Rhee Won-il

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Korean spelling
Hangeul 이원일
Hanja 李 圆 一
Revised
Romanization 		I won-il
McCune-
Reischauer 		Yi Wŏnil

Rhee Won-il (born November 2, 1960 in Seoul , South Korea ; † January 11, 2011 there ) was an internationally active curator .

The focus of Rhee's work was the mediation and presentation of contemporary modern art , especially at the interfaces between Asian art and media art . Rhee organized and curated exhibitions around the world, some of which were highly regarded. His collaboration with the Karlsruhe ZKM and the Museum of Modern Art New York was particularly intense .

Curated exhibitions (selection)

  • MediaCity Seoul 2002, 2006, South Korea
  • Digital Sublime, 2004, Taipei MOCA, Taiwan
  • Gwangju Biennial 2004, South Korea
  • Shanghai Biennial 2006, China
  • "Thermocline of Art. New Asian Waves", 2007, ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Germany
  • BIACS 3 - 3rd International Biennial of Seville "YOUniverse", 2008, Spain
  • DIGIFESTA 2010, Gwangju Biennial, South Korea
  • Nanjing Documenta 2010, China
  • Prague Biennial, 2009–2013, Czech Republic
  • Vancouver Olympic Sculpture Biennial 2009–2011, Canada
  • BSI AG Lugano, Switzerland; Asia Editor, Flash Art, Milan, New York

Works

  • 2007: Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves, together with Peter Weibel and Gregor Jansen, ISBN 978-3-7757-2073-1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ZKM accessed January 19, 2011


Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Rhee is the family name here, Won-il is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Rhee, Won-il
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 이원일 (Korean, Hangeul); 李 圆 一 (Korean, Hanja); I, Won-il (Revised Romanization); Yi, Wŏnil (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean international curator
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Seoul , South Korea
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 2011
Place of death Seoul , South Korea