Nam June Paik

Nam June Paik
Korean name
Hangul	백남준
Hanja	白南準
Revised Romanization	Baek Nam-jun
McCune–Reischauer	Paek Nam-jun

Nam June Paik (July 20, 1932 – January 29, 2006) was a Korean-born American artist. He is often thought to be the first video artist.

In 1963, Paik held a one-person exhibition at Galerie Parnass in Wuppertal, Germany. It included television sets whose pictures had been changed electronically. The exhibition was an early example of using television sets and broadcast images as materials for art.

In 1971, he made a cello out of three television sets and some cello strings. Then he got a famous cellist to play the cello.

Starting with his debut, he started the neo-dadaism movement. In 2006, he died of natural causes.

References

↑ Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Nick Montfort, The New Media Reader, MIT Press, 2003, p227. ISBN 0262232278
↑ "About Nam June Paik". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
↑ Cox, Michael (1997). Awful Art. Scholastic Children's Books. ISBN 0-590-19262-0.

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[1] Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Nick Montfort, The New Media Reader, MIT Press, 2003, p227. ISBN 0262232278

[2] "About Nam June Paik". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 5 September 2026.

[3] Cox, Michael (1997). Awful Art. Scholastic Children's Books. ISBN 0-590-19262-0.