American video art pioneer (1932-2006)

Nam June Paik

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American video art pioneer (1932-2006)
Awards Received
Guggenheim Fellowship
Goslarer Kaiserring
Order of Cultural Merit
Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy
Ho-Am Prize in the Arts
Goethe Medal
Kyoto Prize
Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize
Maya Deren Award

Nam June Paik (Korean: 백남준; July 20, 1932 – January 29, 2006) was a Korean American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the founder of video art. He is credited with the first use (1974) of the term "electronic super highway" to describe the future of telecommunications.