Nam June Paik
![Nam June Paik in [[New York City]] in 1983](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/30/Portrait_of_Nam_June_Paik-by_Lim_Young-kyun-1981.jpg/250px-Portrait_of_Nam_June_Paik-by_Lim_Young-kyun-1981.jpg)
Born in Seoul to a wealthy business family, Paik trained as a classical musician, spending time in Japan and West Germany, where he joined the Fluxus collective and developed a friendship with experimental composer John Cage. He moved to New York City in 1964 and began working with cellist Charlotte Moorman to create performance art. Soon after, he began to incorporate televisions and video tape recorders into his work, acquiring growing fame. A stroke in 1996 left him partially paralyzed for the last decade of his life. Provided by Wikipedia