Nam June Paik

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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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Japan

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Austria

USA

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.

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.

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.

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.