Chun Kwang Young is a Korean artist known for his textured, crystalline paper sculptures. He uses tea leaves and other natural dyes to color his mulberry paper, giving the impression that his sculptures are not man-made.Chun's childhood memories of seeing herbs wrapped, handled, and packaged influenced the development of his papermaking technique. His work explores themes of harmony and conflict, as does his famous Aggregation series of large-scale sculptures made from triangular sections made from discarded books. In his own words, the Korean artist is concerned with "expressing the power of the spirit of our ancestors" and reflecting on "the painful modern society. Born in Hongchun, South Korea, in 1944, he studied at Hongik University in South Korea and received his MFA from the Philadelphia College of Art. M.F.A. from the Philadelphia College of Art. Until 1995, when the artist began using mulberry paper, he painted in a manner influenced by American and European Abstract Expressionism. He was named Artist of the Year by the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, and was awarded the Presidential Prize at the 41st Korean Arts and Culture Awards by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.In 2014, he authored Mulberry Mindscapes, a monograph illustrating the breadth and diversity of his half-century-long artistic career. The artist's work is in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Seoul National University Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Busan, among others. He lives and works in Seoul, South Korea.