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New Artists

Articles Artist Jungyoon Hyen Reveals the Entanglement of Contemporary Beings through Relational Sculpture The sculptures of Jungyoon Hyen (b. 1990) are rooted in the relationships between society, the individual, and the community. Observing how beings navigate daily life within power dynamics, the artist draws on these observations to create her work. Hyen’s sculptural figures, imbued with physical gestures, movements, and expressions, depict fluid and solidaristic situations.
2025.05.12
Activities Arko Art Center to Host 'Young Artist Day' in Conjunction with Kiaf · Frieze Seoul The Arko Art Center of the Arts Council Korea (Arko) announced on the 28th that it will hold an artist showcase event titled “2024 Arko Young Artist Day” from September 3 to 8, in line with major art events such as the Busan Biennale, Kiaf (Korea International Art Fair), and Frieze Seoul.
2024.08.28

Emerging Artists

Articles [Critique] Mire Lee: Carriers In her sculpture and installation work, Mire Lee uses machinery that operates by simple principles, along with materials that can be felt with the hands. For an artist who regards it as important to touch materials by hand as she works, machinery is a key element that contributes propulsion and repetition to the movements of the substances she touches.
2020.07.23
Exhibitions “The 23rd SONGEUN Art Award Exhibition” on view through February 24, 2024, at SONGEUN The SONGEUN Art Award Exhibition is a showcase of the latest works by leading emerging artists in contemporary Korean art in one place. This exhibition features the diversity of contemporary Korean art through the paintings, sculptures, installations, videos, and sound works of 20 young artists born between 1979 and 1990.
2023.12.13

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions “Korea Artist Prize 2025” on View Through February 1, 2026, at MMCA Seoul The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), in partnership with the SBS Foundation, presents 《Korea Artist Prize 2025》 exhibition until February 1, 2026, at MMCA Seoul.
2025.09.09

Late Mid-Career Artists

Activities Artist Kim Jipyeong and Public Art Project Unveiled The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Museum Director Yoon Bum-mo) and the Government Art Bank unveiled the final video of the public art project 'Public' on the Gangnam-daero media platform 'G-LIGHT' on the 22nd.
2022.12.22
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Fossil of High Noon》, 2022.05.19 – 2022.07.01, Tina Kim Gallery Tina Kim Gallery is pleased to present 《Fossil of High Noon》, Minouk Lim’s second solo exhibition at the gallery, on view from May 19 – July 1, 2022.
2022.05.19
Exhibitions “Maniera” on View Through December 16, 2023, at the DOOSAN Gallery If you want to explore the leading contemporary artists shaping the art scene in South Korea, consider checking out the exhibition Maniera at the DOOSAN Gallery, running until December 16.
2023.11.22

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《My Own Blind Spots》, 2019.09.21 – 2019.11.02, Commonwealth and Council (LA) Inhwan Oh’s 《My Own Blind Spots》 couples video surveillance with a meditation on the order of seeing and being seen to reveal processes of social and cultural subversion synced across two galleries: Commonwealth and Council and Baik Art.
2019.09.20
Exhibitions 《On Collecting Time》, 2023.03.09. - 2023.08.06, Nam June Paik Art Center Nine artists/Teams are here, ranging in a wide temporal spectrum. 《On Collecting Time》, the new acquisitions exhibition presents their 11 works collected by Nam June Paik Art Center from 2020 to 2021, an unprecedented era of long-term closure of art museums. In a ‘strange time’ when
2023.03.07