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New Artists

Activities Dongwan Kook, Mira Park, and Jihyoung Han Selected for ‘CKD Yesuljisang 2023’ Dongwan Kook, Mira Park, and Jihyoung Han have been selected for the “CKD Yesuljisang 2023.”
2023.03.07
Exhibitions 《eoracle》, 2022.09.21 – 2022.10.19, DOOSAN Gallery DOOSAN Gallery is pleased to present 《eoracle》, a solo exhibition by 업체eobchae, the winner of the 12th DOOSAN Artist Award, from September 21st to October 19th, 2022. 업체eobchae is an audio-visual production consisting of Nahee Kim, Cheon-seok Oh, and Hwi Hwang, who has been pursuing to create original work by using their respective interests and skills while maintaining each other's critical points of view.
2022.09.15

Emerging Artists

Articles Artist Oh Jeisung: Exploring the Coexistence of Tradition and Modernity Oh Jeisung (b. 1987) has been reinterpreting the sculptural legacy inherited from the past by bringing it into the context of the present and transforming it into new forms of sculpture. To this end, he combines traditional sculpting techniques with contemporary methods and materials—such as 3D printing and video—conducting a formal exploration of sculpture that bridges the past and the present.
2025.08.04
Exhibitions “The 23rd SONGEUN Art Award Exhibition” on view through February 24, 2024, at SONGEUN The SONGEUN Art Award Exhibition is a showcase of the latest works by leading emerging artists in contemporary Korean art in one place. This exhibition features the diversity of contemporary Korean art through the paintings, sculptures, installations, videos, and sound works of 20 young artists born between 1979 and 1990.
2023.12.13

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Overtone》, 2023.11.08-2024.01.07, Barakat Contemporary “Overtone” is the title of Sojung Jun's first solo exhibition and her new three-channel video (2023). It is a musical terminology that describes the harmonic series that collide and blend around and above a fundamental note to create a coherent musical tone.
2023.11.08

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions Ji Yongho's Solo Exhibition "Evolved Mutant" on View Through May 28, 2022, at UARTSPACE UARTSPACE is pleased to announce Ji Yong-Ho’s solo exhibition from April 27 to May 28, 2022. In this exhibition, the artist will present 13 new works created using 3D modeling techniques.
2022.04.27
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Pre-Established Artists

Articles [Critique] Sung Hwan Kim 《Life of Always a Mirror》: ‘Precise, Limited-Context Communication’ The exhibition 《Life of Always a Mirror》 (Art Sonje Center, through November 30) includes the view(er) within the exhibition hall and has them intervene. This does not mean it demands direct participation from the audience;
2014.10.01
Articles [Critique] History and Visuality: Seeing the Surface in Rho Jae Oon’s Art In Rho Jae Oon’s work, we encounter a linkage of history to the visual, one that involves a disruption of the ways in which history has been associated with perspectival depth, as receding into the past, moving into the present, projecting itself into the future.
2009

Established Artists

Articles [Critique] Kim Taek Sang — Layers of ‘Breathing Light’ Kim Taek Sang creates his works through time, wind, and light. They are paintings of “breathing light,” formed through the repeated processes of sedimentation and drying of pigment diluted in water.
2017
Articles [Critique] Bahc Yiso: Sky, Drift, and Escape As the core concept for this year’s Korean Pavilion, the theme 《Landscape of Differences》 articulates many differences on multiple levels. In general terms, these differences are those that can be found in art and nature, between interior spaces and
2025