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New Artists

Articles Artist Eunsi Jo: Exploring the Meaning of Existence through 'Irresistible Structures' and the Principle of 'Resemblance' Eunsi Jo (b. 1999) focuses on “irresistible structures” beyond human control—such as family, the food chain, and natural disasters—as well as on the principle of “resemblance.” Drawing on the interrelations between the individual and the community, and between the part and the whole, she presents distinctive paintings that unfold the meaning of existence through forms resembling signs, symbols, and diagrams.
2025.11.03
Articles [Critique] 《Circle, Chase, Contact》 PREFACE Welcome (歡迎) to this place. Please take a seat on the chair at the center, or begin by exploring your surroundings. Do you see the light in all four directions? The structures illuminate the space like lighthouses. Let us set aside any tension and begin to move slowly. Along with the rotating mechanical sound, shadows appear, and forms are projected onto bodies. Those forms may be you—or they may not. Welcome to the apparition (幻影).
2025

Emerging Artists

Articles Artist Leekyung Kang Visualizes the Invisible Structures of Today’s Society Leekyung Kang (b. 1988) has been exploring hidden or unseen structures within everyday spaces, as well as incomplete states, through painting, printmaking, and installation.
2025.03.18
Activities Hyunsun Jeon Wins Excellence Award at the 20th SongEun Art Award Hyunsun Jeon Wins Excellence Award at the 20th SongEun Art Award The 20th SongEun Art Award has announced its winners, naming artist Youngjoo Cho as the grand prize recipient.
2021.01.11

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions “The 13th Hesitation” on View Through March 27, 2022, at Arario Gallery Cheonan A group exhibition, The 13th Hesitation, is on view at Arario Gallery Cheonan through March 27, 2022. The exhibition showcases Korean artists born in the 1970s and 1980s, when South Korea began to achieve high economic growth.
2022.01.10

Late Mid-Career Artists

Activities SongEun Art Award, Four Artists Earlier this month, LACMA and Snap launched the three new augmented reality (AR) monuments as part of LACMA x Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives to explore monuments and murals, representation, and history across the region.
2022.04.29
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Pre-Established Artists

Articles [Critique] Impossible thus Possible: The Philosophy of Minouk Lim Minouk Lim is interested in that which is invisible. However, this does not mean her intention is to dismiss the visible and reinstate what is not. In other words, she does not adopt anti-representationalism, but instead attempts to ‘testify’ on behalf of what is invisible. This method is of considerable interest, since
2012
Activities Yoon Young Park Wins the Hermès Foundation Art Award Hermès Korea announced on the 28th that artist Yoon Young Park (41) has been selected as the recipient of the 2009 Hermès Foundation Art Award.
2009.10.28

Established Artists

Articles [Critique] Kang Hong-Goo's Unraveling of Digital Photography: Dreams Compressed "I wanted to make fake photographs that are extremely meaningless because I was really irritated by words and theories surrounding art. I wished my photographs to be meaningless, empty, and completely nonsensical."
2006
Articles Atta Kim’s Artworks Capture the ‘Life of Being’ Atta Kim (b. 1956) is one of Korea's leading contemporary photographers who has been working since the mid-1980s, based on philosophical questions about existence. Kim's curiosity about the outside world has led him to photograph people from diverse backgrounds, and he has expanded his recognition as an artist. In 2002, he was selected to represent Korea at the São Paulo Biennial, and in 2006, he held the first solo exhibition by an Asian artist at the International Center of Photography in New York.
2024.08.27