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New Artists

Exhibitions 《The Statue Knows How to Dance》, 2021.07.08 – 2021.07.31, Gallery SP The solo exhibition 《The Statue Knows How to Dance》 by rising sculptor Rhee Donghoon, known for his distinctive and sensuous approach to sculpture, was held at Gallery SP from July 8 (Thu) to July 31 (Sat). Marking the artist’s second solo show, the exhibition presented approximately twelve works including both sculptures and paintings.
2021.07.05
Exhibitions 《HOURGLASS》, 2021.12.09 – 2022.01.22, KICHE Kwon Hyun Bhin takes a long look at subjects and imagines their potential as a sculpture. Her work is itself a documentation of the gaze which often departs from mundane scenes encountered in nature.
2021.12.08

Emerging Artists

Exhibitions 《Intestine for Ritual》, 2023.05.24 – 2023.07.01, Arario Gallery Seoul Arario Gallery Seoul is pleased to present Park Wunggyu’s solo exhibition 《Intestine for Ritual》, on view from May 24 to July 1, 2023.
2023.05.22
Exhibitions 《Glow Breath Warmth》, 2020.12.28 – 2021.02.10, WESS Keem Jiyoung’s solo exhibition, 《Glow Breath Warmth》, will be held at WESS from December 28 to February 10.
2020.12.26

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Demolition Site》, 2014.03.01 - 2014.03.31, KT&G Sangsangmadang KT&G SKOPF is a support program that has been held annually since 2008, dedicated to discovering and supporting emerging Korean photographers with new potential. The work of this year’s selected artist, Jung Jihyun, presented in this exhibition, involves the artist directly entering demolition sites in redevelopment areas of Incheon, leaving markers, and documenting the process and results of how those markers are dismantled over time.
2014.02.27

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《island》, 2010.05.12 - 2010.06.11, Project Space SARUBIA Donghyun Son’s exhibition reflects the city of New York, considered as the center of the world. New York, especially Manhattan Island is often described as an object of desire but at the same time, it is put under all kinds of disasters
2010.05.10
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Discordant Harmony》, 2015.02.07 – 2015.03.29, Art Sonje Center 《Discordant Harmony》 is a concept that has been proposed collectively by a team of curators brought together by the Goethe-Institut in a programme aimed at re-examining and understanding Asia in its present state by means of artistic and intellectual endeavours.
2015.02.07
Exhibitions 《The Infinite Starburst of Your Cold Dark Eyes》, 2010.01.14 – 2010.03.12, PKM Gallery Bartleby Bickle & Meursault (BB&M) is a bureau for creative guestwork, an experiment, a work in progress which stands in passionate refusal of all that is banal and soulless in the experience of contemporary art.
2010.01.14

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Concerning the "ART"》, 2020.02.25 - 2020.07.26, Busan Museum of Contemporary Art The combination or fusion of “art” and “technology” has already been a major concern and subject of discussion since the early twentieth century. In recent years, as technology and IT have been introduced and disseminated on a comprehensive scale, the form of “art” has been changing more rapidly than ever before, raising more fundamental questions about its concept and identity.
2020.02.23
Articles The Art of Connection and Communication by Artist Sora Kim Sora Kim (b. 1965) is one of the representative Korean conceptual artists who has been making forays into open interpretations of humans and surroundings through video, sound, installation and performance based on entering into a relationship and the process of communication.
2024.10.01