K-Artists
Carefully curates and introduces three representative artists from the Korean contemporary art scene each week since the 2000s.
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Exhibitions
《Innuendo》, 2023.09.02 – 2023.10.14, Jason Haam
Jason Haam is pleased to announce Innuendo a solo exhibition of new paintings by a Korean artist, Moka Lee. The show, which will be the artist’s inaugural solo exhibition with the gallery, will open on the September 2nd and remain on view through the October 10th.
2023.08.31
Articles
Artist Sla Cha: The Logic of Games and Everyday Objects in Sculpture
Born in Germany—a country often associated with toys and machinery—Sla Cha (b. 1989) grew up fascinated by playing with toys derived from cartoons, films, and games. Drawing from this background, she has developed her practice as a sculptor by exploring the logic of games, as well as the scale and operational mechanisms of real-world objects.
2026.04.20
Articles
[Column] The Place of Beautiful and Sparkling Objects
Hannah Woo has consistently created installation works that construct narrative spaces using fabric as the primary material. These include landscapes populated by clusters of rods of various shapes, as in 《SWINGING》 (Wangsan-ro 9-gil 24, 2018);
2020.10.09
Articles
Artist Eve Kwak: Reconfiguring Spaces of Everyday Frames and Boundaries
Eve Kwak (b. 1983) has long been interested in the built nature of everyday life and the physical environments we inhabit. Her practice focuses on the permanence of architectural forms and the activities that unfold within them. Through sketching the structures she observes, she explores the mutable nature of human actions using media that oscillate between two and three dimensions—including painting, sculpture, books, and printed matter—creating works that function simultaneously as flat surfaces and sculptural forms.
2026.08.17
Exhibitions
《The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989》, 2023.10.21 – 2024.02.11, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Korean contemporary artists Suki Seokyeong Kang, Hayoun Kwon, Do Ho Suh, Michael Joo, Byron Kim, Park Chan-kyong, Yeondoo Jung, and Kyungah Ham are participating in the group exhibition 《The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989》 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This exhibition marks the first large-scale Korean contemporary art show in the United States since 2009, presenting diverse works by 28 artists that encapsulate their collective memory of the significant societal changes occurred during the late 1980s in Korea.
2023.10.20
Articles
[Review] 《Funkchestra》 Review
I knew that he titled his first solo exhibition “Shrine,” but I only learned this time that he is a devout “child of the Lord.” This was not apparent from the meticulously arranged, eventful new works in the exhibition, but rather something I learned by chance after asking him an unrelated question.
2005
