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2016.01.01

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New Artists

Exhibitions 《Pyromaniac》, 2023.08.31 – 2023.09.24, SeMA Storage Miryu Yoon focuses on the essential conditions of portraying the human figure. Much like a firebug who ignites a tiny flame on a scrap of paper to set off a larger blaze, the artist begins with a small clue discovered in a real-life subject, kindling sparks of imagination to stage various scenarios.
2023.08.28
Articles [Critique] The Photogenic as an Undercurrent Gerhard Richter once said, “I find many amateur photos better than the best Cézanne.”1) By “better,” Richter is not simply comparing the representational capability of photography to that of painting.
2024

Emerging Artists

Articles [Critique] From the Born Faith to the Matrix of Art Park Wunggyu’s work has a strong image that originates from sacred icons. To both religious and religionless people, a sacred icon is not just one of numerous images in the world.
2016
Articles [Critique] Attaining Equanimity through Negation: Park Wunggyu’s Eighteen Moths The following excerpt from the artist's statement on Park Wunggyu's website offers a key to understanding his broader practice:
2021

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《We placed the photograph taken yesterday in plain sight》, 2019.02.28 – 2019.03.27, Gallery Hyundai From February 28 to March 27, Gallery Hyundai will host its first solo exhibition by artist Yang Jung Uk, 《We Placed the Photograph Taken Yesterday in Plain Sight》. This marks his first solo presentation at the gallery and features around ten installation works that explore the subtle, everyday moments encountered in relationships with others.
2019.03.12

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《2017 Art Sonje Project #5: Chan Sook Choi – Re – move》, 2017.09.01 – 2017.09.24, Art Sonje Center Project Space Art Sonje Center presents 《2017 Art Sonje Project #5: Chan Sook Choi – Re – move》 from 09.01 to 9.24.
2017.08.30
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Soft Robot》, 2025.06.20 – 2025.12.31, Copenhagen Contemporary, Denmark Why do our technologies inspire so much hope and fear? When radical new technologies emerge, they stir up a cloud of utopian dreams and doomsday prophecies. Art is central to that conversation. In recent years, the robot has returned to contemporary art in experimental forms, signalling a shift in technology’s impact on our lives.
2025.06.20
Articles [Review] Revealing the Inner Structure of Abstract Form (Nakhee Sung Solo Exhibition 《Translation》) The paintings of Nakhee Sung (b. 1971) are renowned for their exploration of an infinitely proliferating world of abstract forms. In each work, masses of color that transform into dots, lines, and planes emerge, dividing and occupying the canvas. Each elemental unit seems governed by an internal genetic protocol.
2009.03.02

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Songs from knee to nose》, 2016.05.25 – 2016.07.10, MMCA, Gwacheon 《SONGS FROM KNEE TO CHIN - A PROJECT BY SORA KIM》 is a prologue to the special exhibition that will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the MMCA Gwacheon as well as a sound performance project by Sora Kim that is being held for the first time in the newly refurbished Gallery 1 space of the museum.
2016.05.25
Exhibitions 《Kim Sooja. Weaving the World》, 2019.09.22 – 2018.01.21, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein Kim Sooja is featured in an extensive solo exhibition titled 《Kim Sooja. Weaving the World》 from September 22 to January 21, 2018, at the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein in the Principality of Liechtenstein, a landlocked microstate in Central Europe.
2019.09.21