Mansudae Art Studio

Mansudae Art Studio
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	만수대창작사
Hancha	萬壽臺創作社
Revised Romanization	Mansudae Changjaksa
McCune–Reischauer	Mansudae Ch'angjaksa

The Mansudae Art Studio is an art studio in Pyeongcheon District, Pyongyang, North Korea. It was founded in 1959,^[1] and it is one of the largest centers of art production in the world, at an area of over 120,000 square meters.^[2] The studio employs around 4,000 people, 1,000 of whom are artists picked from the best academies in North Korea.^[1][3][4] Most of its artists are graduates of Pyongyang University.^[1] The studio consists of 13 groups, including those for woodcuts, charcoal drawings, ceramics, embroidery and jewel paintings, among other things.^[1]

The studio has produced many of North Korea's most important monuments, such as the Monument to the Founding of the Korean Workers Party,^[5] the Chollima Statue, and the Mansu Hill Grand Monument.^[6][7] Its foreign commercial division is known as the Mansudae Overseas Project Group of Companies, which as of 2014 has created monuments for 18 African and Asian nations.^[7] All images of the Kim family are produced by the Mansudae Art Studio.^[5] Before his death, the Mansudae Art Studio was under the guidance of Kim Jong Il.^[3][8] Since 2009, the studio has had its own space also in the 798 Art District in Beijing, China, known as the Mansudae Art Museum.^[1]