Won-il Rhee

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

The focus of Rhee's work lay in the communication and presentation of contemporary modern art, especially at the interfaces of Asian art and media art. Rhee organized and curated world partially acclaimed exhibitions. Particularly intense was his collaboration with the ZKM in Karlsruhe, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Curated Exhibitions (selection)

  • Media City Seoul 2002, 2006, South Korea
  • Digital Sublime, 2004, Taipei MOCA, Taiwan
  • Gwangju Biennial in 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 in 2010, China
  • Prague Biennial, 2009-2013, Czech Republic
  • Vancouver Olympic Sculpture Biennial 2009-2011, Canada
  • BSI SA 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
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