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New Artists

Exhibitions 《Route 0》, 2024.04.17 – 2024.06.09, Seoho Museum of Art (Namyangju) The 《2024 Project Route 0,1,2》 is a project exhibition by the Seoho Museum of Art that seeks new understanding and interpretation at the intersection of nature and media art.
2024.04.15
Exhibitions 《Push & Art》, 2020.07.23 – 2020.08.23, Gangdong Arts Center Seoul’s Gangdong District (District Head: Lee Jeong-hoon) announced on July 30 that the Gangdong Cultural Foundation (CEO: Lee Je-hoon), established by the district office, will hold the exhibition 《Push & Art》 until August 23, presenting visual art interpretations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
2020.07.23

Emerging Artists

Exhibitions 《ARTSPECTRUM 2022》, 2022.03.02 - 2022.07.03, Leeum Museum of Art 《ARTSPECTRUM》 was launched in 2001 at Hoam Gallery as a biannual survey exhibition of young and emerging South Korean artists. Since 2006, it has been held at the Leeum Museum of Art,
2022.02.28
Articles Artist Ahn Kwanghwee: Questioning Art from Within the Art Institution Through Hip-Hop as an External Language Ahn Kwanghwee (b. 1988) appropriates hip-hop music as part of his artistic practice—both as a quotidian element and as a critical object—recontextualizing it and repositioning it within the framework of exhibition-making.
2026.05.25

Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Critique] Yona Lee’s object lessons In Yona Lee’s work, the quotidian takes on new forms. Chairs, fans, lamps and beds are placed into looping metal structures, forcing a new perspective on an ordinary thing. Stainless steel tubes interlink with one another,
2025

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《report》, 2017.11.10 - 2017.12.23, Gallery Purple Kim Taedong captures in his photographs the taut tension generated by the collision between hidden narratives beneath urban history and the visible images of the city. Through his lens, he presents the suspended urban spaces and figures of the metropolis at dawn (‘Day Break’, 2011–), the peculiar urban tones of Seoul’s peripheries
2017.11.08
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions [Review] PERIGEE ARTIST #3 Hong Kyoungtack "Green Green Grass" : I just want a perfect world The artist Hong Kyoung tack has demonstrated contemporary humans’ obsessive desire with specific objects such as pens, pencils, and books as well as diverse patterns.
2014.12.05
Exhibitions 《Informal Economy》, 2004.05.14 - 2004.06.30, Ssamzie Space At Ssamzie Space, the exhibition 《Informal Economy》 presents a multilayered introduction to Seulgi Lee’s artistic practice, which traverses the boundaries between everyday objects, sculpture, and exhibition space.
2004.05.12

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Zeitgeist Korea》, 2013.11.12. - 2014.04.27, MMCA Seoul Among the special exhibitions to celebrate the opening of National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, the title of the exhibition “Zeitgeist Korea” will determine the aspect of the Korean contemporary art.
2013.11.10
Activities Yoon Dongchun Selected as Recipient of the 35th Lee Jung-seob Art Prize The 35th Lee Jung-seob Art Prize has been awarded to painter Yoon Dongchun (66). Regarded as a representative figure of pluralistic tendencies in contemporary Korean art, he has pursued diverse creative practices that reveal the artistic potential of everyday life.
2023.03.24