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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Alexandra Klobouk is an artist, author and culture & content illustrator working between Berlin and the rest of the world. In her work she combines visual storytelling, journalism, intercultural communication, travel sketching, music, performance and various other disciplines. Her work is vivid, fun and full of life, while it often tells stories of complex, difficult or unpleasant topics like Climate Change and Pollution, Gentrification, Fear of Strangers, the Holocaust or ignorance about …
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Yonsei HCI Lab
The Yonsei HCI Lab focuses on research in human-AI interaction, with a special emphasis on UX design for digital health systems that enhance well-being and treat diseases. The lab members, who are not just HCI experts but ‘Experience Engineers,’ are dedicated to developing innovative digital health products that help bring meaningful experiences through AI technology. -
Lee Sung-pyo
An illustrator who believes in the comforting power of pictures. Starting with the magazine Madang in 1982, he has worked in various fields such as newspapers, magazines, books, picture books, and advertisements. He taught at Hongik University’s Visual Design Department and the Korea School of Illustration for many years. He illustrated the picture books Tiger , It’s raining , Boy , and Reading Poetry , and wrote and illustrated Blue Walk , I’m Big, You’re Small , and … -
문현선
이화여자대학교에서 사학과 중어중문학을 복수 전공하고 동 대학원에서 중국 신화로 석사, 중국 문화로 박사 학위를 받았다. 현재 대학에서 중국문학과 중국 문화, 문화 콘텐츠 관련 강의를 맡고 있으며, 이야기공작소 파수의 캐릭터 프로파일러이자 인문 연구 모임 문이원의 상임연구원으로 활동하고 있다. 저서로 『무협』, 공저로 『종로미각』 『소인경』 등이 있고, 옮긴 책으로 『끝에서 두 번째 여자친구』 『다리 위 미친 여자』 『행위예술』 『열여덟, 소녀를 내게 줘』 『꽃 피는 시절』 등 중국 및 대만의 현대문학, 다수의 인문서가 있다. -
Song Tae-wook
He graduated from Yonsei University’s Department of Korean Language and Literature and received his Ph.D. from the same graduate school. He was a researcher at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and is currently a university lecturer and translator. He is the author of The Renaissance Man Kim Seung-ok (co-author), and the translator of I Am a Cat , Kokoro , The Light of Illusion, Story of the Crusades, Cut Off, Those Praying Hands, The Birth of Form, We All Return Home,* and other books. … -
Ahn Young-joo
Ahn Young-joo graduated from Hongik University, Department of Art, and received her doctorate from the same university with a thesis titled “Critical Discourse on Vernacular Design and Political Possibilities.” She has lectured on various design cultural theories such as design and material culture, design history, and craft theory at Hongik University and Konkuk University, and is currently an adjunct professor at Konkuk University’s Department of Industrial Design. Her publications include … -
Fiona Raby
Fiona Raby, of Dunne & Raby , is University Professor of Design and Social Inquiry at The New School in New York and a Visiting Distinguished Professor at the China Academy of Art (CAA) in Hangzhou. She was Professor of Industrial Design (id2) at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna between 2011-2016 and was Reader in Design Interactions at the RCA between 2005-2015. She studied Architecture at the RCA before working for Kei’ichi Irie Architects in Tokyo. She also holds an MPhil … -
Jang Hun-gyo
A full-time researcher at the Research Center for Common Resources and Sustainable Society at Jeju National University. She dreams of running a small research institute under the name Democracy for All. She is the author of The Miryang War: A Radical Democracy Project Based on Common Resources and is currently working on her next book. -
Nam Ho-jung
She graduated from Hongik University College of Fine Arts and Dong Graduate School of Visual Design and earned a PhD in visual design. Since then, She has worked at a design institute, planned and produced numerous corporate projects, served as the president of the Korea University Press Association, director of the Korea Industrial Artists Association, and director of the Gwangju Jeonnam Design Association. She is currently an associate professor of art at Chonnam National University College … -
Leonard Koren
Leonard Koren was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles. While a teenager he designed and built a full-scale Japanese tea house out of scavenged materials. While an undergraduate student at UCLA, Koren was awarded a fellowship to pursue experiments in photographic process. He also worked as an exhibition installer at the university’s fine arts and ethnographic museums. In 1969 Koren quit school and co-founded the Los Angeles Fine Arts Squad, a trompe l’oeil mural painting group that … -
Noh Eun-yu
Font designer and researcher. She founded Notype in 2018 and has been creating letters based on research and experimentation since then. She teaches typography at Konkuk University, Ewha Womans University, and Hongik University. She graduated from Hongik University’s Department of Visual Design in 2006, and received her master’s degree in 2008 with a thesis on “A study on the Hangul phonetic alphabet system for phonetic transcription of Japanese” and her doctorate in 2011 with a … -
Choi Hyuk-kyoo
A member of the steering committee at the Center for Cultural Society and a former activist with the Cultural Action. Currently works in the field of cultural education. Maintains a steady interest in technology, culture, and labor while studying cultural theory and social sciences.