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Carefully curates and introduces three representative artists from the Korean contemporary art scene each week since the 2000s.

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Young Artists

Articles [Critique] Black wrapping paper and Eugene Jung Eugene Jung’s solo exhibition RUN is almost like a ‘theater without movies’. It is a ‘table without MacBook 95’ and a ‘future without the psychic octopus.’ It is a ‘disaster without catastrophe’.
2022
Articles Artist Daseul Song: A Study on the Generative Principles of ‘Digital Abstract Moving Images’ Daseul Song (b. 1990) explores the sensations and narratives generated at the boundary between the screen and physical reality through what she terms “digital abstract moving images.” She approaches image data not merely as visual information, but as an object that records the corporeality of contemporary image producers and consumers alike, and creates video works that invite viewers to imagine and sense this materiality.
2026.01.19

Emerging Artists

Exhibitions SeMA Omnibus “At the End of the World Split Endlessly” on View Through November 17, 2024, at SeMA Seosomun Main Branch Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) is holding the exhibition “At the End of the World Split Endlessly” at the Seosomun Main Branch until November 17, as part of the ‘SeMA Omnibus’, an exhibition of works from the Seoul Museum of Art’s collections.
2024.10.08
Articles Artist Choi Suin: Painting Emotional Scenes Arising from Relationships Choi Suin (b. 1987) reflects on relationships grounded in her own lived experiences, translating the emotions that arise from them into forms that may be perceived as elements of nature. Her paintings become spaces in which dormant and uncomfortable inner feelings are brought out and confronted. Emotions that could not be fully articulated in words are projected onto natural forms, unfolding as scenes that resemble theatrical tableaux.
2026.03.16

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions “Korea Artist Prize 2023” on View Through March 31, 2024, at MMCA Seoul The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Seoul will host the Korea Artist Prize 2023 from October 20, 2023 to March 31, 2024.
2023.10.25

Late Mid-Career Artists

Activities Suki Seokyeong Kang wins the Baloise Art Prize at Art Basel in Switzerland Suki Seokyeong Kang (41) has been selected as one of the recipients of the Baloise Art Prize, an award presented by the prestigious international art fair Art Basel in Switzerland.
2018.06.13

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Pre-Established Artists

Activities ISU Group Collaborates with Pop Art Artist Lee Donggi...'Atomaus' Diary and Calendar ISU Group (Chairman Kim Sang-bum) announced today that it has created a 2022 diary and calendar in collaboration with Korea's leading pop artist Lee Donggi.
2022.01.18
Exhibitions 《Seoullo Media Canvas》, 2017.09.21 – 2017.12.20, Manri-dong Square Works by Kira Kim, Yeondoo Jung, Sasa[44], and MeeNa Park will be screened for 《Seoullo Media Canvas》at the Seoul Station from September 21, 2017. This event is held as part of the ‘Seoul is Museum' project, which the Seoul Metropolitan Government has been spearheading since 2016, and video works
2017.09.15

Established Artists

Articles [Critique] Surface-Façade Subjects What kind of subject should a photographer focus on if he wished to develop the characteristics of the contemporary era objectively and plainly, using photography? And suppose that the nature of the contemporary era is extremely subjective, abstract, and
2016.01.01
Exhibitions 《2015 Artist of the Year - Sora Kim》, 2015.10.12 – 2015.12.05, Korea Cultural Centre, London Selected by the Korean Cultural Centre United Kingdom (KCCUK) as the 2015 Artist of the Year, Sora Kim’s solo exhibition will open October 12th to December 5th at the exhibition space inside KCCUK. Conducted by the KCC during the Frieze art fairs in London,
2015.10.12
Articles [Critique] The Clodium
2012