The Most Famous
ARTISTS from South Korea
This page contains a list of the greatest South Korean Artists. The pantheon dataset contains 125 Artists, 1 of which were born in South Korea. This makes South Korea the birth place of the 28th most number of Artists behind Montenegro, and Cuba.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary South Korean Artists of all time. This list of famous South Korean Artists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Kim Jung Gi (1975 - 2022)
With an HPI of 47.70, Kim Jung Gi is the most famous South Korean Artist. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Kim Jung Gi (legally Kim Jung Ki; Korean: 김정기; Hanja: 金政基; 7 February 1975 – 3 October 2022) was a South Korean illustrator, cartoonist, and manhwa artist. He was famous for his large, highly detailed illustrations, often drawn only from memory.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as South Korean artists born between 1975 and 1975. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased South Korean artists include Kim Jung Gi. As of April 2024, 1 new South Korean artists have been added to Pantheon including Kim Jung Gi.
