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Nam June Paik

American video art pioneer (1932-2006) · United States · Academics · Died at 73

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Nam June Paik was a South Korean artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the founder of video art. He is credited with the first use (1974) of the term "electronic super highway" to describe the future of telecommunications.

A life in dates

2007Order of Cultural Merit, 1st classAward2006Died29 January 20062001Wilhelm Lehmbruck AwardAward1998Kyoto Prize in Arts and PhilosophyAward1997Goethe MedalAward1995Fukuoka Asian Culture PrizeAwardHo-Am Prize in the ArtsAward1991Goslarer KaiserringAward1988Worthy of the CityAward1986Maya Deren AwardAward1977Guggenheim FellowshipAward1932Born20 July 1932

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Paik Nam June in Darmstadt in 1959Paik Nam June in Darmstadt in 1959Pre-Bell-Man, statue in front of the Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt in GermanyPre-Bell-Man, statue in front of the Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt in GermanyThe More, the Better (1988) at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary ArtThe More, the Better (1988) at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary ArtEntrance to the Nam June Paik retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 2021Entrance to the Nam June Paik retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 2021

Awards

Order of Cultural Merit, 1st class2007
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Award2001
Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy1998
Goethe Medal1997
Ho-Am Prize in the Arts1995
Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize1995
Goslarer Kaiserring1991
Worthy of the City1988
Maya Deren Award1986
Guggenheim Fellowship1977
Will Grohmann Award

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Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1932 to 2006 · aged 73

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