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New Artists

Exhibitions "The Other Self," "If I ought to sing, I dont want to be part of your revolution" on View Through October 2, 2022, at Ilmin Museum of Art The Ilmin Museum of Art will present two contemporary sculptors—Osang Gwon and Choi Haneyl—from August 23 to October 2, 2022.
2022.08.22
Exhibitions 《Shadow Play》, 2025.10.23 – 2025.11.05, Faction In traditional East Asian theatre, mysterious and non-human beings frequently appear—monsters, ghosts, and spiritual apparitions. These figures symbolically embody human joy, suffering, and conflict.
2025.10.22

Emerging Artists

Articles [Critique] Hyeree Ro’s Niro Takes Us on the Immigrant Journey Fragments of Korean and English words and phrases fill the lower gallery of Canal Projects as artist Hyeree Ro begins her performance for her newly commissioned installation,
2024
Exhibitions 《COMBO》, 2021.09.15 – 2021.10.30, Whistle The cards began to shuffle. It gently exposes the face above the hand as it inserts itself among the other cards. Finally, the softly curved card falls below the thumb, randomly tangles up, then fans out neatly
2021.09.13

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《BEAK Jungki: All in One》, 2023.05.24 – 2023.07.01, Arario Gallery ARARIO GALLERY Seoul presents BEAK Jungki’s solo exhibition 《All in One 》 from 24 May to 1 July 2023. The works of BEAK Jungki (b. 1981) are constructed through a process that delves profoundly into the essence of materials and explores specific subjects of interest through deep research and scientific experimentation, through a hands-on-approach conducted personally by the artist for the visualization of his in-depth explorations.
2023.05.23

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《LOGOTYPE》, 2007.04.04 - 2007.04.22, DoArt gallery Son Donghyun (b.1980) began to gain attention two years ago after presenting Portrait of Hero, James Bond at Gallery Kkot and holding his solo exhibition 《Pop-Icon》 at Art Space Hue.
2007.04.02
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Pre-Established Artists

Activities Korea Arts Management Support Center Holds Day 2 of “2025 Dive into Korean Art,” a Studio-Visit Program for International Art Professionals The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister Choi Hwiyeong; hereafter MCST) and the Korea Arts Management Support Center (President Kim Jang-ho; hereafter KAMS) hosted Day 2 of the program 2025 Dive into Korean Art on Monday the 1st, inviting 14 key figures from the international art field to visit the studios of eight Korean emerging and mid-career artists (teams).
2025.09.03
Exhibitions 《PENETRALE》, 2019.10.16 – 2019.11.30, P21 From October 16 to November 30, 2019, P21 presents Hyungkoo Lee’s solo exhibition 《PENETRALE》. This is his first solo exhibition in four years since 2015, featuring two new works produced in 2019—Psyche up Panorama (2019) and X (2019)—each installed in one of P21’s two exhibition spaces.
2019.10.15

Established Artists

Activities Works by Busan-born photographer Atta Kim to become an “Autumn Legend” in New York Photographs of autumn scenes in New York’s Central Park by Busan-born photographer Atta Kim (50) will be permanently exhibited at the Central Park Conservancy building.
2006.09.27
Articles [Critique] Portrait of Anxiety The faces of people from Heinkuhn Oh’s photos show a subliminal feeling of anxiety in some ways. It gives the strange, grotesque, or fretful feeling. I can’t distinguish whether it is their faces that show anxiousness or it is my mind that is disturbed from watching their faces.
2011