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New Artists

Exhibitions 《Aura Within》, 2025.07.10 – 2025.08.30, Hauser & Wirth (Hong Kong) Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong presents a group show featuring artists profoundly engaged with the cultural tapestry of Asia and its diasporic narratives, including Luis Chan, Haneyl Choi, Nicole Coson, Shota Nakamura, Peng Ke, Yeh Shih-Chiang and Hauser & Wirth artists Bharti Kher, Tetsumi Kudo and Zhang Enli.
2025.07.10
Exhibitions “Born Under a Bad Sign” on View Through April 5, 2026, at Mihakgwan Mihakgwan presents its reopening exhibition 《Born Under a Bad Sign》 at its new space in Hongje-dong, Seodaemun-gu through April 5.
2026.03.17

Emerging Artists

Articles Artist Hyunsun Jeon Captures the Subtle and Ambiguous Moments of Everyday Life in Paintings Hyunsun Jeon (b. 1989) begins her work by recording experiences from her daily life. However, rather than reproducing specific images, she depicts the atmosphere of subtle and ambiguous situations or her own emotions that cannot be clearly articulated.
2025.03.11
Articles Artist Hyundoo Jung’s Indeterminate Abstractions: Painting Driven by Chance and Movement Hyundoo Jung (b. 1987) fills his canvases with abstract colors and lines that capture spontaneous bodily movement. His paintings are accumulations of time—records of the artist’s responses to the stimuli around him, translated into brushstrokes and paint.
2026.03.02
Activities Hyeree Ro: lunares
2023.12.11

Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Review] GaHee Park’s Cool Nudes - 《Betrayal (Sweet Blood)》 at Perrotin New York GaHee Park first gained attention in 2016 for paintings that inextricably linked sexual desire and humiliation.
2020.09.26

Late Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Critique] Portraits of Son Donghyun Son Donghyun’s early works are represented by portraits of characters from films and animations—figures that are visible yet cannot be said to truly exist. These meticulously rendered portraits of virtual figures, executed in traditional techniques, both directly reveal the contemporary condition in which images have come to dominate and assert,
2020
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Pre-Established Artists

Activities Minouk Lim Wins the Hermès Missulsang Artist Minouk Lim (40) has been selected as the winner of the “2006 Hermès Missulsang (Kore0a Art Prize),” awarded by Hermès Korea to emerging Korean artists. Jury chair Seol Won-ki (professor at the Korea National University of Arts) stated that the decision recognized “Lim’s strong potential for future development and her engagement with the pressing issues of contemporary society.”
2007.03.07
Articles [Critique] Unlatching the door of the world of obsession established by Hong Kyoung-tack In the works of Hong Kyoung-tack, we can easily see items that are available anywhere yet pass by our daily life nonchalantly such as pencils, pens and books.
2019.10.16

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Park Chan-Kyong: Gathering》, 2023.10.07 – 2024.10.13, Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art Seoul-based artist Park Chan-kyong has gained international recognition for his use of photography and film to examine the complex history of modern Korea. Park Chan-kyong: Gathering is the first solo presentation of his work
2023.10.05
Exhibitions 《Inside drawing》, 2016.01.07. - 2016.02.17, Ilwoo Space The Ilwoo Foundation, affiliated with the Hanjin Group, presents 《Inside drawing》, its first curated exhibition of 2016, at Ilwoo Space, located on the first-floor lobby of the Korean Air Seosomun Building. This
2016.01.05