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Carefully curates and introduces three representative artists from the Korean contemporary art scene each week since the 2000s.

Mid-Career:
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Young Artists

Exhibitions 《National Junkyard of Modern and Contemporary Art》, 2025.03.06 – 2025.04.12, ATELIER AKI ATELIER AKI is pleased to present Dahoon Nam's solo exhibition, 《National Junkyard of Modern and Contemporary Art》, as its first exhibition of 2025. Marking the artist’s 11th solo show, this exhibition expands on the concept of "art through replication" while delving deeper into social discourse.
2025.03.06
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
Articles [Critique] Image as Structure
2023.06.19

Emerging Artists

Articles [Column] Hannah Woo: Reanimating the World Hannah Woo’s fabric sculptures and “drawings” are perhaps direct descendants of craft-based productions that have occupied a peripheral position within the history of art—a history recorded and remembered predominantly by men.
2023.03.03
Exhibitions 《On Bare Foot》, 2022.03.03 – 2022.03.30, The Hope College De Pree Art and Gallery The De Pree Art Center and Gallery at Hope College will be hosting the exhibition 《On Bare Foot》, featuring work by new faculty members Leekyung Kang, Emily Mayo and Jason Contangelo, from Thursday, March 3, through Wednesday, March 30.
2022.03.01

Mid-Career Artists

Articles Artist Hyangro Yoon’s “Pseudo Painting”: The Possibilities of Abstract Painting through Contemporary Imaging Technologies Hyangro Yoon (b. 1986) explores the possibilities of abstract painting through a wide array of contemporary imagery drawn from popular culture, including animation. Under the self-coined concept of “Pseudo Painting,” Yoon has developed a unique artistic practice.
2025.06.30

Late Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Critique] Traversing, dance and conversation ‘One night with someone’s t-shirt in my bed’ (2006-2007), photo series by Youngjoo Cho, a record of her own expressionless face and stiff body right from the bed, has as interesting content as the imagination that the title enables.
2018

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Pre-Established Artists

Activities Im Sunny, Selected for the 11th CAN Foundation PSB Creative Studio in 2011-2012 Artist Im Sunny has been creating self-replicative self-portraits by projecting herself onto popular media outlets like movies, news, and dramas. In this exhibition, the artist presents works that superimpose her image onto scenes from her favorite dramas.
2011
Activities Seulgi Lee Named Winner of ‘Korea Artist Prize 2020’ at MMCA Seulgi Lee, who presented the installation work DONG DONG DARI GORI inspired by Korea’s traditional window lattices and folk songs, has been selected as the final winner of the ‘Korea Artist Prize 2020’.
2021.03.25

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Still-Life, Still-City》, 2023.03.06 - 2023.06.30, Sehwa Museum of Art 《Still-Life, Still-City》 is the fourth city-themed exhibition by the Sehwa Museum of Art. A total of 44 works by 19 domestic and foreign artists the museum has housed are on show at this exhibition.
2023.03.04
Exhibitions 《The Better Man 1948–2020 : Pick Your Representative for the National Assembly》, 2020.03.24. - 2020.06.21, Ilmin Museum of Art 60 years has passed since the April 19 Revolutionary Day. How has voting changed our lives? In what ways elections and voting become the platform for contemporary art? The exhibition, based on archival social drama, 《The Better Man 1948–2020 : Pick Your Representative for the National Assembly》
2020.03.22