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Young Artists

Articles The Hybrid World of Artist TZUSOO: Where Cyber Ecology Meets Reality TZUSOO (b. 1992), a digital native, has been developing a unique artistic language rooted in new identities formed at the intersection of the cyber ecology and the real world. Her work evolves across various media, including video, installation, sculpture, and painting.
2025.06.09
Exhibitions “Born Under a Bad Sign” on View Through April 5, 2026, at Mihakgwan Mihakgwan presents its reopening exhibition 《Born Under a Bad Sign》 at its new space in Hongje-dong, Seodaemun-gu through April 5.
2026.03.17

Emerging Artists

Exhibitions “Landing Point” on View Through February 17, 2024, at ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL presents group exhibition “Landing Point” through February 17. This exhibition comprehensively presents the works of 13 distinguished contemporary Korean and Japanese painters through the entire gallery space.
2024.01.24
Articles [Critique] Jaeseok Lee: Linker, from Fragmentation/Juxtaposition to Connection/Linkage Jaeseok Lee’s paintings, which have previously unfolded surreal landscapes through the fragmentation and deconstruction of anthropomorphized objects and mechanized bodies juxtaposed in unfamiliar ways, have recently undergone a significant transformation.
2024.12.19

Mid-Career 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

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《New Mutant》, 2020.08.28 - 2020.09.13, Gana Art Center Gana Art is pleased to present a solo exhibition of Ji Yongho(b. 1978 -) introducing the “New Mutant” series. Ji is mostly known for his ‘Mutant’ series of sculptures using waste tires. For the exhibition, he chose various media such as bronze, aluminum, and 3D printing based on computer technology
2020.08.26

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Pre-Established Artists

Activities 2020 CKD Yesuljisang : Kim Sunyoung, Yoo Seungho, Choe Sooryeon Three artists have been selected for the 2020 CKD Yesuljisang: Kim Sunyoung and Yoo Seungho, Choe Sooryeon. Selected artists are provided with a creative subsidy of 10 million won each for 3 years, a total of 30 million won, and an exhibition opportunity in the third year of support.
2020.04.22
Articles [Critique] Photography-Act Project: Camera Lucida, Camera Obscura… Myoung Ho Lee has become famous with his 'Tree' series, photographed with installing backdrops against trees and emphasizing the original beauty of their forms. In studio photography, it is an old tradition for photographers to use backdrops, which is related to Western art’s still-life painting.
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Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Concerning the "ART"》, 2020.02.25 - 2020.07.26, Busan Museum of Contemporary Art The combination or fusion of “art” and “technology” has already been a major concern and subject of discussion since the early twentieth century. In recent years, as technology and IT have been introduced and disseminated on a comprehensive scale, the form of “art” has been changing more rapidly than ever before, raising more fundamental questions about its concept and identity.
2020.02.23
Activities The 21st Monthly Art Awards At the 21st Monthly Art Awards ceremony held at the Sungkok Art Museum on December 1, 2025, Monthly Art (Representative: Lee Ki-young) honored Kim Beom in the Artist category, Lev AAN in the Criticism category, and ten outstanding exhibitions including the Best Exhibition award for Art Sonje Center’s 《Adrián Villar Rojas: The Language of the Enemy》 (2025).
2025.12.01
Articles [Review] Kiwon Park’s Red Room
2019.06.25