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New Artists

Exhibitions “The Collapse Manual Ep.02” on View Through March 17, 2026, at AOD Museum AOD (Art of Dalim) Museum presents a special exhibition 《The Collapse Manual Ep.02》 on view through March 17.
2026.02.10
Exhibitions 《Mechanics of Stress》, 2023.03.08 – 2023.04.05, DOOSAN Gallery Production of innovative technology requires not only extensive labor but also vast material inputs. In the process, harmful substances, many of which cause serious physical damage and illness to workers, are generated. Yet these health issues are often silenced, dismissed as individual misfortunes, or obscured by layers of gender and social inequality.
2023.03.07

Emerging Artists

Exhibitions 《INVENTORY》, 2021.06.03 – 2021.06.27, SeMA Storage As part of the 2021 Emerging Artists Exhibition Support Program, the exhibition 《INVENTORY》 focuses on the spatial characteristics of the SeMA Storage, which was formerly used as a reagent warehouse—specifically, its function as a space for organizing and arranging items.
2021.06.21
Exhibitions 《Dig Around in Empty Pocket》, 2022.10.06 – 2022.11.10, Gallery KICHE Gallery Kiche hosts Artist Park Noh Wan’s third solo exhibition, 《Dig Around in Empty Pocket》.
2022.10.06

Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Critique] Under the Shadow of Wild Geese History of Modern and Contemporary Sculpture in Korea by Choi Taeman (a rare book worthy of that title) begins with Rainer Maria Rilke’s assertion that a sculpture is “an object that could exist for itself alone.”1 Implying the desire for a specific yet universal type of sculpture,
2020

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions “Within and Without” on View Through June 28, 2026, at Gyeongnam Art Museum Gyeongnam Art Museum presents the exhibition 《Within and Without》 through June 28. Today, as our bodies, memories, and modes of survival have undergone rapid transformation, the forms of community that once defined us can no longer fully account for our lives. We now find ourselves in a position to reco
2026.04.21
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Pre-Established Artists

Articles [Critique] Life Revealed Through Images, The Identity That Gazes Upon Them Hong Sungchul introduces multimedia art as a narrative medium through which to address the essence of life and the origins of art. The moving images produced through such technological media
2002
Articles [Critique] Yongbaek Lee, Representative Artist of Korea at the 2011 Venice Biennale This is media artist Yongbaek Lee’s response upon being selected as Korea’s representative for the 54th Venice Biennale, to be held in June 2011. Participating as the national representative in the world’s most prestigious art event, held every two years, would be an exhilarating occasion for anyone, yet his expression remained calm and composed.
2011.02

Established Artists

Activities A Giant Flower Appears at Some Sevit… Choi Jeonghwa’s Breathing Flower Installation artist Choi Jeonghwa (53)’s Breathing Flower is scheduled to be installed on the Han River. ‘Choi Jeonghwa’s flower’ has previously been presented at symbolic sites around the world, including in front of San Francisco City Hall
2015.10.24
Exhibitions 《Wood, Metal, Earth: Three Materials, Three Languages》, 2025.05.16 – 2025.06.17, Choijungah Gallery 《Wood, Metal, Earth: Three Materials, Three Languages》 is an exhibition of dialogue that brings together three artists—Chung Hyun, Kim Hongsik, and Seo Hyekyung—who have created works using the natural materials
2025.05.16