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New Artists

Exhibitions “Korea Artist Prize 2025” on View Through February 1, 2026, at MMCA Seoul The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), in partnership with the SBS Foundation, presents 《Korea Artist Prize 2025》 exhibition until February 1, 2026, at MMCA Seoul.
2025.09.09
Exhibitions 《Translation》, 2019.10.01 – 2019.11.04, Art Space LOO Jo Jae’s fifth solo exhibition, 《Translation》, can be seen as an extension of her previous works, where she has consistently positioned herself as an immediate conduit for translating urban sensations.
2019.10.01

Emerging Artists

Articles [Critique] Cubical Sense Unfolding on a Flat Surface Heejoon Lee’s works are undoubtedly received as geometric abstract paintings, but after a while, the impression of colors and forms reaches to the specific object, architecture, and urban or natural scenery.
2020
Exhibitions 《Carriers》, 2022.09.15 – 2022.10.22, Tina Kim Gallery (New York) For her first solo exhibition with Tina Kim Gallery, Mire Lee presents 《Carriers》, the continental debut of her eponymous body of work shown at Art Sonje, Korea in 2020, and the Schinkel Pavillon in 2021.
2022,09.11

Mid-Career Artists

Articles Artist siren eun young jung: Regarding the Political Power of Anomalous and Queer Artistic Practices siren eun young jung (b. 1974) has been dedicated to researching marginalized and forgotten histories, reviving them in the present and repositioning them within the realm of art.
2024.12.24

Late Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Essay] Artist Lee Jinju’s Unfamiliar Landscape Paintings Inspired by Memories Occasionally, in our dreams, we encounter everyday occurrences, such as newly built buildings on the way home, a dog we ran into while out for a walk, and flowerpots in the front yards of our neighborhood. The scenes are so plain and routine that you might not realize you are in a dream.
2022.10.24
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Pre-Established Artists

Articles [Essay] Artist Park Meena’s Playful Paintings Stem from Her Interest in Color Artist Park Meena takes a keen interest in colors, but her focus gradually broadens to encompass a wider scope. Park collects and analyzes colors and images and then uses a playful approach to turn her research into paintings.
2022.06.06
Articles Artist Myoung Ho Lee Explores the Essence of Art Through the ‘Photography-Act’ Myoung Ho Lee (b. 1975) has pursued profound explorations of art through the medium of photography, revealing and evoking reality or creating unreality, thus delving into the representation and reenactment of images.
2024.11.26

Established Artists

Articles [Critique] Portrait of Anxiety The faces of people from Heinkuhn Oh’s photos show a subliminal feeling of anxiety in some ways. It gives the strange, grotesque, or fretful feeling. I can’t distinguish whether it is their faces that show anxiousness or it is my mind that is disturbed from watching their faces.
2011
Articles Atta Kim’s Artworks Capture the ‘Life of Being’ Atta Kim (b. 1956) is one of Korea's leading contemporary photographers who has been working since the mid-1980s, based on philosophical questions about existence. Kim's curiosity about the outside world has led him to photograph people from diverse backgrounds, and he has expanded his recognition as an artist. In 2002, he was selected to represent Korea at the São Paulo Biennial, and in 2006, he held the first solo exhibition by an Asian artist at the International Center of Photography in New York.
2024.08.27