Kim Byeong-Gi is a calligrapher and calligraphy theorist who currently serves as Professor at the Department of Chinese Literature, Jeonbuk National University, special committee member of the Cultural Heritage Administration of South Korea; and the Vice President of the International Calligraphers Association. He has won the First Calligraphy and Academic Award and mainly researches in the fields of Chinese and Korean calligraphy and ancient Chinese and Korean poetics, paying close attention to the development of Korean calligraphy and Chinese character Culture.

Education

Ph.D., Department of Chinese Literature, Chinese Culture University

Experience

Director, World Calligraphy Biennale of Jeollabuk-do

Chair, Chinese Cultural Society, South Korea

Overseas Visiting Professor, Institute of Calligraphy, Peking University

Publication

Beijing or Northern Capital? A Discussion on Transliteration or Sense-for-Sense Translation (Language and Literature Society, 2016)

Searching for the Disappearing Tablet Inscription: The Truth behind Gwanggaeto Stele (Hakgojae, 2005)

What Kind of Art is Calligraphy? (Academy of Fine Arts and Culture, 1992)