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2016.01.01

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New Artists

Articles Kwanwoo Park’s Art as “Event”: On the Human as “Phenomenon” Kwanwoo Park (b. 1990) approaches the human being as a “phenomenon,” addressing in his practice issues such as consciousness and self-consciousness through perception, the tension between reality and fiction as mediated by “belief,” as well as questions of migration and identity.
2025.09.15
Exhibitions 《Alongside》, 2024.08.04 – 2024.08.30, Kim Sechoong Museum From August 4 to 30, 2024, Kim Sechoong Museum presents 《Alongside》, a solo exhibition by Goyoson.
2024.08.01

Emerging Artists

Articles Artist Ahra Kim: Reinterpreting Tradition in a Contemporary Artistic Language at the Intersection of Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting Ahra Kim (b. 1989) has developed a practice that moves across the boundaries of architecture, sculpture, and painting, exploring new formal languages at their intersection. In particular, she has focused on the structural aesthetics of traditional Korean architecture and interprets them through abstraction.
2026.04.06
Articles Artist Miki Kim: On the Intersection of Body, Emotion, and Image Miki Kim (b. 1987) explores the point where the body, emotion, and image intersect through delicate lines and evocative spaces of emptiness. Spanning tattooing—inscribing images onto the skin—digital drawing, as well as sculptural and installation works, her practice unfolds freely across various forms without being confined to a single framework.
2026.03.30

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Remembering/Sensing – Community of Experience》, 2023.10.26 – 2023.11.19, ACC The 2023 ACC Interactive Art Research and Development [Interactive Art Lab] is a lab-based project that explores the fusion of art and advanced technology, aiming to create innovative, future-oriented art through original artistic experiments. This year, under the theme of 'Memory and Sensation' inherent in 'Place and Community,' the lab presents its research and creations in the showcase titled 《Remembering/Sensing – Community of Experience》.
2023.10.24

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《3650 Storage - Interview》, 2022.12.29 - 2023.04.16, Seokpajeong Seoul Museum Over the past 3,650 days—ten full years—what has wholly filled the Seoul Museum of Art has been the footsteps of countless artists who have passed through its spaces. During this time, the museum has woven together the warp of artists and the weft of viewers, creating rich and meaningful aesthetic experiences.
2022.12.29
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《HUMAN》, 2023.11.10 – 2023.12.30, CHOI&CHOI Gallery CHOI&CHOI Gallery presents 《HUMAN》, a 41-person group exhibition. We are fundamentally linked to the conditions of personhood from the moment we are born, and attempts to define and redefine the human experience have been made by philosophers,
2023.11.10
Exhibitions 《COPROLITHE!》, 2015.03.07 - 2015.04.19, Mimesis Art Museum The exhibition space of Mimesis Art Museum is divided into two wings. Seulgi Lee designates the right wing as ‘Inside’ and lays out ten quilted blanket works, while the left wing is titled ‘Outside’ and presents sculptures of coprolites made from clay.
2015.03.05

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Void in Korean Art》, 2007.11.01 - 2008.06.29, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art holds unique collections of traditional Korean art and modern-contemporary art. Organized in celebration of the third anniversary of the opening of Leeum, 《Void in Korean Art》 takes full advantage of these unique collections.
2007.10.30
Articles Artist Lee Gapchul Draws Out the Korean Sentiment and the Unconscious Through the Camera Lee Gapchul (b. 1959) began his career as a documentary photographer and recently gained prominence in the contemporary art field for works that confuse the boundary between the real and the unseen. Photography serves as a medium to draw out the deeply embedded unconsciousness of the mind and to portray the Korean peninsula—its landforms and countryside, its agrarian and folk cultures—as the site of profound spiritual and emotional presences.
2024.08.27