K-Artists
Carefully curates and introduces three representative artists from the Korean contemporary art scene each week since the 2000s.
Mid-Career:
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Articles
Artist Sangha Khym: Reconstructing Forgotten Memories and Invisible Time
Sangha Khym (b. 1999) collects fragments of vanished or restricted sites, lost media, and forgotten memories, pursuing a practice that reconstructs invisible time. Working across photography, video, publishing, and installation, the artist reveals in layered ways the processes through which memory fades and is reconstituted.
2026.01.19
Articles
Artist Park Noh-wan’s Stained Paintings: On Things That Are Neither This Nor That
Park Noh-wan (b. 1987) focuses on subjects that are neither particularly beautiful nor harmonious in form—things that are often overlooked or deemed unimportant, such as outdated advertisements or discarded objects crumpled on the roadside. The artist translates these strangely captivating scenes onto canvas, not by merely depicting their forms, but by capturing the unique atmosphere and emotions they evoke.
2025.04.01
Exhibitions
《The Tourist》, 2020.03.20 – 2020.04.19, L’espace 71
L’espace 71 presents 《The Tourist》, a solo exhibition by Heejoon Lee, from March 13 to April 12. This marks Lee’s first solo exhibition at L’espace 71, where approximately 15 new works will be on view.
2020.03.18
Activities
Korean Sculptors and Installation Artists Step Onto the Global Stage
A growing number of Korean sculptors and installation artists are actively expanding into international markets.More than thirty artists—including Kimsooja, Kibong Rhee, Kyungah Ham, Haegue Yang, Park Eun-Sun, Kim Seongu, Jaeho Lee, Seonghi Bahk, Seungmo Park, Choi TaeHoon, Yoo Young-Wun, Lee Hwan-kwon, Gwon Osang, and Lee Dongwook—are either holding or preparing exhibitions across the United States, Europe, and Asia.
2009.03.16
Exhibitions
《2017 Korea Artist Prize》, 2017.09.13 – 2018.02.18, MMCA Seoul
The 《Korea Artist Prize》 puts high priority on fair and open selection and support for artists. All of this is aimed at a substantive yet down-to-earth sponsorship program that is centered around the art scene and can respond flexibly to the needs of contemporary art. This year, the artists, Sunny Kim (b. 1969
2017.09.01
Articles
[Critique] Photographic Reality
In a movie, a man who is about to leave the woman says he needs to take her photo and quietly gazes at her face. Saying he will remember it forever, he believes that everything in that moment will be remembered with the photo.
2023
Articles
[Critique] Kim Beom
“Though my works have a sense of humor, usually pessimism and absurdity underlie it.”
—Kim Beom
2018
