Busan, officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants as of 2017. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, with its port being South Korea's busiest and the sixth-busiest in the world. The surrounding "Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region" is South Korea's largest industrial area. The large volumes of port traffic and urban population in excess of 1 million make Busan a Large-Port metropolis using the Southampton System of Port-City classification.
Yu Yeon Kim is an independent curator based in New York City, United States and Seoul, South Korea. Kim has curated and been a commissioner of many distinguished international exhibitions of contemporary art.
Street art is visual art created in public locations for public visibility. It has been associated with the terms "independent art", "post-graffiti", "neo-graffiti" and guerrilla art.
The Korea Foundation is a non-profit public diplomacy organization established in 1991 to promote a better understanding of Korea and strengthen friendships in the international community. The foundation carries out various projects for exchange between the South Korea and foreign countries to cultivate mutual understanding.
Atta Kim is a South Korean photographer who has been active since the mid-1980s. He has exhibited his work internationally and was the first photographer chosen to represent South Korea in the São Paulo Biennial.
Fentress Architects is an international design firm known for large-scale public architecture such as airports, museums, university buildings, convention centers, laboratories, and high-rise office towers. Some of the buildings for which the firm is best known include Denver International Airport (1995), the modernized Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX (2013), the National Museum of the Marine Corps near Quantico, Virginia (2005), and the Green Square Complex in Raleigh, North Carolina (2012).
Suh Yongsun, also Yong Sun Suh or Seo Young-Sun, is a Korean painter and sculptor. In his art he mainly portrays human existence.
The Museo de Arte Antonio Paredes Candia is an art museum in El Alto, Bolivia.
Lee Jung-seob was a Korean artist most known for his oil paintings, such as White Ox.
Roger M. Buergel is a writer and curator. He was born in Berlin (West).
Seungduk Kim is a curator & exhibition organizer in the field of contemporary art. She is currently working for Le Consortium in Dijon as co-director and associate curator. Seungduk Kim was selected as Commissioner of the Korean Pavilion for the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013. She was in charge with Franck Gautherot – for Le Consortium – of the artistic direction in Asia Culture Center in 2014 to 2016, for space design and public art programs. Kim Seung-duk was made Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of France, in July 2022.
Haeundae LCT The Sharp is a major urban development project in Jung-dong, Haeundae District, Busan, South Korea. Located in front of Haeundae Beach, it consists of a 411.6 m (1,350 ft), 101-floor supertall landmark tower and two 85-floor residential skyscrapers. It has an urban entertainment complex at the base housing a shopping mall, a hot spring spa and a water park. The landmark tower houses luxury and residential hotels with a convention center and an observatory.
Kimsooja was born in Daegu, South Korea. Kimsooja is a multi-disciplinary conceptual artist who travels between her three homes and places of work in New York City, Paris, and Seoul. In 1980 Kim graduated with a B.F.A in Painting from Hong-Ik University, Seoul and continued to pursue her M.F.A there, obtaining the degree in 1984 at the age of 27. Her origin as a painter was a crucial starting point for the development of her art. That same year, she received a scholarship to study art at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France, where she studied Printmaking. Her first solo exhibition was held in 1988 at Gallery Hyundai, Seoul. Currently, her work is featured in countless international museums and galleries as well as public art fairs and other spaces. Her practice combines performance, film, photo, and site-specific installation using textile, light, and sound. Kimsooja's work investigates questions concerning the conditions of humanity, while engaging issues of aesthetics, culture, politics, and the environment. Her principle of ‘non-doing’ and ‘non-making,’ which follows a conceptual and structural investigation of performance through modes of mobility and immobility, inverts the notion of the artist as the predominant actor.
Chang-Jin Lee (Korean: 이창진) is a Korean-American visual artist who lives in New York City.
Lee Hun Chung (이헌정) is a South Korean artist. He is famous for working with ceramics and concrete in a wide range from small objects to large installations. Lee creates modern day pieces using techniques and colors dating back to the Joseon Dynasty. Lee attended Hong-ik University in Seoul from 1986–1991 with a BFA in ceramic sculpture. He continued his education throughout San Francisco and Korea, and getting a PH.D in architecture from Kyung-Won University in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
Choi Byung Hoon (최병훈) is a South Korean artist. He is considered by many to be the father of Contemporary Korean Design. Choi graduated from the Hong-ik University with a degree in applied fine arts in 1974, a few years later he completed his masters of fine arts from Hong-ik. Since his graduation, Choi has become well known for his work in modernizing the traditions of Korean design. Choi gathers inspiration from Mayan, Incan, African and Indian cultures. He had been a professor of College of Fine Arts at Hongik University from 1990 to 2017 and is currently Honorary Professor at Hongik University.
Phil America is an American artist who creates conceptual artworks mixed with design and photography.
Vakki (Korean: 빠키) is a South Korean artist who runs "Papapapa Tamguso". Based on visual art, it is exploring various media such as stereoscopic installation, spatial art, and video work. Vakki is actively showing exhibitions at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Paik Nam-joon Art Center, Daelim Museum's guseulmoa, Seoul Museum of Art, and Arco Art Theater, and many showcases, groups, and individual exhibitions have been held overseas in Berlin, Thailand, and New York. In addition, the field of visual arts is expanding by showing the writer's pleasant visual language through collaboration with cultural and artistic spaces, commercial brands, and fashion designers.
Bahc Yiso, also known as Mo Bahc, was a visual artist, cultural organizer, curator, theorist, and educator.
The Union Exhibition of Korean Young Artists, sometimes called The Korean Young Artists Association Exhibition or Young Artists Coalition Exhibition, was an art show put by three Korean collectives: Zero Group, Origin, and New Exhibition Group. Held from December 11-16, 1967 at the Central Public Information Hall, artists protested the stagnancy of traditional art institutions and they debuted Korea’s first ever performance art. This exhibition represented young artists’ deep interest in new, contemporary art forms other than traditional painting and sculpture. While the public protests held during the show were eventually stopped by the police for questioning, the legacy of the show continued through the participant’s continued staging of performances and the formation of the group Avant-Garde Association (AG): a group dedicated to advancing contemporary avant-garde activities and scholarship in Korea.
