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New Artists

Articles [Critique] Deep Gaze and Impressionism: The Cycle Between Pre-production and Post-production (Eunhee Lee, 《Mechanics of Stress》(DOOSAN Gallery Seoul, 2023)) At one time, Impressionist painters captured outdoor landscapes on canvas. The surface, reflecting the painter’s sensations shaped by weather and sunlight, came to hold flickering impressions and momentary time. Such sensations—liable to disappear at any moment—are also evident in Claude Monet’s ‘Cathedral’ series.
2024
Exhibitions 《No Shadow Saber》, 2017.07.07 – 2017.07.30, Hapjungjigu By wielding a constantly morphing blade—the “No Shadow Saber”—to cut sculptures and reveal their hidden internal cross-sections, the artist reassembles the fragments to question how three-dimensional objects are perceived. This can be understood as Choi’s response to an era in which even sculpture is easily flattened into images.
2017.07.07

Emerging 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
Articles Artist Jaeyeon Yoo: “Night Landscapes” Where Reality and Fantasy Coexist Jaeyeon Yoo (b. 1988) constructs landscapes in which reality and fantasy coexist, emerging from contemplations of the night. She unravels both major and minor events encountered in daily life—along with the personal imagination and reflections that arise from them—by focusing on the time and space of “night.”
2026.03.09

Mid-Career Artists

Articles Artist Jeongsu Woo’s Allegorical Paintings of Contemporary Times Jeongsu Woo (b. 1986) creates new narratives by drawing inspiration from a wide range of visual imagery and storytelling traditions, spanning from medieval European illustrations and art-historical iconography to popular novels, comic book characters, and contemporary subcultures such as Goth.
2025.02.18

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Seoul Arts & Tech Festival Unfold X 2024》, 2024.11.07 – 2024.11.20, Culture Station Seoul 284 《Seoul Arts & Tech Festival Unfold X 2024 ― 2084: A Space Odyssey》 reimagines our present era from an archaeological perspective, setting its gaze on the near future year of 2084. In a new space-time created by technology, the exhibition traces how boundaries between past, present, and future blur—stretching from microscopic ecosystems to the cosmic level.
2024.11.06
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Pre-Established Artists

Articles Photographer Noh Suntag: Capturing the Landscapes of Function and Dysfunction Born from the Division of the Korea Peninsula Noh Suntag (b. 1971) has been exploring the meaning of Korea's division and the political violence it generates through his photography and writing. While addressing socio-political themes, Noh reflects on the nature and mechanics of the camera, as well as the significance of his own existence as a photographer.
2024.10.29
Activities Lee Yongbaek, Representative Artist of the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale: “For Me, It Is Part of the Process of Completing My Artistic World” Lee Yongbaek (44). A graduate of Hongik University’s Department of Western Painting and the Staatliche Akademie der bildenden Künste Stuttgart in Germany, he is an artist who presents works that cross genres,
2010.10.06

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《HAEIN ART PROJECT 2011》, 2011.09.23 – 2011.11.06, Haeinsa Temple, Hapcheon Commemorating the 1,000th anniversary of the creation of the Tripitaka Koreana, 《HAEIN ART PROJECT 2011》 is currently taking place at Haeinsa Temple and throughout the Gayasan area in Hapcheon, Gyeongsangnam-do. Hosted by Haeinsa Temple, the project brings together 34 contemporary artists from Korea and abroad,
2011.09.29
Activities Artist Choi Jeonghwa Selected for ‘MMCA Hyundai Motor Series 2018’ Artist Choi Jeonghwa has been selected as the fifth artist of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art’s ‘MMCA Hyundai Motor Series.’ The MMCA Hyundai Motor Series is a long-term annual project,
2018.03.08