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New Artists

Articles Artist Haevan Lee: Painting the Geopolitical Landscapes of Borders and Buffer Zones Haevan Lee (b. 1990), drawing from her upbringing near the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), has explored the structures of borders and their socio-cultural impact across various national boundary regions. To understand the complexities of border identities and ecological environments, she employs landscape painting, storytelling, and historical research, capturing the local context of specific sites through diverse mediums such as painting, installation, and video.
2025.11.10
Exhibitions 《The Statue Knows How to Dance》, 2021.07.08 – 2021.07.31, Gallery SP The solo exhibition 《The Statue Knows How to Dance》 by rising sculptor Rhee Donghoon, known for his distinctive and sensuous approach to sculpture, was held at Gallery SP from July 8 (Thu) to July 31 (Sat). Marking the artist’s second solo show, the exhibition presented approximately twelve works including both sculptures and paintings.
2021.07.05

Emerging Artists

Articles [Column] The Place of Beautiful and Sparkling Objects Hannah Woo has consistently created installation works that construct narrative spaces using fabric as the primary material. These include landscapes populated by clusters of rods of various shapes, as in 《SWINGING》 (Wangsan-ro 9-gil 24, 2018);
2020.10.09
Articles Artist Sun Woo’s Convergence of Digital and Painting: A Contemporary Reflection on the Mutable Body Sun Woo (b. 1994) creates works by combining digital tools with traditional painting techniques. She collects countless images floating in the digital world, transforms them in her own unique way, and translates them into paintings.
2025.03.18

Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Critique] The Art of Relief In the video The World Until Yesterday by Jang Pa, the triangular shape of Sumeru Mountain, which is believed to be the center of the world in Buddhism, fades and only its reflection is left.
2019

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions The ACC’s 10th Anniversary Special Exhibition “Manifesto of Spring” on View Through February 22, 2026 The National Asian Culture Center (ACC) is celebrating its 10th anniversary with the special exhibition 《Manifesto of Spring》, on view through February 22, 2026.
2025.09.16
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Pre-Established Artists

Activities [Project] Art Room QUAD & Circle : Park Meena Aiden Cheongdam goes beyond accommodation facilities and is transformed into a complex cultural space that captures the dynamic and colorful lives of contemporary nomadic people.
2022.07.22
Articles Artist Sangdon Kim Reveals the Roots of Reality Through Lost Narratives Sangdon Kim (b. 1973) works across diverse mediums such as photography, installation, video, sculpture, and performance to visually uncover the underlying roots of the society we live in.
2024.12.03

Established Artists

Articles [Critique] Others and Me: On the Impossibility of Relations and Communications For the exhibition at PLATEAU in the summer of 2014, Inhwan Oh produced the project Guard and I, a work that unveils the tension between individual identity and social norms, critically examines the institutional order of a museum, and exemplifies Oh’s persistent attempts to communicate with others on an intimate level, even if the relationship is temporary.
2015
Activities “Night Fishing” Wins Golden Bear for Best Short Film at Berlinale The short film Night Fishing by director brothers Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong has won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.
2011.02.20