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Artist Hyojae Kim: Tracing the Fluid Body in the Digital Age of Being
Hyojae Kim (b. 1993), who works between Seoul and London, engages in multidisciplinary practice alongside ongoing research and writing. Her work explores the subtle boundaries where the body, memory, and identity intersect, tracing the imprints and transformations they leave behind across both physical and digital realms.
2025.06.09
Exhibitions
《Push & Art》, 2020.07.23 – 2020.08.23, Gangdong Arts Center
Seoul’s Gangdong District (District Head: Lee Jeong-hoon) announced on July 30 that the Gangdong Cultural Foundation (CEO: Lee Je-hoon), established by the district office, will hold the exhibition 《Push & Art》 until August 23, presenting visual art interpretations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
2020.07.23
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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
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Artist Hkason’s Mediating and Expanding Art: On the Body, Objects, and Space
Hkason (b. 1988) has been presenting multilayered relationships—extending from the human body to objects and space—through the format of stage-like settings, focusing on the materiality of skin that covers the body and the clothing that overlays it, as well as the act of wearing. The physical act of putting on and draping, which emerges from his sustained inquiry into the relationship between body and object, shifts into a relationship between body and space, achieving a gradual expansion.
2025.09.22
Exhibitions
《4℃》, 2024.01.30 – 2024.04.28, Sehwa Museum of Art
In an age where digital media seamlessly overlays our reality and the boundary between AI and human appears increasingly blurred, one must ask: what remains fundamentally irreducible to algorithms in the human experience? The exhibition 《4℃》, part of the “Non-Algorithm Challenge” series, turns to memory in search of this elusive element.
2024.01.30
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Exhibitions
《2012 Choe U-Ram Solo exhibition》, 2012.11.01 – 2012.12.09, Gallery Hyundai
From November 1 to 30, Gallery Hyundai (President: Cho Jeong-Yeol) presents a solo exhibition by Choe U-Ram (b. 1970), one of Korea’s representative kinetic artists. Featuring eight kinetic sculptures and over fifty drawings, this first domestic solo exhibition in ten years brings together Choe’s practice—from childhood drawings that trace the origins of his moving sculpture to his anima-machine series that earned him worldwide renown, and an entirely new series unveiled for the first time.
2012.10.26
Activities
Atta Kim, Special Exhibition at the Venice Biennale
On June 5 (local time), at Palazzo Zenobio in Venice, as church bells signaled 1 p.m., Korean songs such as ‘Spring in My Hometown’, ’Jeongseon Arirang, and ‘Thoughts of My Brother filled the air’.
2009.06.08
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[Interview] Suh Yongsun “Validation of Being”
Since the mid-1980s, SUH YONGSUN has garnered acclaim for his bold use of vivid colors, powerful brushstrokes, and thematic exploration of modern history and mythology.
2024
