Published by the Gwangju International Center since 2001
Lee Min majored in fine art at Chosun University and moved to Japan to major in printmaking at Dama University. Through the experimental process with various printmaking techniques, Lee pioneered a new genre of printmaking which he calls “Pan-tablo.”
Georgia recently paid Gwangju a visit when its top representative in South Korea, Ambassador Otar Berdzenishvili, visited this fall.
In 2014, UNESCO selected Gwangju as a “creative city” for media art. Media Artist, Park Sang-hwa
For this month, we interviewed one of the first-generation media artists who has long pioneered the path for media art. I visited the studio of artist Park Sang-hwa.
As one of Gwangju’s prominent international art events, the Gwangju Design Biennale proudly showcases designs from Gwangju artists. One of this year’s Biennale highlights are designs from Choi Tae-ok.
Gabriela Ramos is a plenary speaker at World Human Rights Cities Forum to be held this October 7–10 in Gwangju. She will be speaking on “Local Governments Building the Post-COVID-19 World: Public Services and HR Challenges.”
Everyone on the peninsula is familiar with Jeju-do – Korea’s largest island but smallest province. But what far fewer people are aware of is the story of its founding or how great a place Jeju is to visit in the wintertime.
This month we feature and interview Korea’s only living human cultural asset for fabric dyeing, National Intangible Cultural Asset No. 115, Jung Kwan-chae (정관채). Master Jung’s ancestors long ago settled in Dasi-myeon, a rural area within the Naju city limits south of Gwangju.
Featured at this fall’s Gwangju Design Biennale are the prolific works of actor, writer, lecturer, editor, photographer, and producer Roger Steffens.
