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New Artists

Articles Artist Moonjung Hwang: A Post-Anthropocentric Inquiry into Relations Within Urban Space Moonjung Hwang (b. 1990) has been exploring the subtle phenomena that occur in everyday life with her characteristically delicate perspective, focusing on the relationships among the multilayered elements that make up a city.
2025.12.15
Articles Daewon Yun: Exploring Bodily Possibilities Between the Real and the Virtual Daewon Yun (b. 1993) explores how the contemporary body is perceived and how it forms relationships by combining performance with media technologies. Grounded in his interest in “dance” and “action,” Yun has continuously examined shifting concepts of the body and structures of sensation as they are transformed within media environments.
2026.01.12

Emerging Artists

Exhibitions 《Scaffolding》, 2023.05.05 – 2023.06.11, Kumho Museum of Art Kumho Museum of Art presents Part 2 of the exhibition 《2023 Kumho Young Artist》 from May 5 (Fri) to June 11 (Sun), 2023. On the second floor, artist Heejoon Lee’s solo exhibition 《Scaffolding》 will be held.
2023.05.03
Articles Artist Heemin Chung Explores the Perception of Reality in the Digital Age Heemin Chung (b. 1987) has explored how technology shapes our perception and influences art in an era where much of daily life has shifted online.
2025.02.25

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

Articles [Essay] Artist Kim Jipyeong Embraces Both Korean Traditional Art and Contemporary Art Korean traditional painting has undergone various changes in response to the country’s tumultuous history. However, it wasn’t until the mid-1990s that the genre’s medium, technique, and subject matter began to undergo a rapid transformation.
2022.10.22
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Burdensome Skin》, 2021.09.03 – 2021.10.05, Hoard Gallery Hoard Gallery will present Jinah Roh's solo exhibition 《Burdensome Skin》 from September 3 to October 5.
2021.09.01
Exhibitions 《Protected by roof and right-hand muscles》, 2024.11.23 – 2025.04.21, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe This exhibition, organized together with the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, is Sung Hwan Kim's largest solo exhibition in Europe to date and presents complex installations created by the Korean artist, many comprising video and performance works made in musical collaboration with musician and composer David Michael DiGregorio (aka dogr).
2024.11.23

Established Artists

Activities Korean Artists to Shine at the Venice Biennale Main Exhibition Contemporary artists Yeesookyung (54) and Sung Hwan Kim (42) have been invited to participate in the main exhibition of the world’s most prestigious art event, the Venice Biennale.
2017.02.14
Exhibitions 《Silent Landscape-City of Symptoms》, 2019.11.08 – 2020.01.15, Museum Hanmi Samcheong MoPS Museum Hanmi Samcheong Annex presents Lee Gapchul’s new exhibition 《Silent Mountains–City of Symptoms》 as its inaugural exhibition. The show consists of 26 urban photographs taken by Lee, who has established his identity over the past thirty years as a subjective documentary photographer through representative works such as ‘Land of Others’, ‘Conflict and Reaction’, and ‘Energy’.
2019.11.08
Articles [Review] Kiwon Park’s Red Room
2019.06.25