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New Artists

Exhibitions 《The Last Things Before the Last》, 2022.12.03 – 2023.02.12, HITE Collection HITE Collection presents 《The Last Things Before the Last》 as its 2022 Young Artist Exhibition, featuring Park Rondi, WONJEONG DEPARTMENT STORE, and TZUSOO. “The power that governs our imagination possesses absolute control over us” (Markus Gabriel). This exhibition seeks to examine the worlds and forces toward which the sensibilities and imaginations of young artists are directed.
2022.12.01
Articles [Essay] This Side and the Other Side Unexpectedly Reach Each Other For a while, there was an inescapable jinx. If I missed the navigation’s directions three times in a row while driving, I would arrive at a place where you once stood. When I unexpectedly came face to face with a landscape that
2023

Emerging Artists

Articles [Review] Young-jun Tak – Atelier Hermès solo exhibition Young-jun Tak’s first solo show in his native Seoul, “Love Your Clean Feet on Thursday,” was a study in duality. Two single-channel videos projected on perpendicular walls framed the gallery of Atelier Hermès, punctuated by two adjacent sculptural works that both opened and closed the show.
2024
Exhibitions 《Access》, 2023.07.18 – 2023.07.22, MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique (Paris) MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique is delighted to present, 《Access》, a solo exhibition by Hejum Bä, marking her anticipated European debut.
2023.07.16

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions “Dimensionalists: Poetry·Image·Score·Code” on View Through November 23, 2025, at Seoul National University Museum of Art The Seoul National University Museum of Art is presenting the group exhibition 《Dimensionalists: Poetry·Image·Score·Code》 through November 23.
2025.10.07

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions Son Donghyun’s Solo Exhibition “Yong Ryong” on View Through May 11, 2024 at Gallery 2 Donghyun Son’s solo exhibition Yong Ryong presents paintings that discover the structure of space in the form of the dragon (龍), a comprehensive reading of how the its constituent radicals unfold on paper.
2024.04.11
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Pre-Established Artists

Articles [Review] Young In Hong – The Handcrafted Labor of Thought, or What is the moment, or the condition, under which an object appears as an artwork? Reading the gallery’s description of “a sound installation that brings multigenerational elephant kinship groups into the exhibition space,” I am reminded of Martin Heidegger’s
2022.04.26
Exhibitions 《Snaplife》, 2014.05.30 – 2014.08.02, Sungkok Art Museum Jina Park (b.1974) portrays on canvas instant, coincidental moments of ordinary and usual situations that she snapshots with a camera and reconstructs into paintings.
2010.11.10

Established Artists

Articles [Critique] Reality Is Not Simply There, It Must Be Searched and Won1: On Chung Seoyoung’s Work The work of Chung Seoyoung asks fundamental questions: Can you do sculpture without doing it? Is the life of objects independent of the materials from which they are made? Are the forms and objects made by an artist sensical or absurd? Is there a correlation between all the objects that exist?
2023
Exhibitions 《We are Connected》, 2024.09.26 – 2024.12.13, Korean Cultural Center NY (KCCNY) Ik-Joong Kang bridges East and West through his evocative art. This exhibition reflects his artistic world weaving diverse elements into a harmonious tapestry to illustrate the interconnectedness of our global community.
2024.09.25
Articles [Review] Kiwon Park’s Red Room
2019.06.25