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New Artists

Exhibitions 《Web of P》, 2022.12.06 – 2022.12.15, The Reference 《Web of P》 takes as its point of departure the image of Penelope from Greek mythology. The concept of "The web of Penelope" refers, in contemporary terms, to the endless tasks we perform incessantly without completion.
2022.12.05
Exhibitions “Gi.Gi.Gi: Trials and Errors” on View Through May 31, 2026, at Ilmin Museum of Art Ilmin Museum of Art presents the exhibition 《Gi.Gi.Gi: Trials and Errors》 in celebration of the building’s 100th anniversary, on view through May 31. Originating from the Dong-A Ilbo building completed in 1926, the museum is a site that has accumulated the temporal layers of Korea’s modern and contemporary history.
2026.04.14

Emerging Artists

Activities Hyunsun Jeon Wins Excellence Award at the 20th SongEun Art Award Hyunsun Jeon Wins Excellence Award at the 20th SongEun Art Award The 20th SongEun Art Award has announced its winners, naming artist Youngjoo Cho as the grand prize recipient.
2021.01.11
Exhibitions 《Tumbleweeds》, 2023.02.07 – 2023.03.04, Art Space BOAN 2 Art Space Boan 2 is hosting Hannah Woo’s solo exhibition, 《Tumbleweeds》, through March 4.
2023.02.05

Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Review] A Nocturnal Pageant of Gestures by Small Beings: Ahnlee Lee’s Solo Exhibition 《Puck, Nocturnal Paintings》 One summer night. The mischievous fairy Puck stumbles upon a sleeping couple in the woods. He secretly drips pansy nectar into their eyes, and when they awake, they fall in love under the influence of the spell.
2024.07.18

Late Mid-Career Artists

Articles Artist Yoo Hwasoo Explores the Coexistence in a Technological Environment Yoo Hwasoo (b. 1979) focuses on how technological advancements impact both humans and non-humans, examining the diverse relationships formed within technological environments.
2025.01.21
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Pre-Established Artists

Articles [Critique] Thus, Art Continues (working title) “What can art actually do?” This is probably a question that artists repeatedly ask themselves, and it is precisely this question that MOON Kyungwon and JEON Joonho’s reflective project,
2012.10.01
Articles [Critique] Two Diverging and Converging Paths of Sculpture History 1: Kwon Osang, Haneyl Choi, 《The Other Self》 To put it boldly, everything is “sculpture.” If sculpture is defined as a mass possessing form and materiality within three-dimensional space, then not only various artistic genres—such as painting, photography,
2022.08.23

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《The 70th Anniversary of Liberation Day: NK PROJECT》, 2015.07.21 – 2015.09.29, Seoul Museum of Art For the 70th National Liberation Day, Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) presents an exhibition that passes through our historical and nationalistic tasks of independence, division, and unification, with ‘North Korea’ as its artistic keywords. It is significant because we need to put our heads together and discuss how we should represent, imagine, and connect North Korea as the very close but distant ‘other,’ before it is too late.
2015.07.21
Articles [Critique] Everyday Treasures Water melts soap and creates a lather with which to wash away dirt from the human body. Sometimes it creates the poetic form of a bubble, but the central fact to soap is that it never ceases to disappear.
2011