North Korean Artist List
Since 1993 we have worked with North Korean artists on various projects which we hope allow them to express themselves in a more nuanced way than the limits imposed on them by their DPRK studio.
Where possible, we work directly and in a private capacity with the artist.
Some of the artists we work with remain anonymous. However, below you can find a profile of the North Korean artists we work with who publish work using their name (or pen name).
North Korean Artist:
Hwang In Jae
North Korean Artist Profile
Hwang In Jae (1943-2015)
Linocut Artist and Painter
Commissions
North Korean Artist Introduction
Hwang was born in Changchun City China.
He studied in Pyongyang and graduated from the University of Fine Arts in 1968. He moved to the major art studio in Pyongyang in the late 1970s and was honoured with various prizes and the title of People’s Artist (the highest award).
Hwang In Jae Artworks
We had the honour of working with Hwang in the last decade of his life. He is a wonderfully talented artist and a great personality. His works are extremely collectable (we have several older pieces in our collection) and we were fortunate not only to be the only foreigners to commission him directly but also to receive two other bodies of work ‘Heroines and Villains’, and ‘Women at Work’.
’A number of his works are in the collection of the British Museum and ‘The Fairy of the Kumgang Mountains’ (2009) is in the Queensland Art Gallery collection (commission by Koryo Studio for the Sixth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art).
His works are also to be found in Phaidon’s publication ‘Printed in North Korea’ by Nicholas Bonner.
Hwang In Jae Artworks
Worker at a Port
Year: 2012
Artist: Hwang In Jae
Linoleum
Size: 78 x 62 cm
Price: 1500 EUR
ID: L006
Edition of 10
Size: 76 x 60.5 cm
Artist: Hwang In Jae
Price: please enquire
Propaganda Artists
Year: 2012
Size: 52 x 70 cm
Artist: Hwang In Jae
Price: 1800 EUR
ID: L040
Bus Conductor
Size: 49 x 69 cm
Edition of 10
Artist: Hwang In Jae
Price: 1600 EUR
ID: L038
North Korean Artist:
Kim Ik Hyon
Kim Ik Hyon Artworks
North Korean Artist:
Kim Kwang Nam
North Korean Artist Profile
Kim Kwang Nam
Linocut Artist and Painter
Commissions
Kim Kwang Nam Artworks
Inside the Submarine
Year: 2015
Kim Kwang Nam
Linocut on high gloss paper
Size: 29.5 x 99 cm
Price: 1900 EUR
ID:L028
Edition of 15
Guarding the Skies
Year: 2015
Artist: Kim Kwang Nam
Medium: Linocut
Print run: Limited edition, 15 pieces
Size: 42 x 59 cm
Price: 400 EUR
ID: L013
North Korean Artist:
Kim Yong
Kim Yong Artworks
Year: 2001
Acrylic on stiff paper
59.5 x 59.5 (plus a 2cm white border)
Limited to 20 pieces
Signed by the artist Kim Yong.
North Korean Artist:
Jo Yong Chol
North Korean Artist Profile
Jo Yong Chol
Collection
Jo Yong Chol Artworks
‘Urban Girl Comes to the Countryside to Get Married’
Year: 1989
Linocut
Jo Yong Chol
3 of 9 prints
51 x 71cm
Koryo Studio Collection
Anonymous Artists
The following are artwork commissions that don’t have the North Korean artists’ names.
(This may be for a variety of reasons).
Miss Barber
Year: 2002
Artist name withheld
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 75 x 56 cm
Price: 400 EUR
ID: F002
Red Necktie
Year: 2012
Size: A3
Artist: North Korean graphic artist (Unknown)
Price: 880 EUR
ID: CM03
Silence
Artist: Anonymous
A3 size (42 x 29.5cm )
15 original (84.5 x 63 cm)
Price: 120-800 EUR
Let’s Wash Our Hands
A3 size
Artist: Anonymous
Original (70.3 x 47.2 cm with a 2.4 cm).
From 120 EUR
