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New Artists

Articles eobchae: Critical Imaginations of the Accelerated Techno-Environment in the Post-Internet Era Formed in 2017, the collective eobchae is an audio-visual production group composed of three artists born in the 1990s — Nahee Kim, Cheonseok Oh, and Hwi Hwang. Through works that traverse the boundaries of various media including video, sound, web, and performance, they weave speculative worldviews by closely examining the rapidly advancing new technologies and environments, focusing on perspectives omitted or erased in these processes.
2025.05.26
Exhibitions 《You Have a New Memory》, 2021.07.09 – 2021.08.04, WOAW Gallery (Hong Kong) Woaw Gallery and Case Studyo are pleased to present the works of Sun Woo, Canadian artist of South Korean origin. 《You Have a New Memory》 is her first solo exhibition in Hong Kong and with the gallery and production team.
2021.07.08

Emerging Artists

Exhibitions "Opaque Echoes" on View Through January 24, 2026, at ThisWeekendRoom ThisWeekendRoom presents a group exhibition 《Opaque Echoes》 by Hyeree Ro, Donghyuk Lee, and Jinju Lee, on view through January 24, 2026.
2025.12.30
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

Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Critique] Photographs, the Real-life Tool Confronting Fabrication: Photographing (the Fabrication of) Nessie Artist Kim Shinwook visited Loch Ness several times to photograph the Loch Ness Monster, or ‘Nessie’.
2020

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions Kim Taedong & Yona Lee’s Two-Person Exhibition “Staging” on View Through July 20, 2026, at Space ISU Space ISU, the cultural arts space of ISU Group, presents the 30th anniversary exhibition 《Staging》 through July 20.Moving beyond conventional modes of commemoration that simply look back on the past, the exhibition foregrounds the idea that a corporation exists as a dynamic entity—one in which diverse relationships and elements are interconnected and continuously evolving.
2026.05.05
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven》, 2025.09.04 – 2025.11.02, Culture Factory Hyundai Motor Company announced on Wednesday, September 3, that 《Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven》, the first exhibition of the Hyundai Translocal Series, will be presented from Thursday, September 4 to Sunday, November 2 as a special exhibition of the Cheongju Craft Biennale 2025.
2025.09.03
Activities ‘Art Night in Jeju’ Tour with Photographer Myoung Ho Lee Concludes Successfully Leavelize (CEO Haenghee Ko) announced on the 27th that the Art Night in Jeju tour, held in collaboration with photographer Myoung Ho Lee, has successfully concluded.
2024.06.27

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《33 Sungkok Awardees》, 2008.04.11 - 2008.05.25, Sungkok Art Museum Funded as a tribute to the memory of the late Sungkon Kim, also known by his pen-name Sungkok, the Sungkok Art Museum has launched a special project for young emerging Korean artists, ‘Artists of Tomorrow’ since 1998. In honor of his lifelong commitment to cultivating young Korean talents, The exhibition 《Awardees, 1998-2007》 seeks to echo both the traditions and future-oriented ideals of Korean modern art.
2008.04.09
Articles [Review] Critical Thought in Art: The Case of Yoon Dongchun A long black-and-pink rectangle; a short blue-and-yellow rectangle; a three-tiered rectangle composed of white, blue, and red; a piece of military-patterned fabric bearing the letters “BTS”; a seascape with an iceberg floating upon it. Before us stretches an artwork measuring 775.6 cm in width, consisting of these five panels aligned horizontally, tightly joined without a single gap. Now then — how would you view this work?
2021