Editing Nam June Paik (section)

==Personal life==
Paik moved to New York City in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Palmer|first1=Lauren|title=6 Fascinating Facts About Nam June Paik on His Birthday|date=July 20, 2015 |url=https://news.artnet.com/people/nam-june-paik-on-his-birthday-316607|publisher=Art News|access-date=August 30, 2015|archive-date=September 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912021345/https://news.artnet.com/people/nam-june-paik-on-his-birthday-316607|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1977, he married the video artist [[Shigeko Kubota]].<ref name="Smith">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/31/arts/design/31paik.html?_r=0 | work=The New York Times | first=Roberta | last=Smith | title=Nam June Paik, 73, Dies; Pioneer of Video Art Whose Work Broke Cultural Barriers | date=January 31, 2006 | access-date=February 22, 2017 | archive-date=April 23, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423080749/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/31/arts/design/nam-june-paik-73-dies-pioneer-of-video-art-whose-work-broke.html | url-status=live }}</ref> After marrying Kubota and living in the United States for several decades, Paik became a [[Naturalization|naturalized]] American citizen.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Howell |first1=John |title=ART : This Guy Does Wonders With TVs : Nam June Paik is a cultural terrorist, a high-tech guru and a funny guy to boot. He also happens to be the godfather of video art |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-09-ca-32987-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=December 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213154825/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-09-ca-32987-story.html |archive-date=December 13, 2023 |date=May 9, 1993 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Paik was a lifelong [[Buddhist]] who never smoked nor drank alcoholic beverages, and never drove a car.<ref name="Smith"/>