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Artist Kang Cheolgyu: Surreal Landscapes Reflecting the Inner Psyche
Kang Cheolgyu (b. 1990) presents narrative paintings in which reality and fiction intersect, drawing from autobiographical experiences. He projects his inner conflicts onto specific subjects and situations, reconstructing them through a symbolic visual language. The fictional worlds he builds on canvas function as psychological landscapes—symbolic spaces that metaphorically reflect his own reality.
2025.07.21
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Artist Daseul Song: A Study on the Generative Principles of ‘Digital Abstract Moving Images’
Daseul Song (b. 1990) explores the sensations and narratives generated at the boundary between the screen and physical reality through what she terms “digital abstract moving images.” She approaches image data not merely as visual information, but as an object that records the corporeality of contemporary image producers and consumers alike, and creates video works that invite viewers to imagine and sense this materiality.
2026.01.19
Exhibitions
“Meta Platform: Generative Connections” on View Through May 15, 2026, at KF Gallery and KF Global Center Metaverse
To mark its 35th anniversary, the Korea Foundation (KF) presents the special exhibition 《Meta Platform: Generative Connections》, through May 15, simultaneously at the KF Gallery and the KF Global Center Metaverse (www.kf.or.kr/metaverse). The exhibition, a hybrid media art showcase that combines online and offline experiences, introduces a new exhibition format that connects the KF Gallery with a metaverse platform. This approach explores new possibilities for exchange and communication beyond the limitations of time and space.
2026.05.05
Exhibitions
《Golden Age》, 2007.11.16 – 2008.01.06, Arario Gallery Cheonan
Through our lived experiences in the real world, we acquire concepts, values, knowledge, and worldviews. Thus, the totality of an individual’s thoughts is always deeply related to the real world that person inhabits. Perception itself is formed in relation to this reality. Painting, too, is grounded in an awareness of the real world.
2007.11.16
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Exhibitions
《Neon Grey Terminal》, 2014.05.30 – 2014.08.02, HITE Collection
Jina Park portrays on canvas instant, coincidental moments of ordinary and usual situations that she snapshoots with her camera. Her new works in this solo show captures various scenes of people waiting in line for baggage sealing or boarding time, and for somebody’s arrival.
2014.05.28
Exhibitions
《CHEMICAL VOLUME》, 2021.10.01 – 2021.11.06, P21
Starting October 1 through November 6, 2021, P21 presents Hyungkoo Lee’s solo exhibition 《CHEMICAL VOLUME》. Following 《PENETRALE》(2019), this is the artist’s second solo exhibition at P21, featuring six new works installed across the two venues, P1 and P2.
2021.10.01
Activities
REAL DMZ PROJECT 2015: Lived Time of Dongsong
The REAL DMZ PROJECT Committee is pleased to present the 《REAL DMZ PROJECT 2015: Lived Time of Dongsong》. From August 13th to 23rd, 2015, this contemporary art festival will take
2015.08.11
Exhibitions
《1980, From Jeju》, 2023.12.08 – 2024.03.24, SJC Gallery
In the 1980s, Jeju was undergoing a period of drastic transformation as it was reborn as a “tourist city.” The number of visitors entering the island, which stood at 300,000 in the 1970s, surged to approximately 720,000 by 1981. In 1994, the entire island was designated a special tourism zone, and by the 2000s, the number of annual visitors to Jeju exceeded ten million.
2023.12.08
