[2024 FRIEZE Masters] Nam June Paik | 9 - 13 October 2024

Nam June Paik

Born in 1932, Seoul, South Korea Lived in 1932 - 2006

Nam June Paik, a pioneering media artist from South Korea, was born in Seoul in 1932 and passed away in the United States in 2006. His remains are interred in Seoul, New York, and Germany. Some of his major works include Moon is the Oldest TV (1965), TV Garden (1974), and Good Morning Mr. Orwell (1984). Despite suffering a stroke in 1996, which left him physically disabled, he continued to create and exhibit his work.

In 2000, a major retrospective titled The World of Nam June Paik was held at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Rodin Gallery in Seoul, and the Ho-Am Art Museum. Paik received numerous prestigious awards, including the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale (1993), the Kyoto Prize in Japan (1998), the Goethe Medal in Germany (1998), and the Order of Cultural Merit (Geumgwan) from South Korea (2000). In August 1997, Capital, a German economics magazine, ranked him 8th among the world’s top 100 artists. In 2006, Time magazine named him one of the Asian Heroes.