Bahc Yiso (1957–2004; born in Busan, Korea) was one of the most recognized Korean artists of the 1990s. After obtaining his BFA in painting from Hongik University in Seoul in 1981, he spent nearly fifteen years in New York before returning to Korea. In the following years, his artworks increasingly garnered international attention and recognition. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Bahc participated in numerous art biennials and exhibitions in Asia, Europe, and the United States. Bahc’s oeuvre spans from his early paintings and collages that interplay Korean and English words and images to his later architectural installations and unassuming sculptures made of everyday materials that serve to disarm the viewer’s confidence in the finite definition of place.
