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New Artists

Exhibitions 《Exoskeleton》, 2024.04.26 – 2024.06.08, P21 Their internal anatomy externalised, exoskeletons are both haven and spectacle, offering shelter and concealment for the animals they encase. Our perceptions, often focused on our external existence, obscure our enigmatic
2024.04.25
Articles Artist Jo Jae's Abstract Painting: At the Intersection of Reality and the Digital World Jo Jae (b. 1990) focuses on the ways in which the real and digital worlds expand through processes of mutual imitation, leading to the dissolution of boundaries between them. Interested in the intersection of reality and the virtual, the artist materializes fragmented digital images—circulated through screens—into the forms of painting and sculpture, thereby physically visualizing the interaction between the two realms.
2025.06.30

Emerging Artists

Articles Artist Miki Kim: On the Intersection of Body, Emotion, and Image Miki Kim (b. 1987) explores the point where the body, emotion, and image intersect through delicate lines and evocative spaces of emptiness. Spanning tattooing—inscribing images onto the skin—digital drawing, as well as sculptural and installation works, her practice unfolds freely across various forms without being confined to a single framework.
2026.03.30
Activities Chong Kun Dang Selects Three Artists for ‘Art Ground 2024’… Providing Creative Funding and More Chong Kun Dang Holdings announced on the 13th that it had held the Chong Kun Dang Art Ground 2024 Artist Certificate Ceremony at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the 12th. The company selected Park No-wan, Park Woong-gyu, and Jang Pa as this year’s artists.
2024.03.13
Activities Young Artists Spotlighted by Leeum
2022.03.25

Mid-Career Artists

Activities The Final Retrospective of Hilton Seoul “One of the most notable works in 《The Autobiography of Hilton Seoul》 is Jung Jihyun’s photographic series ‘Fragments of the Future,’ particularly Millennium Hilton Seoul_Ballroom (2025).
2025.10.24

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions The ACC’s 10th Anniversary Special Exhibition “Manifesto of Spring” on View Through February 22, 2026 The National Asian Culture Center (ACC) is celebrating its 10th anniversary with the special exhibition 《Manifesto of Spring》, on view through February 22, 2026.
2025.09.16
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《MMCA Hyundai Motor Series 2021: News from Nowhere, Freedom Village》, 2021.09.03 – 2022.02.20, MMCA 《MMCA Hyundai Motor Series》 is a long-term collaborative project in which the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea selects one mid-career artist or artist group each year with the support of Hyundai Motor Company.
2021.09.02
Exhibitions 《There Before : 20 Years of Vision at DongGang Museum of Photography》, 2025.10.24 - 2026.04.12, DongGang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol-gun To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its opening, the DongGang Museum of Photography presents the special exhibition 《There Before : 20 Years of Vision at DongGang Museum of Photography》, held across Exhibition Halls 1 and 2.
2025.11.12

Established Artists

Activities Painter Cho Duck Hyun Selected as the Recipient of the ‘20th LEEINSUNG Art Prize’ Painter Cho Duck Hyun has been selected as the recipient of the 20th LEEINSUNG Art Prize.
2019.10.17
Activities Painter Suh Yongsun Receives the 69th the National Academy of Arts, Republic of Korea (Fine Arts Division) Painter Suh Yongsun has received the 69th National Academy of Arts, Republic of Korea (Chairperson Shin Soo-jung). On the 5th at 3 p.m., Suh was presented with the Fine Arts Division award at the main conference hall of the National Academy of Arts of Korea in Seocho-gu, Seoul.
2024.09.05