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New Artists

Exhibitions 《Burrowing at the Bottom of a Rainbow》, 2021.07.23 – 2021.10 Atelier Hermès presents 《Burrowing at the Bottom of a Rainbow》, a solo exhibition by emerging sculptor Hyun Nahm (b. 1990), on view from July 23 to October 3, 2021.
2021.07.20
Articles [Critique] A Narrative Beginning with an Encounter in a Desolate Forest, Miryu Yoon’s Solo Exhibition 《Do Wetlands Scare You?》 A dense forest, thick with towering trees that seem to obscure the sky. A bleak, unsettling atmosphere lingers. The ground is heavy with mud, and plants such as perennials and reeds grow tall in stagnant water. It is a wetland. A place where, with a single misstep, one may sink and never emerge. Gripped by fear, someone stands frozen, unable to move a muscle. At that moment, something bursts forth from the swamp.
2024

Emerging Artists

Articles Artist Son Hyunseon’s Relational Paintings: Reflections on the Act of “Seeing” Son Hyunseon (b. 1987) is a visual artist who continuously questions the act of seeing and explores the connection between the visible and the invisible. Her practice delves into the various abstract forms of sensations that are not visually perceived but felt through the body, rendering them onto the surface of the canvas.
2025.07.07
Exhibitions 《Appearances》, 2023.03.09 – 2023.03.25, Frieze No. 9 Cork Street South Korean artist Woo Hannah presents her latest collection of fabric sculptures and installations at Frieze No. 9 Cork Street. Titled 《Appearances》, the exhibition runs from March 9 to March 25 and features works created between 2020 and 2023
2023.03.01

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions “KITSCH & POP: Korean Pop Art Now” on View Through September 13, 2025, at Korean Cultural Center in Shanghai The Seoul Museum of Art and the Korean Cultural Center in Shanghai, with support from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE) as part of the 2025 Touring K-Arts program, present the exhibition 《KITSCH & POP: Korean Pop Art Now》, on view at the Korean Cultural Center in Shanghai (3rd Floor Exhibition Hall) through September 13.
2025.07.08

Late Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Critiqe] Kang Seung Lee's Gardens of Hope, Ex-votos of Symptoms: Paganism and Queer There are two people: Derek Jarman (1942–1994) and Oh Joon-soo (1964–1998). The two both died in the mid-1990s due to AIDS-related complications. The two were also involved in a gay rights movement prior to their demise.
2019.06.13
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Super Mega Factory》, 2009.09.19 – 2009.10.18, Kukje Gallery Kukje Gallery is pleased to present Kira Kim’s solo exhibition, Super Mega Factory. Over the past ten years, Kim has distinguished himself among young contemporary artists in Korea by presenting works that investigate and critique various aspects of capitalist society, using a diversity of mediums including photography,
2009.09.10
Articles [Column] Stories Heard Through Images Won Seoungwon is a natural-born storyteller. This is evident not only when speaking with her but also in her artworks, which are filled with rich and abundant narratives. Just as words come together to form sentences, and sentences accumulate to create a novel, she combines around two thousand individual photographic images into the construction of a single intriguing story.
2022.02

Established Artists

Articles [Critique] The Copernican Turn in Painting the Relationship Between the Self and the Subject, and Its Long Journey Since his first solo exhibition in 1985, the roughly 450 paintings Choi Gene Uk has produced over the past 38 years can, in terms of subject matter, be broadly divided into three types: works depicting the studio interior (Type A), works depicting the outside world (Type B),
2023
Articles [Essay] Korean Feminist Artists: Confront and Deconstruct - Nomadism The topic of Chapter 8 is 'nomadism', and the artists under consideration this time are Kim Sooja (b. 1957) and Kyungah Ham (b. 1966).
2024