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Yongwoo Lee is a writer and curator based in New York and Seoul. He is founding artistic director of the first Gwangju Biennale 1995 and now again serves as General Artistic Director for its 10 years anniversary. His activities in international arena includes 20 international exhibitions such as Tigers Tail in 95 Venice Biennale, Nam June Paik Retrospective at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Korea. He is author of The Origin of Video Art, Information and Reality and Nam June Paik. He did his doctorate in art history and visual culture from Oxford University and taught at the Korea University and the New York University.
Kerry Brougher is currently Director of Art and Program/Chief Curator of the Hirshhorn Museum of Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. He previously served as a curator of the LA Museum of Contemporary Art and director of The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England. He did many seminal exhibitions including 'Open City: Street Photographs Since 1950', 'Minimal Art and Its Legacy', 'Enclosed & Enchanted: The Garden and Contemporary Art'.
Suk-won Chang is a professor of art history and criticism at the Chonnam University in Gwangju. He served as a curator and chief curator in the first and the third Gwangju Biennale. He organized many contemporary art exhibitions including "Exposure, Reverse/ Discourse of Asia". He also was Commissioner of Busan International performance in Busan Biennale. Sukwon Chang earned his master degree at the Hongik University in Seoul, Korea.
Milena Kalinovska is former director of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. She previously served as associate curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, exhibitions director at Riverside Studios in London and exhibition researcher ar the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford, England. She has curated over forty individual and group exhibitions including "Beyond Preconceptions: The Sixties Experiment", "New Histories", "Boston School", and "Rhetorical Image". She is a member of advisory council for Art:21- Art in the Twenty First century PBS series. Milena Kalinovska has M.A. from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, B,A. from the University of Essex, England and attended Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
He was an Academic Consultant and Coordinator of Platform 4, Documenta11, Kassel(2002). In 2001, he co-organized The Short Century: Independence and LiberationMovements in Africa, 1945-1994 (Museum Villa Stuck, Munich) In 1995, he curatedthe Nigerian section of the First Johannesburg Biennale and co-organized Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa (White Chapel Art Gallery, London). He is a Senior Editor of Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art. He has an MFA (Painting) from the University of Nigeria (1994) and Ph.D. in Art History from Emory University (2004). He is presently an Assistant Professor in Art History at Pennsylvania State University.
Roberto Pinto is a professor of contemporary art at Trento’s University and curator of the Ratti’s Foundation. He was chief editor for Flash Art, as well as curating several exhibitions including Arte all’Arte (different sites in Tuscany) Transform (Trieste, Italy, G8 Environmental summit), Americas Remixed (Milan); Salon des Refusé, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, (Venice). Among many publications are eight series of lectures La Generazione delle immagini, Hardcore for Palais de Tokyo, Paris 2003 and the most recent book Lucy Orta for Phaidon Press, London 2003. He studied in the University or Rome.
Rhee Won-il is currently a chief Curator of Seoul Museum of Art. He Previously served as a managing director of Exhibition Team for 3rd Gwangju Biennale, 2000, Artistic Director of 2nd Media-City Seoul Biennale, 2002. He also activated as a Chief Curator of Total Museum, 1995-1996, Senior Curator of Sungkok Art Museum, 1996-2002. He obtained Bachelor of Fine Art from choong-Ang University, 1983 and Master of Fine Art, History of twenty Century Art from New York University.
Tanja Weingärtner worked at the NY Center for Media Arts as assistant director and curator, where she organized various exhibitions and performances. Since 2002 she has been working as an independent curator, organizing exhibitions mainly in the US and Europe. She holds a M.A. in Art History and Philosophy from University of Hamburg and a Ph.D. in Art History from University of Cambridge.
Sunghoon Lee is currently a professor of Division of Architecture & Interior Architecture, Kyungwon University and the director of the Korean Institute of Museum Architecture & the Korean Institute of Interior Design. His research and publications have been concentrated on Museum Architecture and Architectural Human Behavior. Before he worked for Samoo Architecture & Engineers and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill of Chicago. He studied Design both at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Suk-won Chang is a professor of art history and criticism at the Chonnam University in Gwangju. He served as a curator and chief curator in the first and the third Gwangju Biennale. He organized many contemporary art exhibitions including "Exposure, Reverse/ Discourse of Asia". He also was Commissioner of Busan International performance in Busan Biennale. Sukwon Chang earned his master degree at the Hongik University in Seoul, Korea.
Chankuk Park is the director of Public Art M and the executive committee of the Council of Artists and Public Art. He has been a lecturer at Hansung University, the University of Seoul, and Dongshin University. He has directed public art projects such as the Love Line Project, the visual arts workshop "Sweet Potato Project," "The Hot Left Hand," and "Art Camp 2003." He is the art curator of the Korea Democracy Foundation and the director of Milmori Art School.
Heeseung Jung is the president of the Artists Collective Gwangju Chonnam and is active in the creative group May. She was the artistic director of the Gwangju section of the Korean People's Artists Federation. She has had three solo exhibitions and participated in the group shows "May Exhibition," "Asian People in the Twentieth Century," "A People's Art Exchange," "Jalla," and "Art Festival for the Reunification of Gwangju." She is on the executive committee of the exhibition "Artist Federation Solidarity."
Dongjo Chang, Seoul based curator and art consultant, has curated shows in New York, Seoul, and Pusan. Serving as a CEO of art consulting company Eunji Corp. and Gallery INKHAN in New York, he curated shows featuring contemporary art works of western artists such as George Segal, Soto and Arman. He was also a curator of “Digital Travels”, “Happy Flying Pig Metro”, and “Science Korea”. Now he serves as chairman on the Executive Board of Korea Cultural Contents Association and CEO of StarTowerGallery and INFOARTKOREA. Corp. (Master in Arts, New York University)