Areas of Specialization: Korean Art History, Modern and Contemporary Art, Cultural Studies Research interests: Korean and Asian art history; theory and criticism; history of modernity, race and ethnicity; construction of social identities Current Research Projects: Korean Government policy of 'nation branding' in art and culture; Korean art in domestic and international art markets

Education and Work Experience

- Presently, Korean Studies PhD program at Hamburg University
- Second M.A. in Korean Studies, Intercultural Institute of California (IIC)
- M.A. with emphasis in Interdisciplinary Art, Department of Creative Art, San Francisco State University
- B.A. in Conceptual Art, Department of Creative Art, San Francisco State University
 
AKS Visiting Professor of Korean Studies at Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, Italy (2012 - 2015)
Korea Foundation Assistant Professor of Korean Studies at Ca’ Foscari University, Venice (2011)
Founder and President
   Arte Corea (2011 - present)
Founder and President (1995 - present)
   Korean American Community Agenda Council
Founder and Executive Director (1986 - present)
   Korean American Women Artists and Writers Association (KAWAWA)
Commissioner (1995 - 2008)
   City and County of San Francisco Parking and Traffic Commission
Member (1995)
   City and County of San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown's Transition Team
Executive Committee member (1996)
   Mayor's Summit for Economy
Steering Committee member (1997 - 1999)
   Mayor's Summit for Women
Executive Director (1992 - 1995)
   Korean American Grocers' Victims Association (1992 Los Angeles Korean Riot victims)
Producer and Host of Community Affairs Program (1979 - 1991)
   KTVU Ch2 TV Asians Now and Ch26 Korea Journal
(partial list)

Author and illustrator of Aekyung's Dream, published by Children's Book Press (San Francisco), 1979; the first children's book for Korean American youth and children


Contact

Jongmin Paek
Email Address:
         koreanstudies10@gmail.com