Yoshida Katsuro

Place: Haman County

Born: 1936

Biography:

Katsuro Yoshida is a Korean minimalist painter, sculptor, and academic, known for innovative bodies of work emphasizing process, materials, and the experiential engagement of viewer and site. He was born in Haman County, South Korea in 1936 and has been honored by the Japanese government for his contributions to contemporary art in Japan. Yoshida's work is largely influenced by the Mono-ha movement in Japan and advocates for a methodology of de-westernization and de-modernization in both theory and practice. He divides his time between Kamakura, Japan, and Paris, France.