He is the abbot of Dokuozan Genko-ji Temple of the Soto School, a garden designer, and a professor in the Department of Environmental Design at Tama Art University. Born in 1953, he graduated from the Department of Agriculture in the College of Agriculture at Tamagawa University in Japan and practiced at the head temple Sojiji. While creating Zen gardens, he has given lectures at schools and museums around the world.
As a garden designer, he has received numerous honors, including the Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Foreign Minister’s Commendation, the Governor General’s Award of Canada, and the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2006, he was selected by the Japanese edition of Newsweek as one of the “100 Japanese the World Respects.”
His major works include the garden at the Embassy of Canada in Japan, the Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel garden, the garden of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bergen in Norway, and the garden at Hotel Le Port Gojimachi. His published books include The Monk’s Cleaning Method, Understanding Japanese Gardens, The Zen Garden, Muso Soseki, As It Is, A Recommendation of a Simple Lifestyle, and Zen: The Art of Simple Thinking, among others.
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Shunmyo Masuno
枡野俊明
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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.
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Ryu Biho
Since his first solo exhibition Steel Sun in 2000, she has been working with contemporary artists, exhibition curators, and media sociologists to co-organize and research new artistic activities in a media-connected society, such as Art Practice through Hacking (2001) and Parasite-Tactical Media Networks (2004-2006). While organizing and executing these activities, he has also executed various projects such as Dramatic Practice (2010), Co-operative Escape (2010), Twinfix (2011), In My Sky at … -
Sohyun Park
She studied film theory at the Korea National University of Arts and Southeast Asian studies at the National University of Singapore. Her translated works include The Brown History of the World , Selling Poverty , and Beauty Is a Wound , among others. -
Kwon Joon-ho
Kwon Joon-ho studied Visual Communication at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in the UK and taught graphic design at the same school for a year. His 2011 RCA graduation work, Life: The Life of a North Korean Woman , a typographic installation, was selected as one of the ‘Special Choices of the Year’ by the British magazine Creative Review. He was named ‘Rising Star of the Year’ at UK Design Week 2012 and one of the ‘20 Saatchi New Sensations’ at London’s … -
Rhee Pooroni
A graphic designer and illustrator based in Seoul. She majored in Painting at the Rhode Island School of Design and earned both her master’s and doctoral degrees in Visual Design from the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Seoul National University. Currently, she is a professor at the University of Seoul. In 2008, she was recognized as a Next-Generation Design Leader by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy and was also selected as a Star Product Designer by the Korea Craft & Design Foundation. -
Tak Hyeon-gyu
Graduated from the Department of History at Sogang University and earned a Ph.D. in Art History from the Graduate School of Korean Studies at the Academy of Korean Studies. Authored books include: Saimdang’s Garden , Conversations on Paintings , Reflections on Korean Paintings , A Study of the Triad Buddhist Paintings in the Joseon Dynasty . Currently serves as a researcher at the Kansong Art Museum and lectures at institutions including Seoul National University of Education, Gyeongin … -
Gang Yeong-ok
She studied at Duksung Women’s University, Department of German and Literature, and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation. She has worked as a translator at various organizations and taught math to students. Currently, she works as a publication planner and professional translator at the translation agency Enterkorea. Her books include Great Myths of Aging , Nett ist die kleine Schwester von Scheiße , and Schrödinger’s Cat: Fifty Experiments … -
Yamamoto Riken
Riken Yamamoto, born 1945 in Beijing, China is a Japanese architect. In 2024, he received the Pritzker Architecture Prize, considered to be the most prestigious award in architecture, becoming the 9th Japanese architect to receive such honor. -
Lim Dae-geun
Im Dae-geun graduated from the Department of Western Painting and the Graduate School of Art Theory at Seoul National University and completed the Ph.D. coursework in Art History at the University of Melbourne. Since 1997, he has been primarily responsible for exhibition planning at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), organizing notable exhibitions such as «Multiple/Dialogues∞» (2009), «Untitled» (2015), «Cracks» (2018), «Park Iso: Records and Recollections» (2018), «MMCA … -
Lee Soo-kyung
Lee Soo-kyung is an assistant professor at Ewha Womans University’s Hawkman College of Liberal Arts. She teaches Liberal Arts English and American Ethnic and Cultural Fiction. -
kim Ju-gyeong
A lead researcher and type designer at AG Typography Institute , the designer has created typefaces such as AG Hunminjeongeum and AG Choteuktae Myeongjo . They have also directed, researched, and designed both AG original typefaces and custom corporate identity fonts, including Amorepacific’s “APHQ Hangul” , Projekt Produkt’s “PP Sans” , Hyundai Department Store’s “Happiness Sans” , and Jeju Air’s “Flight Sans.” -
Hori Michihiro
Hori Michihiro is a lacquer craftsman, manga artist and author from Toyama. He graduated from Takaoka National College (now University of Toyama, School of Art and Design) with a major in lacquerware and Ishikawa Prefectural Wajima-nuri Lacquerware Training Institute. After working for a cultural property restoration company and as a craftsman in a lacquer workshop, he made his debut as a manga artist in 2003 and has been active in the fields of lacquer and manga ever since. He is the author of …