Soh Yeong Roh

Soh Yeong Roh

Roh in 2016
Born (1961-03-31) March 31, 1961
Daegu, South Korea
Residence Seoul, South Korea
Alma mater College of William & Mary, Chicago University
Occupation Director of Art Center Nabi
Years active 2000–present
Religion Protestantism
Spouse(s) Chey Tae-won (m. 1988)
Children 3 (Yoon Chung, Min Jung, In Keun)
Parent(s) Roh Tae-woo, Kim Ok-suk
Korean name
Hangul 노소영
Revised Romanization No Soyeong
McCune–Reischauer No Soyŏng

Soh Yeong Roh is a South Korean art museum director. She is the founder and director of Art Center Nabi.

Biography

Soh Yeong Roh was born in Daegu, South Korea, on March 31, 1961. Her father, Roh Tae-woo is a former South Korean politician and ROK Army general who served as the 6th President of South Korea from 1988 to 1993.[1] She has a younger brother, JaeHun Ro who is an U.S. attorney at law.

In 1988, married the chairman of the South Korean group SK Corporation, Chey Tae-won, and has two daughters and a son.[2][3]

She attended Sudo Girl's High School in Seoul, South Korea and attended the College of William & Mary in Virginia, United States as an undergraduate and did graduate work in economics at the University of Chicago, United States.[4] Then, she gained her master's degree in education from Stanford University in California, United States and did graduate study in Media Communication at Yonsei University in Seoul.

Career

Art Center Nabi

In 2000 Roh founded Art Center Nabi.[5][6] It has a predecessor of Walkerhill art museum which was a private contemporary art museum in Seoul. She transformed the art museum into a new media art museum.[7][8]

Under her supervision,[9] Art Center Nabi has been organizing various exhibitions and projects, such as Robot Party (2015),[10][11] Makeable City (2015), Nam June Paik SPECIAL EXHIBITION: HOMAGE TO GOOD MORNING MR. ORWELL (2014), Butterfly series (2014, 2015),[12][13] Incheon International Digital Art Festival 2010 (2010), Come Join Us, Mr. Orwell! (2009),[14] p.Art.y (2007) and so forth.[15]

In 2010, she organized the Incheon International Digital Art Festival 2010 (INDAF 2010) in Incheon, South Korea. The exhibition INDAF 2010 was held from September 1, 2010 to September 30, 2010, and she gave a speech about how she got Mobile Vision in the Keynote Conversation 1.[18]

Also, she directed the SK Telecom Pavilion at Expo 2012 held in Yeosu, South Korea, from May 12, 2012 to August 12, 2012.[19] SK Telecom Pavilion reflected the belief that rapidly evolving information and communication technologies (ICT) could play a significant role in increasing happiness in everyday life.

Bibliography

In 2014 Roh released her book, Digital Art, published by Jaeum&Moeum.[20][21]

References

  1. 노, 석조. "'불교신자' 노태우 전 대통령, 기독교인 됐다… 노소영씨가 밝히는 아버지의 신앙". KUKMINILBO. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  2. "SK Chief's Daughter Commissioned as Navy Officer". THE CHOSUNILBO. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  3. "SK Chief's Daughter to Fight Pirates in Gulf of Aden". THE CHOSUNILBO. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  4. "SK 최씨 일가의 대 이은 시카고大 사랑". YonhapNews. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  5. "Art Center Nabi". Official Web.
  6. Roh, SohYeong. "X Media Lab". The Internationally Acclaimed Digital Media Think-Tank and Creative Workshop.
  7. 전, 효진. "'나비 여인' 노소영 관장...아트센터와 '타작마당' 통해 테크놀로지와 아트의 융합, 21세기형 인재 양성 활동". ChosunBiz.
  8. Aijaz, Rahul (2015-12-23). "Robot Party: Expanding Robotics attraction in Korea". THE ASIA N.
  9. 정, 재훈. "'아트앤테크놀로지' 전문가로 성공적 데뷔한 노소영 SK 아트센터 나비 관장". Newdaily. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  10. Nabi 1st Robot Prototyping
  11. Szoldra, Paul (2016-01-06). "A lonely inventor built a robot to drink booze with". TECH INSIDER.
  12. Kim, Jae-heun (2015-06-04). "Around Town 2". THE KOREA TIMES.
  13. "Butterfly 2015: Wearable Technology Art". KOREA.net.
  14. "Cross-Korea: Come Join Us Mr. Orwell".
  15. 전, 효진. "노소영 관장의 아트센터 나비, 인공지능 미술 전시회 개최". ChosunBiz. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  16. https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Global_Summit_2015
  17. "If You Miss Paik Nam-june". THE KOREA TIMES. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  18. "Incheon International Digital Art Festival 2010". Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  19. "EXPO 2012 YEOSU KOREA". EXPO 2012.
  20. 이, 지혜. "디지털 아트 _우리시대의 예술". THE ARTIST MAGAZINE. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  21. 박, 현주. "아트센터 나비 15년째 운영 노소영관장 '디지털 아트' 발간". ajunews. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
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