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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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Artist_K-Artist Artist Minseok Chi: Exploring the Contemporary Convergence of Korean Traditional Art, Philosophy, and Religion

2025.07.28

Artist_K-Artist Artist Grim Park: Queer Narratives Through Traditional Buddhist Painting 2025.07.28

Artist_K-Artist Artist Cha Hyeonwook: Reconstructing Memory Through the Transformation of Korean Traditional Painting 2025.07.28

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Artist_K-Artist Artist Jongwan Jang’s Surreal Paintings: On the Faith and Anxiety Toward Utopia

2025.07.21

Artist_K-Artist Artist Hanna Jo: Exploring the Essence of Being Through the Inner Body

2025.07.21

Artist_K-Artist Artist Kang Cheolgyu: Surreal Landscapes Reflecting the Inner Psyche

2025.07.21

Artist_K-Artist Artist Chang Kon Lim's Moving and Transforming Paintings: Imagining the Sensory Realities Inside the Body

2025.07.14

Artist_K-Artist Artist Rahm Parc’s Paintings Drawn by the Mind: On the Possibilities of Painting in an Era Where the Virtual and the Real Coexist

2025.07.14

Artist_K-Artist Artist Yi Young Uk: A World of Uncanny Sensations Through Repetitive Imagery

2025.07.14

Artist_K-Artist Artist Son Hyunseon’s Relational Paintings: Reflections on the Act of “Seeing”

2025.07.07

Artist_K-Artist Artist Nosik Lim: Paintings Traces of Sensations Collected Through Bodily Experience

2025.07.07

Artist_K-Artist Artist Yiji Jeong: Painting as an Affection for Intimate Presences

2025.07.07

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Emerging Artists

Exhibitions 《Human Stain》, 2021.08.27 – 2021.09.15, Space Willing N Dealing Park Noh-wan works on painting based on watercolors. Mixing Arabian rubber, it has a strong density instead of thin application unique to watercolors, and Matier is naturally made, showing a unique coloring format.

2021.08.26

Exhibitions 《Dig Around in Empty Pocket》, 2022.10.06 – 2022.11.10, Gallery KICHE Gallery Kiche hosts Artist Park Noh Wan’s third solo exhibition, 《Dig Around in Empty Pocket》.

2022.10.06

Exhibitions 《Bland Gestures》, 2018.11.15 – 2018.11.28, Space Dimension Variable

2018.12.30

Articles [Critique] Opening the 'Adult Fairy Tale' through Imagination

2012.05.01

Exhibitions 《Missing Mass》, 2021.07.14 – 2021.08.14, UARTSPACE

2021.07.12

Articles Artist Heemin Chung Explores the Perception of Reality in the Digital Age

2025.02.25

Mid-Career Artists

Activities 2019 Kim Sejoong Sculpture Award: Main Prize - Shim Jeongsoo, Young Sculptor Award - Choi Jongwoon, Baek Jungki The Kim Sejoong Memorial Association (Chairperson: Kim Namjo) has announced the winners of the 2019 Kim Sejoong Sculpture Award. The 33rd Main Prize was awarded to Shim Jeongsoo (77), while the 30th Young Sculptor Award was given to Choi Jongwoon (44) and Baek Jungki (38). Additionally, the 22nd Korean Art Publication Award was presented to Kim Eunho (74), the CEO of Hangilsa Publishing.

2019.06.17

Activities Project ‘WHITE RAIN’: Two Perspectives on Spatial Exploration

2012.06.01

Exhibitions 《Tinkering with the objects》, 2022.08.24 – 2022.08.29, Wumin Art Center

2022.08.22

Exhibitions 《Where Is My Voice》, 2020.11.18 – 2020.12.23, DOOSAN Gallery 2020.11.16

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Established Artists

Articles Artist Choi Gene Uk’s ‘Sentimental Realism’ Artist Choi Gene Uk (b. 1956) has been painting for over 40 years in his own artistic language of ‘sentimental realism', depicting the objects and environment around him, as well as Korean society as seen through his own eyes.

2024.08.13

Articles Artist Gimhongsok Translates Social Phenomena into Art Gimhongsok (b. 1964) has been rearranging various social, political, and cultural phenomena through translation and appropriation in his works, starting from text-based works that rely on ambiguity to address the boundary between reality and fiction, for the past 20 years.

2024.07.16