째 시리즈인 〈찬디가르(Chandigarh)〉는 뉴욕, 도쿄, 뉴델리, 파리, 아를, 브뤼셀, 카디프, 서울에서 전시했다. 그의 사진 작품은 개인 및 공공 컬렉션에 소장돼 있다. 최근 〈찬디가르〉 시리즈 중 한 점을 시카고미술관이 소장했으며, … -
Oh Byung-keun
His teaching and research focuses on visualization for information and knowledge transfer. He is also interested in design-centered and interdisciplinary approaches for desirable interactions between humans and information, humans and media, and humans and space. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. in design from Seoul National University and his M.F.A. from New York University Graduate Center, and is currently a professor of visual design at Yonsei University, College of Design and Art. His books … -
Korea Craft & Design Foundation
The Korea Craft & Design Foundation (KCDF) is a public organization affiliated to the Korean Ministry of Sports, Culture and Tourism. The objective of the organization is to promote Korea’s craft, design and hanbok both in Korea and internationally. It is our responsibility to promote the field in order to create opportunities for young makers, artists and related groups. We focus on preserving our own cultural heritage by re-interpreting tradition, research on craft materials/skills and … -
Yoo Ji-won
Yoo Ji-won is designer who loves books and letters. She majored in visual design at Seoul National University’s Department of Industrial Design and worked as a book designer at Minsumsa. He received an artistic scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD, majored in typography at the Leipzig University of Graphic and Book Arts, and was a BK Research Professor at Hongik University’s Metadesign Center. Since then, he has taught typography and editorial design at Seoul …