KIM YONG MOON | Founder of International Macsabal Movement

Key Milestones

• 37+ Wood Firing Symposiums
• 10 Climbing Wood Kilns Built
• 40+ Solo International Exhibitions
• 4th BIMC Tile Biennale Jury Member

Doğum ve Vefat Tarihleri · Memorial Karşıyaka Yabancılar Mezarlığı, Ankara

1956 – 3 Temmuz 2024

1956 yılında Güney Kore'nin Osan şehrinde doğan ve 3 Temmuz 2024 tarihinde Ankara'da aramızdan ayrılan Kim Yong Moon, geleneksel Kore "Macsabal" (odun pişirimi seramik çanak) felsefesini ve odun fırını kültürünü dünyaya yaymıştır. Vasiyeti üzerine Ankara Karşıyaka Yabancılar Mezarlığı'nda toprağa verilmiştir.

Biography & Philosophy

Kim Yong Moon graduated from Hongik University in 1982 and received his Master of Fine Arts degree in ceramics in 1985 at the same prestigious institution.

He is the creator and lifelong champion of the International Macsabal Wood Firing Symposiums. Between 1998 and 2015, he organized International Macsabal Wood Firing Symposiums 37 times across Korea, China, and Turkey. From 1982 to 2015, he held over 40 solo exhibitions and constructed 10 traditional wood-firing climbing kilns across Korea, China, and Turkey.

In 2009, he served as a jury member of the 4th BIMC Tile Biennale in Argentina. Currently, he shares his master knowledge as a guest professor at Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts in Ankara.