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New Artists

Articles Kwanwoo Park’s Art as “Event”: On the Human as “Phenomenon” Kwanwoo Park (b. 1990) approaches the human being as a “phenomenon,” addressing in his practice issues such as consciousness and self-consciousness through perception, the tension between reality and fiction as mediated by “belief,” as well as questions of migration and identity.
2025.09.15
Exhibitions 《Super-fine 가벼운 사진술》, 2021.10.01 – 2021.10.24, Ilmin Museum of Art The expression “super-fine” has two definitions: that something is refined, superior, and of exceptional quality; and that something is extremely or unusually thin and light.
2021.09.20

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
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] Day break, The Strategy Jung Jihyun is a photographer who primarily photographs collapsing buildings. In other words, his work consists of witnessing the moment a building breaks apart. Once such a scene is captured in a photograph, the question of how to present it inevitably follows. Of course, the question of how to photograph the witnessed scene must also be considered.
2013

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions “Dear Alexa” on View Through July 26, 2026, at Art Archives Seoul Museum of Art Seoul Museum of Art presents a special exhibition 《Dear Alexa》 on view through July 26, at Art Archive Seoul Museum of Art.
2026.04.07
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Homo Natura》, 2021.12.16 – 2022.02.27, Seoul Museum of Art 《Homo Natura》 is a solo exhibition of the media artist sanghee song (b. 1970). The exhibition presents six new works commissioned by the Seoul Museum of Art, along with a work that has not yet been shown in Korea.
2021.12.10
Activities Im Sunny, Selected as a 6th Artist-in-Residence at the 2015 Incheon Art Platform. We would see in our coded viewpoint based on what's already domesticated and learned in this society. Im Sunny looks for the invisible power through the various media, such as image, painting and drawing.
2015

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Continuity》, 2019.06.05 – 2019.07.20, 313 Art Project Artist Kiwon Park works with one or two simple materials to create works that meld into the space in which they are displayed. At times, due to how effortlessly Park’s artwork becomes one with the site, until someone mentions,
2019.06.04
Exhibitions 《Wood, Metal, Earth: Three Materials, Three Languages》, 2025.05.16 – 2025.06.17, Choijungah Gallery 《Wood, Metal, Earth: Three Materials, Three Languages》 is an exhibition of dialogue that brings together three artists—Chung Hyun, Kim Hongsik, and Seo Hyekyung—who have created works using the natural materials
2025.05.16