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New Artists

Exhibitions 《Run》, 2022.07.20 – 2022.09.07, Museumhead Today, disasters have become an everyday occurrence. How Jung Eugene's solo exhibition, 《RUN》 (2022) would approach and escape the disaster that has become a daily routine, but has lost its sense of reality. In the exhibition, Jung Eugene creates a kind of theme park by combining and exaggerating various scenes of disasters.
2022.07.18
Articles Artist Seungjoon Song: Artistic Attempts to Dismantle the Dichotomy Between Humans and Nature Seungjoon Song (b. 1993) reexamines the cultural and historical contexts surrounding the concept of nature and explores how the biases and misconceptions produced by this concept shape and regulate our reality. Using “design” as a mediating tool to dismantle the dualistic thinking between humans and nature, he redefines the notion of nature from an interrelational, ecological perspective.
2025.12.01

Emerging Artists

Activities Grim Park, Nohwan Park, and Donghoon Rhee Named Finalists of the ‘2025 Kiaf HIGHLIGHTS’ Following its successful conclusion, Kiaf SEOUL announced the three final winners of the ‘2025 Kiaf HIGHLIGHTS’: Grim Park (THEO), Nohwan Park (Space Willing N Dealing), and Donghoon Rhee (Gallery SP).
2025.09.16
Articles Artist Ahram Kwon: Critically Reconstructing the Illusions of the Media World Through the Screen Ahram Kwon (b. 1987) creates multimedia installations that reveal reflections on media and its conceptual interconnections in a compressed and metaphorical manner. Primarily using digital screens and mirrors as her main materials, the artist critically reconstructs the illusions of the digital media world that influence real human life and society.
2025.06.23

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《South Altar》, 2020.05.07 – 2020.06.27, Gallery ERD In 2017, renowned mycologist Nicholas Money, author of Mushrooms: A Natural and Cultural History, presented an intriguing study on fungi.
2020.05.05

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Mind Stream》, 2020.03.24 – 2020.05.11, Art Sonje Center Art Sonje Center presents 《Mind Stream》, a solo exhibition by Hwayeon Nam from March 24 to May 10, 2020. Hwayeon Nam draws the trajectories where historical time meets physical time.
2020.03.20
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Pre-Established Artists

Activities Media Artist Yangachi Wins Hermès Foundation Art Award The Hermès Foundation Art award jury announced on the 2nd that media artist Yangachi (real name Cho Sung-jin, 40) has been selected as the recipient of the 2010 Hermès Foundation Missulsang.
2010.09.02
Articles Artist Kira Kim Reveals Internal Issues of Contemporary Society Through a Humorous Lens Kira Kim (b. 1974) has continually explored the social role of art and artists through diverse media, including two-dimensional works, performance, installation, and video. He incisively yet humorously exposes the power structures of capitalist society and the condition of humanity within it.
2024.11.12

Established Artists

Activities The 21st Monthly Art Awards At the 21st Monthly Art Awards ceremony held at the Sungkok Art Museum on December 1, 2025, Monthly Art (Representative: Lee Ki-young) honored Kim Beom in the Artist category, Lev AAN in the Criticism category, and ten outstanding exhibitions including the Best Exhibition award for Art Sonje Center’s 《Adrián Villar Rojas: The Language of the Enemy》 (2025).
2025.12.01
Activities Nominees Selected for the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art’s Korea Artist Prize Four teams have been selected as nominees for 《Korea Artist Prize 2012》, organized by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea. The nominees are Gimhongsok (48), Moon Kyungwon (43) and Jeon Joonho (43), Yee Sookyung (49), and Lim Minouk (44).
2012.04.09