Art of South Korean Women Artists in West: the Secret of the Success

The present study aims to explain the great popularity of Korean women artists in West and find out the themes that lead to this result. The aims of this work are: to compare the history of women's art and the struggle for equality in the field of art in the West and in Korea, to select the most famous works of female artists and find out the tendency of changes in art themes. In this research firstly will be examined the women art history in Korea and in Western countries: how did the feminist movement helped it to grow and which art communities fought for the rights of women artists. Also, several women artists, who already gained the popularity in West, and their most well-known works will be studied. There are a lot of researches, dedicated to Korean contemporary art to both its history and popularity, but still there is a lack of studies focused particularly on women artists’ popularity outside the Korea. The study fills the gap, basing on the data from previous works (Jin, 2012: Hwa, 2005; Na, 2006; Karetzky, 2012; Kim, 2013). In this paper secondary data researches as well as qualitative and primary data analysis will be employed. Previous studies and reviews about artists’ exhibitions will be analyzed as well as artists’ works. As a study result it is expected to figure out the themes that led Korean women artists to such great popularity in Western countries.