This page lists notable Korean painters beginning from the Joseon Dynasty, including any born in Korea or identifying themselves as Korean.
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Joseon period
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20th century
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Contemporary painters
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Name
Korean name
Born
Note
References
Rhee, Seund Ja
이성자
1918–2009
The Milky Way at Tourrettes, Var
Kim Tschang Yeul
김창열
1929
lives in Paris. Known for Water Drops (1978)
Park Seo-Bo
박서보
1931
Kim Sang-Soon
김상순*
1939
O Yoon
오윤
1946–1986
Lee Dong Youb
이동엽 *
1946
Seok Cheoljoo
석철주
1950
Park, Hang-Ryul
박항률
1950
Suh Yongsun
서용선
1951
Korea's artist of the year 2009
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Ko Young-hoon
고영훈
1952
Surrealist painter
Kim Byung-jong
김병종
1953
South Korean painter
Kim, Tschoon Su
김춘수
1957
paintings in Blue
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Haegue Yang
South Korean artist (born 1971)
Haegue Yang (Korean: 양혜규; born December 12, 1971) is a South Korean artist primarily working in sculpture and installation. After receiving her B.F.A from Seoul National University in 1994, Yang received an M.A. from Städelschule where she now teaches as a professor of Fine Arts. She currently lives and works in Berlin and Seoul.
With the statement “I believe that out of the alienation one can mobilize the unusual strength to sympathize with the others,” Yang seeks to embrace vulnerability, thus exploring themes that may include “individual and national identity, displacement, isolation, and community.” Yang also ensures an ambiguity to avoid “tying herself to one [identity] based on gender, race or geography.”[1] Therefore, Yang's work often places disparate household objects, including yarn, light fixtures, and fans, into alternative configurations, exploring meanings they can take on outside of their typical
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Sun-Kyo Park (b.1990, South Korea) is a Korean artist born in 1990, in Jeonju, South Korea. Sun Kyo Park was awarded with Independant 2019 KOREA; In 2015, he graduated from Hoseo University, with a degree in Visual Design. He currently lives and works in Seoul.
The power of a character's impression is tremendous. When Park Sun Kyo observes a person, he directs his focus on his facial expressions because the face also plays an important role in determining the first impression. Even though body language outlines information about the person's state of mind, the artist believes that a person's emotions and history are best revealed through the face; even if all other expressions work well, the lack of facial expression makes it difficult to captivate the audience right away at the first glance. The impression of a character with all this information gathered may be only a momentary afterimage through which we can recognize a person in a short period of time