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Carefully curates and introduces three representative artists from the Korean contemporary art scene each week since the 2000s.

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Young Artists

Articles Artist Mooni Perry: On 'Double-Fallen' Beings That Belong to Neither Side Mooni Perry (b. 1990), a Berlin-based artist, has been exploring various allegories and discourses shaped by sociocultural contexts. Among these, she has focused on the concept of so-called "double-fallen" beings—those who belong to neither side of binary categories such as A or B—and has visualized the lives of such marginalized individuals through research-based video works.
2025.06.02
Exhibitions 《National Junkyard of Modern and Contemporary Art》, 2025.03.06 – 2025.04.12, ATELIER AKI ATELIER AKI is pleased to present Dahoon Nam's solo exhibition, 《National Junkyard of Modern and Contemporary Art》, as its first exhibition of 2025. Marking the artist’s 11th solo show, this exhibition expands on the concept of "art through replication" while delving deeper into social discourse.
2025.03.06

Emerging Artists

Articles Artist Lim Jeong Soo: On the Ways the Subject “I” Is Defined Lim Jeong Soo (b. 1988) has developed a practice centered on sculpture and related performance, with a particular interest in the byproducts generated by social conventions that persist from the past into the present. Asking, “Why do we regard certain actions as right and others as not?”, the artist investigates what factors influence such determinations and how the subject of the “I” that perceives them is defined.
2026.04.27
Exhibitions 《Woo Hannah: Ma Moitié》, 2020.09.23 – 2020.10.27, SongEun Artcube SongEun Artcube presents the fourth solo exhibition of Hannah Woo, an artist who has worked extensively with fabric as her primary material in various installation projects. This exhibition foregrounds “Designer Hannah Woo” as a central identity.
2020.09.20

Mid-Career Artists

Articles Artist Hun Kyu Kim: Allegorical Paintings Revealing the Desires and Contradictions of Human Society Drawing inspiration from Goryeo Buddhist paintings and traditional silk-coloring techniques, Hun Kyu Kim (b. 1986) has developed an allegorical visual language that reflects human desire and contradiction through the depiction of animals.
2026.07.20

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Aslope》, 2018.10.12 – 2018.11.09, Nook Gallery When I first visited the artist's studio, the black paintings with layer after layer of devoted brush strokes filled with a long period of hesitation and passion had sucked everything in and left just the reflective layer of dark oil paint.
2018.10.04

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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《EDITION: Who Sets the NUMBER?》, 2024.09.21 – 2024.10.19, Space So The group exhibition 《EDITION: Who Sets the NUMBER?》 marks the inaugural show at Space So’s new location in Buam-dong (5F, 242 Jahamun-ro, Jongno-gu), following its relocation from Seogyo-dong. Since its first exhibition in September 2017, a solo show by Byung Ho Lee, Space So has curated diverse exhibitions featuring emerging and established
2024.09.20
Exhibitions Bek Hyunjin’s Solo Exhibition “Seoul Syntax” on View Through March 21, 2026, at PKM Gallery PKM Gallery is pleased to present 《Seoul Syntax》, a solo exhibition by multidisciplinary artist Bek Hyunjin, on view through March 21 at the annex. As an artist, musician, and actor, Bek has cultivated a diverse and boundary-defying practice. The exhibition brings together recent jangji (traditional Korean mulberry paper) paintings, drawings, and video set against the backdrop of Seoul, the city where the artist was born and raised.
2026.02.17

Established Artists

Activities Professors Shim Kyung-ho, Kim Kwang-soo, Lee Kyung-moo, and Photographer Koo Bohnchang Receive the ‘3·1 Culture Award’ The 3·1 Cultural Foundation (Chairman Kim Ki-young) announced on the 26th the recipients of the 63rd 3·1 Culture Award: Professor Emeritus Shim Kyung-ho of Korea University and Professor Kim Kwang-soo of Harvard University for the Academic Award, photographer Koo Bohnchang for the Arts Award, and Professor Lee Kyoung Mu of Seoul National University for the Technology and Engineering Award.
2022.01.26
Exhibitions 《A Gateway to Possible Worlds: Art & Science Fiction》, 2022.11.05 – 2023.04.10, Centre Pompidou-Metz Lee Bul’s “Transcription (Drift & Scatter),” 2006, is now being showcased in the exhibition A Gateway to Possible Worlds: Art & Science Fiction at the Centre Pompidou Metz.
2022.12,09