K-Artists
Carefully curates and introduces three representative artists from the Korean contemporary art scene each week since the 2000s.
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Artist Heejae Lim: On the Desire to Grasp the Living
Heejae Lim (b. 1993) explores the concept of nature as an image mediated and processed through painting. In particular, she discovers within the act of specimen-making—the human attempt to touch and possess nature—the painter’s own desire and dilemma, which she investigates through her pictorial practice.
2025.12.08
Exhibitions
《Exoskeleton》, 2024.04.26 – 2024.06.08, P21
Their internal anatomy externalised, exoskeletons are both haven and spectacle, offering shelter and concealment for the animals they encase. Our perceptions, often focused on our external existence, obscure our enigmatic
2024.04.25
Activities
Kim Heecheon Awarded the 20th Hermès Foundation Missulsang
Kim Heecheon has been awarded the 20th Hermes Foundation Art Prize. Established in 2000, the Hermes Foundation Art Prize has been discovering and supporting some of the most talented and prominent contemporary Korean artists, including Do Ho Suh, Gimhongsok, and Lim Minouk.
2023.03.04
Exhibitions
《Faint Afterglow》, 2023.01.11 – 2023.02.18, Gallery Baton
Gallery Baton presents 《Faint Afterglow》, a group exhibition of works by 9 artists from the Korea and abroad from 11th January to 18th February 2023 in Hannam-dong, Seoul. The primary value of works that artists produce is related to self-introspection regardless of how they appear. It can be intense visual recollections stemming from past
2023.01.10
Articles
[Critique] Interpretation and Variation of Space
Yona Lee’s drawing practice evokes a synesthetic experience of space by layering visual devices onto musical reflections. A look at the artist’s own questions about drawing offers clues to her intentions:
2018
Exhibitions
《The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989》, 2023.10.21 – 2024.02.11, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Korean contemporary artists Suki Seokyeong Kang, Hayoun Kwon, Do Ho Suh, Michael Joo, Byron Kim, Park Chan-kyong, Yeondoo Jung, and Kyungah Ham are participating in the group exhibition 《The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989》 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This exhibition marks the first large-scale Korean contemporary art show in the United States since 2009, presenting diverse works by 28 artists that encapsulate their collective memory of the significant societal changes occurred during the late 1980s in Korea.
2023.10.20
Activities
Do Ho Suh’s London Installation Named ‘Most Outstanding Public Artworks of the Year’
A hanok installation by Do Ho Suh, placed atop a pedestrian bridge in the heart of London, has been selected as one of the “Most Outstanding Public Artworks of 2018.” Artsy, an international art media platform, recently introduced the list of “12 Standout Public Artworks of 2018,” compiled by UAP, a leading organization specializing in public art.
2018.12.18
