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New Artists

Articles Artist Sejin Hong: Exploring the Space Between Perception and Reality Sejin Hong (b. 1992) begins her work by examining how perception is newly constructed through technology and the environment within her own experiences. Having lost her hearing as a child and lived with a cochlear implant as a prosthetic device, she has continued to create paintings that fill the gaps of missing information between the real world and herself with new sculptures or forms.
2025.11.03
Exhibitions “KITSCH & POP: Korean Pop Art Now” on View Through September 13, 2025, at Korean Cultural Center in Shanghai The Seoul Museum of Art and the Korean Cultural Center in Shanghai, with support from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE) as part of the 2025 Touring K-Arts program, present the exhibition 《KITSCH & POP: Korean Pop Art Now》, on view at the Korean Cultural Center in Shanghai (3rd Floor Exhibition Hall) through September 13.
2025.07.08

Emerging Artists

Exhibitions 《Intestine for Ritual》, 2023.05.24 – 2023.07.01, Arario Gallery Seoul Arario Gallery Seoul is pleased to present Park Wunggyu’s solo exhibition 《Intestine for Ritual》, on view from May 24 to July 1, 2023.
2023.05.22
Exhibitions "Tenses" on View Through July 5, 2025, at Whistle Whistle presents a group exhibition 《Tenses》 curated by KIM Sung Woo (Curator / Founder of Primary Practice).
2025.06.10

Mid-Career Artists

Activities “Future Present: Contemporary Korean Art,” the First English-language Anthology Focusing on Contemporary Korean Artists from the Millennial Generation, Has Been Published Skira editore and SONGEUN announced the publication of Future Present: Contemporary Korean Art by Andy St. Louis, a survey of Korean artists from the Millennial Generation.
2024.06.10

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《All the Interesting》, 2016.06.09 – 2016.08.06, Perigee Gallery Perigee Gallery presents the solo exhibition 《All the Interesting》 by Lee Dongwook, on view from June 9 to August 6. This exhibition showcases vibrant, colorful stones sourced from all over the world, intertwined to form unique landscapes.
2016.06.13
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Pre-Established Artists

Articles [Critique] Anxiety and dynamics of incompleteness Hong, Sungchul has closely watched ‘anxiety’ in the underlying ground of human life, which was resulted from innate incompleteness. He regards this anxiety one of living conditions as well as a traction engine for our dynamic life. His keen interest in anxiety was expressed generally and consistently through various media and shapes such as strings, images, performances and recent LCD unit works.
2016.05.20
Articles [Critique] Songs of Individuals 1 siren eun young jung has recalled to the present a rapidly disappearing Korean traditional theater performance genre that is now nearly forgotten, sought to pinpoint the genre’s position within the lineage of contemporary art,
2018

Established Artists

Articles [Critique] 30 Years of Kang Hong-Goo : From Eouido to Eunpyeong New Town Since the early 1990s, when the era of digital photography began to blossom, Korean photography has undergone rapid changes throughout the 2000s in its modes of production, editing, distribution, creation, and exhibition.
2023
Articles [Review] Today’s Artist – Chung Hyun The exhibition series, 《Today’s Artist》, has been established by the Kim Chong Yung Sculpture Museum to discover and encourage young, talented artists keeping in accordance with the spirit of Kim Chong Yung who was constant in his work as an artist and educator.
2004