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

Mid-Career:
3 K-Artists This Week

Artist_K-Artist Artist Hye Joo Jun: Exploring Invisible Materials and Environmental Flows
2026.10.19
Artist_K-Artist Artist Seo Young Chang: On the Finite and Vulnerable Body and Time 2026.10.19
Artist_K-Artist Artist Ifie Sin: “Laboratory” for Relationships Within Groups and Society 2026.10.19

Mid-Career
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Young Artists

Activities Seol Yujin and eobchae Selected as Winners of the 12th Doosan Yonkang Art Award The 12th Doosan Yonkang Art Award honored playwright and director Seol Yujin (Performing Arts category) and the artist group Eobchae (Visual Arts category).
2021.10.18
Exhibitions “NEXTCODE 2026: Glissando, Glissandi” on View Through September 27, 2026, at Daejeon Museum of Art Daejeon Museum of Art presents 《NEXTCODE 2026: Glissando, Glissandi》 on view through September 27. “NEXTCODE” is the Daejeon Museum of Art’s annual showcase of up-and-coming artists based in the Daejeon–Chungcheong region. For more than two decades, it has explored the evolving directions of the region’s contemporary art scene.
2026.08.04
Exhibitions 《Oh, Night and I’ll Come to You》, 2024.12.04 – 2024.12.22, Hapjungjigu
2024.12.04
Exhibitions “Landing Point” on View Through February 17, 2024, at ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL
2024.01.24
Articles Artist Mooni Perry: On 'Double-Fallen' Beings That Belong to Neither Side
2025.06.02
Exhibitions 《Clean Room, Reeling Room》, 2025.12.13 – 2026.02.01, MOCA Taipei
2025.12.12

Emerging Artists

Articles Artist Keem Jiyoung: Exploring the Relationship Between Individuals and Absurd Social Structure Keem Jiyoung (b. 1987) pays attention to the structural problems behind seemingly accidental disasters, and the relationships between individuals and society that protrude therefrom.
2025.03.25
Articles Artist Jeongkeun Lee: Mediumistic Imagination through the Combination of Image and Frame Jeongkeun Lee (b. 1989) examines the relationship between form and image through the combination of photographic images and the frames that contain them. In his work, the frame functions both as a protective device for the photograph and as a storyboard, forming an exaggerated exterior that allows the photograph to be interpreted in new ways. In doing so, the content of the photograph becomes connected to the frame, representing a series of events experienced by the artist.
2026.04.06
Articles Artist Chang Hanna: On the Interwoven Today’s Realities of the Natural and the Artificial
2025.12.29
Articles [Critique] Art in Practice after Sewol Ferry Disaster
2020
Exhibitions 《Flags》, 2019.01.31 – 2019.02.23, DOOSAN Gallery New York
2019.01.31
Articles Artist Heoang Kim: On the Future Humanity Preparing for the Apocalypse
2026.06.22

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《The Scenery of Conversation: We Sometimes Exchanged Awkward Words》, 2020.11.07 – 2021.05.21, Bucheon Art Bunker B39 Yang Jung Uk records his daily experiences through writing, then reinterprets and condenses them into visual compositions. This artistic process serves as a means for him to understand or explain various situations and issues. The notion of 日常 (il-sang, meaning "everyday" or "constantly") may seem mundane at first glance, but for the artist, each day unfolds
2020.11.05
Articles Artist Park Seok Min: A Painterly Practice in Dialogue with the Present
2026.08.10
Exhibitions 《The Purloined Letter》, 2023.11.12 – 2023.12.24, One and J. Gallery
2023.03.12
Exhibitions “The Ulsan Art Museum Collection: Future Collection” on View Through May 21, 2023, at Ulsan Art Museum 2023.04.17

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Seoul Arts & Tech Festival Unfold X 2024》, 2024.11.07 – 2024.11.20, Culture Station Seoul 284 《Seoul Arts & Tech Festival Unfold X 2024 ― 2084: A Space Odyssey》 reimagines our present era from an archaeological perspective, setting its gaze on the near future year of 2084. In a new space-time created by technology, the exhibition traces how boundaries between past, present, and future blur—stretching from microscopic ecosystems to the cosmic level.
2024.11.06
Articles [Critique] And When You Look, There Were Stars Every Place He’d Been
2019.11.19
Exhibitions 《Merry Mix: The More, The Better》, 2022.09.15 – 2024.04.07, MMCA Gwacheon
2022.09.01
Exhibitions Ji Yongho's Solo Exhibition "Evolved Mutant" on View Through May 28, 2022, at UARTSPACE 2022.04.27

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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《The Other Face of the Moon》, 2017.10.27 - 2018.02.04, National Asian Culture Center In 《The Other Face of the Moon》, 22 individuals and teams across Asia from the worlds of contemporary art, design, and architecture showcase their new creations, which are inspired by the collections of the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (Mucem).
2017.10.16
Activities Meekyoung Shin Selected for the 2nd Ha In-doo Art Award… “Internationality Rooted in Korean Identity” Meekyoung Shin (56), widely known for her distinctive “soap sculptures,” has been selected as the recipient of the 2nd Ha In-doo Art Award. Recognized for an international artistic language grounded in Korean identity, Shin has been named the second laureate of the award.
2023.06.26
Exhibitions 《Allover》, 2018.10.26 – 2018.12.01, HITE Collection
2018.10.25
Articles [Critique] A Contemplative Gaze on the Intimacy of Urban Landscapes
2008
Exhibitions 《The Signs of Doubt》, 2020.12.26 – 2020.02.16, VT Artsalon
2020.12.26
Exhibitions 《I∙you∙us》, 2003.02.13 - 2003.03.30, Sungkok Art Museum
2003.02.11

Established Artists

Activities Painter Suh Yongsun Receives the 69th the National Academy of Arts, Republic of Korea (Fine Arts Division) Painter Suh Yongsun has received the 69th National Academy of Arts, Republic of Korea (Chairperson Shin Soo-jung). On the 5th at 3 p.m., Suh was presented with the Fine Arts Division award at the main conference hall of the National Academy of Arts of Korea in Seocho-gu, Seoul.
2024.09.05
Exhibitions 《Choi Gene-uk, REALISM》, 2011.10.13. - 2011.11.27, Ilmin Museum of Art An “independent course” is a term most frequently used in political discourse. It refers to actions in which an individual emphasizes and acts upon their own convictions through a personal mode of operation
2011.10.13
Exhibitions 《Origin, Originality》, 2002.02.06 - 2002.03.03, P21
2017.09.20
Articles [Review] Geometry of Mind and of Body
2017
Articles [Critique] Steve’s Notes – Is the Genetic Transmission of Signs Sublime?
2005
Exhibitions 《A Poem in Humble Materials》, 2025.05.27 – 2025.07.27, Cheongju Museum of Art
2025.05.27