Nam June Paik

Basic Data

• Born: 20 July 1932
• Place of birth: Seoul, South Korea
• Died on: 29 January 2006
• Nationality: American
• Studied at: University Tokyo, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Hochschule für Musik Freiburg
• Teachers: Arnold Schönberg, Wolfgang Fortner
• Similar artists: Joseph Beuys
• Era: Modern art
• Stylistic direction: video art, fluxus

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Exhibitions

• 05.09.2020 – 24.04.2022 Love Stories – 10 Jahre SCHAUWERK – SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen.
• 26.06.2020 – 02.08.2020 FLUXU reloaded – neue Perspektiven in der Dauerausstellung – Museum FLUXUS+ Potsdam.
• 13.05.2020 – 08.05.2020 düsseldorf photo+ 2020 - düsseldorf photo+, Düsseldorf.
• 12.05.2020 – 07.05.2020 Nam June Paik TV Wave – Nam June Pail Art Center, Yongin.
• 08.11.2019 – 15.03.2020 Der montierte Mensch / The Assembled Human - Museum Folkwang, Essen.
• 17.10.2019 – 09.02.2020 Nam June Paik - Tate Modern, London.
• 20.07.2019 – 30.11.2019 ZERO GRAVITY - ERES-Stiftung, Munich.
• 16.02.2019 - 20.02.2020 Nam June Paik Media ‘n’ Mediea - Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin.
• 28.03.2019 - 28.07.2019 The Body Electric - Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
• 17.09.2018 - 17.1.2018 Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974-1995 - SculptureCenter, Long Island.
• 26.05.2018 - 16.09.2018 E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology): Open-ended - National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul.
• 20.04.2018 - 19.08.2018 Flashes of the Future. Die Kunst der 68er oder Die Macht der Ohnmächtigen - Ludwig Forum, Aachen.
• 15.02.2018 - 26.09.2018 More than 30 minutes - Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin.
• 08.02.2018 - 15.04.2018 Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1975-1995 - List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge.
• 03.06.2017 - 01.01.2018 Nam June Paik. In Character -  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco.
• 02.05.2017 - 04.03.2018 Extraordinary Phenomenon. Nam June Paik - Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin.
• 22.10.2016 - 29.01.2017 Kunst in Europa 1945–1968 - ZKM | Karlsruhe.
• 05.07.2016 - 23.04.2017 Point-Line-Plane-TV - Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin.
• 01.10.2015 - 17.01.2016 TELE-GEN. Kunst und Fernsehen - Kunstmuseum Bonn.

Awards

• 2007: Order of Cultural Merit, Seoul.
• 2004: Edward MacDowell Medal in the Arts, Peterborough.
• 2001: Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton.
• 2001: Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Prize of the city Duisburg.
• 1998: Kyoto-Prize, Kyoto.
• 1995: Ho-Am-Prize, Seoul.
• 1993: Golden Lion, Biennale Venice.
• 1992: Picasso-Medal of the UNESCO.
• 1991: Kaiserring of the city Goslar.
• 1989: Kurt-Schwitters-Prize, Hanover.
• 1981: Will-Grohmann-Prize, Berlin.

Films

• Nam June Paik. Open your eyes, Documentation by Maria Anna Tappeiner, 61min., Germany 2010.
• Nam June Paik: Seoul NyMax Performance 1997, performance record by Stephen Vitiello, 17min., USA 1999.
• April is the Cruelest Month, by Shigeko Kubota, 52min., USA 1999.
• Nam June Paik: 2 Piano Concerts: 1994/95, performance record by Stephen Vitiello, 20 min, USA 1997.

Literature

• Sounding the Gallery: Video and the Rise of Art-Music, Holly Rogers, New York 2013.
• Nam June Paik, exhibition catalog, Susanne Rennert und Sook-Kyung Le (Publ.), Ostfildern 2010.
• Nam June Paik. Videokunst in Museen, Eunji Kim, Berlin 2010.
• Nam June Paik: Exposition of music, electronic television, exhibition catalog, Dorothea Brunialti (Publ.), Cologne 2009.
• Nam June Paik. There is no rewind button for life. Hommage für Nam June Paik, Wulf Herzogenrath & Andreas Kreul (Publ.), Cologne 2007.
• Paik on paper: Sammlung Peter Wenzel, exhibition catalog, Kunstmuseum Bochum (Publ.), Cologne 2006.
• Nam June Paik. Electric warrior, Willi Blöß, Aachen 2006.
• Nam June Paik, global groove 2004, exhibition catalog, Heidi Ziegler (Publ.), Ostfildern-Ruit 2004.
• Nam June Paik – Fluxus/Video, exhibition catalog, Wulf Herzogenrath & Sabine Maria Schmidt (Publ.), Bremen 1999.

Collections

Germany

• Aachen  - Ludwig Forum
• Berlin - Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart
• Essen - Museum Folkwang
• Frankfurt/Main - Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK)
• Cologne - Museum Ludwig
• Nuremberg - Neues Museum

France

• Lyon - Musée d´Art Contemporain (MAC)
• Paris - Centre Pompidou
• Strasbourg -  Musée d´Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS)

Greece

• Athens - National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST)

Japan

• Tokyo - Hara Museum of Contemporary Art

Korea

• Seoul - Amorepacific Museum of Art
• Seoul - National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA)
• Yongin - Nam June Paik Art Center

Netherlands

• Amsterdam - Stedelijk Museum

Austria

• Vienna - Museum Moderner Kunst (MUMOK)

USA

• Indianapolis - Indianapolis Museum of Art
• Los Angeles - Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
• New York  - Whitney Museum of American Art
• San Francisco - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)

Weblinks

• Nam June Paik Kunstaspekte exhibition and collection overview.
• Nam June Paik Art Center Biography, exhibition and artwork overview.
• Official Website of the artist.