K-Artists
Carefully curates and introduces three representative artists from the Korean contemporary art scene each week since the 2000s.
Mid-Career:
3 K-Artists This Week
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Articles
Artist Minseok Chi: Exploring the Contemporary Convergence of Korean Traditional Art, Philosophy, and Religion
Minseok Chi (b. 1990) works primarily with the traditional medium of Korean painting to explore connections between Korea’s traditional philosophy, shamanistic beliefs, and contemporary contexts. In particular, he studies past shamanistic practices that linked the human world with the realm of spirits through everyday elements such as stones, trees, and mountains. As a contemporary artist, he reflects on the role of the modern-day shaman—one who spiritually connects the diverse beings that inhabit today’s complex society.
2025.07.28
Articles
Artist Heejoon Lee’s Abstract Paintings: Visualizing Layers of Time and Space in Urban Landscapes
Heejoon Lee (b. 1988) begins his work by walking through the city. As he moves through urban spaces, he attentively observes the balance, proportions, and colors that shape the ordinary landscapes of daily life, drawing inspiration for his paintings. Like a flâneur, he wanders through the city, collecting scenes and extracting abstract images, which he then translates onto canvas.
2025.03.11
Exhibitions
《Aslope》, 2018.10.12 – 2018.11.09, Nook Gallery
When I first visited the artist's studio, the black paintings with layer after layer of devoted brush strokes filled with a long period of hesitation and passion had sucked everything in and left just the reflective layer of dark oil paint.
2018.10.04
Articles
[Critique] Cycles and Expansions in Choe U-Ram’s Recent Works
Choe U-Ram is widely known as an artist who creates “anima machines,” or mechanical life-forms. With kinetic works that showcase imaginative artistry and an exceptional sense of form, he has drawn attention not only in Korea but also at leading museums, galleries, and biennials abroad. Since his first solo exhibition in 1998
2013
Activities
Lee Bul – Winner of the Special Prize at the Venice Biennale
In June of the previous year, Lee Bul(35) won a Special Prize at the Venice Biennale, a significant milestone in her career. With the dawn of the new millennium, her work is set to be showcased simultaneously at three of the world's leading art institutions: the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bonn, and the Merz Museum in Austria. This international exposure will continue into 2001, with exhibitions planned at the Ludwig Museum in Germany, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the Fukuoka Art Museum in Japan.
1999.09.12
