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2016.01.01

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New Artists

Exhibitions 《Transversing》, 2019.11.15 – 2019.11.30, Post Territory Ujeongguk At her first solo exhibition 《Transversing》 at Post Territory Ujeongguk, Mooni Perry presents two video and installation works, stepping away from her primary medium of painting.
2019.11.10
Articles Artist Hyojae Kim: Tracing the Fluid Body in the Digital Age of Being Hyojae Kim (b. 1993), who works between Seoul and London, engages in multidisciplinary practice alongside ongoing research and writing. Her work explores the subtle boundaries where the body, memory, and identity intersect, tracing the imprints and transformations they leave behind across both physical and digital realms.
2025.06.09
Articles [Critique] Image as Structure
2023.06.19

Emerging Artists

Exhibitions 《Deep in the Forking Tanks》, 2019.11.29 – 2020.02.09, Art Sonje Center For some people, perceptions of an object are stimulated in a different way, leaving them in a world that is not the reality. They experience an odd phenomenon where the cracks leading to the outside world keep narrowing and disappearing.
2019.11.25
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

Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Review] Everything That Floats Sparkles (Jong Oh Solo Exhibition: First Echo) ❉ If you take a few small steps into the room, there is small blue marble that sparkles like a pupil shining in the darkness. The blue glass marble—which is inexplicably resting at the edge of the stairs that descend below one’s feet—appears to be suspended between the internal force of the form and the external force that envelopes it.
2022.08.29

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

Exhibitions 《A Night of Burning Bone and Skin》, 2014.06.20 – 2014.07.27, Hakgojae Gallery Hakgojae Gallery presents a solo exhibition by media artist Yangachi, titled 《A Night of Burning Bone and Skin》, from June 20 to July 27, 2014. The exhibition title borrows from a film produced in the early 1980s as part of the military regime’s so-called “3S” policy (Sports, Sex, Screen).
2014.06.20
Exhibitions Park Chanmin's Solo Exhibition "We built this City", on View Through October 24, 2021, at Gallery Jinsun Park Chanmin's Solo Exhibition "We built this City", on View Through October 24, 2021, at Gallery Jinsun
2021.10.01

Established Artists

Articles Artist Suh Yongsun Paints Existential Questions of Human with Bold Colors Artist Suh Yongsun (b. 1951) deals with a wide range of subjects, including portraits, landscapes, history, war, and mythology, but he is particularly known for his series depicting human figures in the city and his historicization series that visualize events in history.
2024.08.13
Exhibitions 《Sora Kim Solo Exhibition》, 2010.10.02 – 2010.12.05, Atelier Hermès Since the mid-1990s, Sora Kim has been actively developing her artistic practice, gaining attention on the international contemporary art scene through her participation in the Venice Biennale, Gwangju Biennale, Yokohama Triennale, as well as solo exhibitions at Seoul’s Art Sonje Center and L.A.'s REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater).
2010.10.01