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New Artists

Articles Artist Eunhee Lee: Exploring the Material Dimensions of Contemporary Technological Environments Eunhee Lee (b. 1990) observes the relationships among technological environments, individuals, and images, and addresses social issues through an investigation of the mechanisms of contemporary technology.
2026.01.19
Articles [Essay] 《Quiet Time》 ASSAY When I was young, religious activity felt like an assignment I didn’t want to do. At certain times, I had to give up things I enjoyed and remain in a specific place for long hours, where I was required—regardless of my actual state—to maintain a devout heart and a sacred attitude. Perhaps because of this, I grew suspicious of every rule and regulation associated with religion. I disliked God, and I resented Him.
2024

Emerging Artists

Exhibitions “Painters’ Night: Rolling Chronicles” on View Through July 21, 2024, at Hapjunjigu “Painters’ Night: Rolling Chronicles” on View Through July 21, 2024, at Hapjunjigu
2024.07.02
Articles [Critique] Painting Contradicts Limits For Heejoon Lee, the conditions and limitations of painting are explored on the same level.
2023.06.09

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《South Altar》, 2020.05.07 – 2020.06.27, Gallery ERD In 2017, renowned mycologist Nicholas Money, author of Mushrooms: A Natural and Cultural History, presented an intriguing study on fungi.
2020.05.05

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Dui Jip Ki》, 2023.07.14 – 2023.08.26 (Berlin); 2023.07.07 – 2023.08.19 (Seoul), Esther Schipper (Berlin, Seoul) Esther Schipper is pleased to announce 《Dui Jip Ki》, a two-part exhibition of contemporary Korean art presented this summer at our Berlin and Seoul galleries. Curated in close cooperation with Esther Schipper, Seoul, 《Dui Jip Ki》 brings together artists across five generations who work in a variety of media.
2023.07.05
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Life of Always a Mirror》, 2014.08.30 – 2014.11.30, Art Sonje Center Art Sonje Center presents Sung Hwan Kim’s solo exhibition from August 30th to November 30th. This exhibition introduces Kim’s art as a systematic integration of video, drawing, installation, architecture, and performance into a single exhibition space.
2014.08.30
Articles Artist Chung Heeseung Captures the Gap Between the Object and Image Chung Heeseung (b. 1974) has consistently explored the relationship between the essence of a object and its image through the medium of photography, focusing on the gap that emerges between the two.
2024.11.26

Established Artists

Articles [Column] Photographer Atta Kim Invited to a Special Exhibition at the Venice Biennale A massive lift draped in red fabric slowly rises. Atta Kim appears, dressed in his trademark black Chinese-collar suit. Professor Lee Juhyang of Suwon University bows toward him. Another woman asks, “Who are you?” One person runs alongside him, while another watches the scene blankly.
2009.07
Articles [Column] The Silent Conflict and Reaction An ordinary photography student in his twenties found himself reduced to an “urban underclass” upon entering Seoul in the early 1980s. This marked the prologue to Lee Gapchul’s photographic world. Seoul in the 1980s—having passed through the 1970s marked by “economic development fervor and the darkness of dictatorship”—was truly a period of upheaval.
2019