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New Artists

Exhibitions 《Following the Curves》, 2025.04.25 – 2025.05.31, WESERHALLE (Berlin, DE) Weserhalle is pleased to present 《Following the Curves》, the debut solo exhibition in Germany by Korean artist Jiwon Choi.
2025.04.23
Exhibitions 《Autohypnosis》, 2020.07.12 – 2020.08.12, G Gallery G Gallery is pleased to announce 《Autohypnosis》, a group exhibition featuring works by Dew Kim, Kai Oh, and Woo Hannah, which will run from July 12 to August 12.
2023.07.10

Emerging Artists

Exhibitions 《identi-kit : The people’s choices》, 2021.10.08 – 2021.10.31, N/A Jihyoung Han’s solo exhibition 《identi-kit : The people’s choices》 opens today (8th) and will run through the 31st at N/A, located in Euljiro. The space is closed on Mondays.
2021.10.08
Articles [Critique] Earth(Artificial) Material Painting The reflection and penetration of facade with glossy glass and the fragmented screen tone[1] permeated on the incomplete architectural structure are the important materials for Wonhae Hwang’s recent artwork.
2021

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Aedong》, 2019.03.07-2019.04.14, DOOSAN Gallery New York DOOSAN Gallery New York presents Youngzoo IM’s solo exhibition titled 《Aedong》, from March 7 to April 13, 2019. IM has collected and documented stories and scenes of urban legends, superstitions, pseudo-sciences and pseudo-religions spread throughout society, and has realized them through various mediums such as video, painting, installations, and publications.
2019.03.05

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Korea Artist Prize 2023》, 2023.10.20 – 2024.03.31, MMCA, Seoul The artist Kang Seung Lee (b 1978), selected as one of the four finalists for 《Korea Artist Prize 2023》, is presenting works at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul (MMCA) from October 20, 2023, to March 31, 2024.
2023.10.15
Articles [Essay] Story of Mutant 'Jaguar' 2020.12.21
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《YOU, Live!: Twelve-Door Handles》, 2019.10.18 – 2020.01.19, Ilmin Museum of Art 《YOU, Live!: Twelve-Door Handles》 marked artist Yoon Young Park’s first solo exhibition in nine years. Having worked between Korea and Canada, Park garnered significant attention in the Korean art world in the late 2000s for her distinctive storytelling methods and her expansion of the possibilities within the Korean painting medium.
2019.10.18
Articles [Critique] Korea’s Promising 30s–40s Artists ⑤: Installation Artist Yoon Young Park The Robert Pickton case—the Vancouver, Canada pig farmer who, over 30 years, killed 69 women and used their remains as pig feed; the Virginia Tech shooting by Cho Seung-hui; the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; the Exxon Valdez oil spill….
2009.03.05
Articles [Essay] Nonchalantly
2020

Established Artists

Articles Artist Lee Bul Explores the World as a Hybrid that Transcends Boundaries Lee Bul (b. 1964)’s narrative is reflected in her works through sharp social criticism, historical consciousness, and a search for utopian humanism. The artist draws inspiration from diverse sources – including film, literature and modern architecture, as well as European and South Korean history – to create hybrid forms that convey a fantastical and often disconcerting dystopian vision.
2024.07.02
Exhibitions 《I am Not One》, 2018.09.04 – 2018.09.28, Space Willing N Dealing From September 4 to 28, 2018, Space Willing N Dealing presented Inhwan Oh’s solo exhibition 《I am Not One》. Defining his artistic practice as a search for cultural blind spots excluded by dominant culture,
2019.09.04