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New Artists

Exhibitions 《Sister City: Off the Map》, 2023.08.11 – 2023.08.31, Space Cadalogs Yuja Kim’s artistic practice begins from a position that breaks away from the inertia and fixed orientation of photography as a medium, opening a space for an aesthetic and ethical turn within photographic art.
2023.08.11
Articles [Critique] Sorcerer/Hunter/Stroller, Miryu Yoon During her time in graduate school, Miryu Yoon developed an interest in subcultures such as biker gangs and pseudo-religions. According to the artist, there was a phase when she delved into what she refers to as “dark paintings.”
2023

Emerging Artists

Articles [Critique] A New Echo Created by Thickness Around 2020, Chung's paintings transformed into reliefs with volume and materiality. It should be noted that this change occurred during the global pandemic, when most people had to communicate only through mediated images in their homes.
2023
Exhibitions 《Intestine for Ritual》, 2023.05.24 – 2023.07.01, Arario Gallery Seoul Arario Gallery Seoul is pleased to present Park Wunggyu’s solo exhibition 《Intestine for Ritual》, on view from May 24 to July 1, 2023.
2023.05.22

Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Critique] Flesh Steeped in Floral Nectar: Becoming Life through the Art of Ahnlee Lee While walking along the Dyemigi coast in Tongyeong, Ahnlee Lee (hereafter “Ahnlee”) stumbles upon a fragment of peeling paint shed from the surface of a ship.
2024.07.07

Late Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Critique] Between the Surface and the Hidden Side – Lee Dongwook Solo Exhibition《All the Interesting》 Lee Dongwook has exhibited works that display his introspection on human existence in our age through figurines.
2016.06.07
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Pre-Established Artists

Articles [Critique] Charged Zero The solo exhibition 《LUCID》 by Nakhee Sung at PIBI Gallery successfully transfers the spatial sensibility constructed within her two-dimensional works to the exhibition space itself. At the same time, by placing two earlier works at the end of the show, the exhibition hints at the continuity of her artistic trajectory
2020.03.05
Exhibitions 《Painting as a medium》, 2017.10.19 – 2017.11.17, UARTSPACE UARTSPACE holds Im Sunny’s solo exhibition ‘Painting as a Medium’ from October 19, 2017 to November 17, 2017. The exhibition introduces artworks of new possibilites and new experiments on applying various techniques of Matisse which show the flatness of paintings as well as the scenes and colors of Cezanne’s visual perception from the early Modernism.
2017.10.19

Established Artists

Articles [Review] Today’s Artist – Chung Hyun The exhibition series, 《Today’s Artist》, has been established by the Kim Chong Yung Sculpture Museum to discover and encourage young, talented artists keeping in accordance with the spirit of Kim Chong Yung who was constant in his work as an artist and educator.
2004
Articles Artist Cho Duck Hyun Revives the Faded Memories Cho Duck Hyun (b.1957) is known for his drawings in pencils that resemble black and white photographs, and installation works based on the drawings. Cho reconstructs the vestiges of the past through his artworks and focuses on the existence and fate of individuals within the larger Korean modern history.
2024.07.23