Nam June Paik
Artist, Visual Artist
1932 – 2006
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Who was Nam June Paik?
Nam June Paik was a Korean American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the founder of video art. He was married to the video artist Shigeko Kubota in 1965. Paik is credited with an early usage of the term "electronic super highway" in application to telecommunications.
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- Born
- Jul 20, 1932
Seoul - Also known as
- Paik, Nam June
- Nam Jun Paik
- Spouses
- Shigeko Kubota
( - 2006/01/29)
- Shigeko Kubota
- Ethnicity
- Korean people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Tokyo
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- Died
- Jan 29, 2006
Miami
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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