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New Artists

Exhibitions 《deep sea fish》, 2025.01.25 – 2025.04.16, Diesel Art Gallery (Tokyo) DIESEL ART GALLERY will host "deep sea fish," the first solo exhibition in Japan by Seoul-based artist Ahn Taewon, from January 25 (Saturday) to April 16 (Wednesday), 2025. The exhibition will be curated by the gallery CON_ based in Bakurocho, Nihonbashi.
2025.01.23
Exhibitions 《Suture: Rewired》, 2024.12.07 – 2024.12.20, Arcade Seoul The term “suture” refers to the act of stitching a wound closed during a surgical procedure. Looking back at the history of Western medicine from the 16th to the 18th century, surgeries were conducted in amphitheaters. Beyond the intention of demonstrating surgical principles to other surgeons, surgical operations became a form of spectacle;
2024.12.06

Emerging Artists

Exhibitions 《Kim Heecheon》, 2018.05.30 – 2018.06.30, DOOSAN Gallery (New York) DOOSAN Gallery New York is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Kim Heecheon, recipient of the 7th DOOSAN Artist Award, from May 30th through June 30th.
2018.05.25
Articles [Critique] Hejum Bä: The Pictorial Situation of Emerging Forms A blank space. Within it, a circular shape emerges, followed by similar round forms spreading side by side. The paired shapes fold like origami and line up, moving vertically.
2021.03.23

Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Critique] Time Composed by Data Ordinarily, the opening of an art exhibition indicates the completion of an artist’s work in preparation for the exhibition. The time leading up to the opening is time in which the artist creates the artwork, and the opening is regarded as the end of this creative activity. In the 2020 exhibition 《Time in Ignorance》,
2021

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《It’s difficult for me to use》, 2012.09.12-2012.09.29, Insa Art Space 한국문화예술위원회 인사미술공간(이하 인미공)에서는 2012년 신진작가 전시지원 공모사업에서 선정된 5번째 전시로, 오는 9월 12(수)일부터 9월 29일(토)까지 《It’s difficult for me to use》 유화수 개인전을 진행한다.
2012.09.11
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Pre-Established Artists

Articles [Critique] The Subtle Difference Created by Countless Repetitions: "We Built this City" Before overseas travel was completely liberalized in 1989, the only way for students to experience architecture around the world had been through texts and black-and-white photography.
2021.10.01
Exhibitions 《Gestus》, 2024.03.19 – 2024.05.19, Daejeon Museum of Art The Daejeon Museum of Art annually organizes exhibitions that connect contemporary art with audiences who may find it unfamiliar. This year, it presents Gestus, featuring four artists—Geon-yong Lee, Hyung-gu Lee, Young-joo Cho, and Sejin Hong—whose practices expand the concept of the body in art.
2024.03.18

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Growing Space》, 2022.01.06 – 2022.02.05, 313 Art Project In 《Growing Space》, Kiwon Park empties the space of materials as much as possible, and instead fills in the gap with throbbing life energy. The artwork is ultimately the artist himself–instead of simply installing the works
2016.01.05
Articles [Critique] Lee Bul’s Body: The Opaque Shell The 1990s, just before the dawn of the new millennium, was a period of greater upheaval than any other fin de siècle. Art was no exception—this era marked a turning point that reshaped contemporary Korean art history. The
January, 2020