Son Donghyun graduated from the Department of Eastern Painting at Seoul National University (2005) and completed a master’s course at its graduate school (2014). He has been working as an exclusive artist at Gallery 2 since 2007.
Children’s author Hwang Sunmi, design
critic Choi Bum, Wang Giseok—director of the Jeongeupsa Traditional Music
Ensemble—along with the International Cultural Exchange Association for the
Disabled and the Wise Ballet Theater, will receive the Presidential
Commendation at the Korean Culture and Arts Awards.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism announced on the 20th that a total of thirteen recipients, including
those mentioned above, have been selected for the 49th Korean Culture and Arts
Awards. Hwang Sunmi, a professor in the Department of Creative Writing at Seoul
Institute of the Arts, is widely known as the author of the children’s book The
Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly.
Choi Bum, a former editor-in-chief of Monthly
Design, is a critic who lectures on design theory at several universities. Wang
Giseok is a designated holder of Pansori, recognized as Intangible Cultural
Heritage No. 2 of Jeollabuk-do. All recipients will receive a Presidential
Commendation along with a prize of 10 million KRW.
Eight individuals have been selected for
the “Today’s Young Artist Award,” including poet Park Joon; painter Son
Donghyun; Yang Ji Woon, head of Jiwoon; architect Yoo Sorae, director of
Nameless Architecture; pianist Yekwon Sunwoo; Heo Changyeol, head of
Cheonhajeil Mask Workshop; Lee Kyungsung, director of Creative VaQi; and Ji
Kyungmin, head of Goblin Party. Each will receive a commendation from the
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism along with a prize of 5 million KRW.
The award ceremony will be held on the
21st at 2 p.m. in the Multi-Project Hall on the basement level of the National
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul.
