A discussion panel with award winning picture book authors around the unique and artistic narrative characteristics of Korean Picture Books and Korean Family sentiment, Values, and the evolving diversity of modern families.
Moderator: Esther Jiei Yang
Esther Jiei Yang is the founder and creative director of Dubai Dream Center. Since 2018, her platform has offered enriching classes for women and children across the UAE. A cultural collaborator with House of Wisdom, Sharjah, she was honored with a Certificate of Appreciation from Her Highness Sheikha Latifa Bint Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum for cultural exchange. Esther continues to dedicate herself to introducing Korea's finest education and culture to the UAE, serving as a doorway connecting the two nations, and will moderate today's Korean picture book workshop.
Speaker: Kim You Dae
Kim You Dae is an illustrator who sometimes finds drawing challenging, yet quickly rediscovers joy whenever she picks up a brush. Over the past 25 years, she has illustrated around 100 books and is recognized as one of Korea’s leading children’s book illustrators.
Speaker: So Yun-Kyoung
So Yun-Kyoung is an author and artist whose work spans picture books, illustration, and fine art. Through images of fantasy and the grotesque, she visually explores the inner human psyche and the hidden sides of the world. She studied painting at Hongik University and Fine Arts at Université Paris 8 in France, and has worked as a picture book artist, illustrator, and painter.
