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고동연은 전후 한국미술에 나타난 냉전, 소비문화, 젠더 문제를 탐구해온 미술사가이자 문화사 연구자이다. 예술사회학적인 관점에서 글로벌 미술시장에 대한 책을 저술해온 이론가이자 기획자이기도 하다. 서울국제뉴미디어페스티벌 집행위원(2017–2021), 2017·2018 고양 야외조각축제 커미셔너, 생태예술을 주제로 한 강원국제트리엔날레 2024 예술감독을 역임했다. 최근 저서로는 『The Korean War and Post-memory Generation: The Arts and Films in South Korea』(런던: 러틀리지, 2021), 이정실 교수와 공저한 『전후 맥락에서의 한국미술사(Modern and Contemporary Korean Art in Context, 1950–Now)』(런던: 블룸즈베리, 2025), 『아트 컬렉터의 시대』(다할미디어, 2026), 『미래에 투자하는 기업들: 미술을 후원하다』(뮤트 스튜디오, 2026)가 있다. 현재 이화여자대학교 겸임교수로 재직 중이며,『예술작품은 어떻게 존재해왔는가: 물질, 이미지, 시장, 제도, 기술』(2027, 공저: 김준희), 『한국사진(1945–현재): 사진장의 형성과 재구성』(공저: 정훈 교수), 『이미지와 해석 사이: 절제에 대하여』(공저: 도리안 베일)를 집필 중이다.
Koh Dong-Yeon has explored issues of the Cold War, consumer culture, and gender in postwar Korean art. She has worked as an art historian, critic, and curator, serving as an executive committee member of the Seoul International New Media Festival (2017–2021), commissioner of the Goyang Outdoor Sculpture Festival in 2017 and 2018, and artistic director of the Gangwon International Triennale 2024, evolving on the theme of ecological art. Koh's recent publications include The Korean War and Post-memory Generation: The Arts and Films in South Korea (London: Routledge, 2021), and, co-authored with Professor Jung-Sil Lee, Modern and Contemporary Korean Art in Context (1950–Now) (London: Bloomsbury, 2025). She is currently an adjunct professor at Ewha Womans University and works on the following books: How Have Artworks Existed?: Materiality, Image, Market, Institution, and Technology (2027, co-authored with Kim Junhee); Korean Photography (1945–Present): The Formation and Reconstruction of the Photographic Field (co-authored with Professor Jung Hoon); and Between Image and Interpretation: On Restraint (co-authored with Dorian Vale).