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Articles Artist Moka Lee Paints the Invisible Sides of Today's Youth Moka Lee (b.1996) paints portraits of today's youth, capturing both their brilliance and instability. Blurring the boundaries between portraiture, still life, and landscape painting, Lee’s work embraces the underlying anxieties of youth hidden beneath the vibrant images displayed on social media.
2025.04.08
Articles [Critique] Photography Walking Inside and Outside Language Photography today has become part of a contemporary mode of perception in itself.¹ Roughly speaking, photographic images function as records of facts. That is, the
2024

Emerging Artists

Exhibitions 《Three in One》, 2022.11.02 – 2022.11.29, Nook gallery 《Three in One》, 2022.11.02 – 2022.11.29, Nook gallery
2022.10.31
Exhibitions 《Busan Biennale 2022 - We, On the Rising Wave》, 2022.09.03 – 2022.11.06, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Pier 1 of Busan Port, Yeongdo, Choryang This exhibition takes Busan as a starting point in reflecting on the stories that remain or lie hidden within the history of Busan since the modern era and the changes in the city’s structure, and examining them in relation to the reality in the world.
2022.09.01

Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Essay] Travelogue of Mi-ryeon 미련 未練 The roof of the observatory opens. I expect to see stars that are invisible to the naked eye, but the overly bright light makes everything in my vision disappear. It's like being sucked into a pupil, not knowing if it's mine or yours.
2024

Late Mid-Career Artists

Articles Artist Hwayeon Nam Traces the Trajectory of Movements Where the Historical and Physical Time Intersect Hwayeon Nam (b. 1979) has reconstructed historical records through observation and imagination, focusing on tracing and reinterpreting them in her works.
2024.12.24
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Arko Media Project 2012 : The Unbound Archive》, 2012.10.11 - 2012.11.02, Arko Art Center The exhibition 《Arko Media Project 2012 : The Unbound Archive》 aims to examine the current trajectory of contemporary Korean video art, centering on newly acquired single-channel video works from the Arko Art Center’s core collection, while also exploring new modes of engagement between video art archives and audiences. This project, which carries out artistic practices through archive-linked initiatives, consists of video screenings, archive exhibitions, seminars, and lectures.
2012.10.09
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

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Representative Artist Exhibition, Expanding Lines: Suh Yongsun Drawing》, 2016.08.23 - 2016.10.02, ARKO Art Center This exhibition focuses on Suh Yongsun’s drawing practice—the source of his artistic creation and an as-yet-unexplored world that remains ongoing—within the wide-ranging activities he has pursued across painting, installation, and public art.
2016.08.21
Exhibitions 《SeMA New Acquisitions: Sky, Earth, People》, 2018.04.17 – 2018.05.20, Seoul Museum of Art, Seosomun Main Branch The Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) presents the exhibition 《2017 SeMA New Acquisitions: Sky, Earth, People》, introducing works acquired in the previous year to the public and establishing a foundation for art historical research as well as for reading the flow of contemporary art.
2018.04.17