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New Artists

Exhibitions 《4 and one-half, knuckle》, 2021.11.18 – 2021.11.29, Art Space Hanchigak, Pyeongtaek 1. Two eyes. Two ears. One nose. One mouth. Two arms and two legs attached to a single torso, and five fingers and five toes connected to them. This is a “body.” With just this small list of words, we can be made to imagine a “body.” 2. Length of limbs, shoulder width and waist circumference, head size, hip size, weight n kg, height n cm. This is “someone.” Even if the body is the same, through these numerical values we can imagine a particular person.
2021.11.17
Exhibitions 《Siamese》, 2020.05.21 – 2020.06.28, P21 P21 presented Haneyl Choi’s solo exhibition 《Siamese》 from May 21 to June 28, 2020. In an era where hybridization across media and genres is commonplace, Choi approaches sculpture not as a belief system or material devotion, but as a tool or object for questioning the present and future.
2020.05.20

Emerging Artists

Articles [Critique] From the Born Faith to the Matrix of Art Park Wunggyu’s work has a strong image that originates from sacred icons. To both religious and religionless people, a sacred icon is not just one of numerous images in the world.
2016
Articles Artist JOO SLA: On Sensations Arising in Moments of Dimensional Shift JOO SLA (b. 1988) has long been interested in subcultural forms such as comics and animation, as well as in fictional world-building grounded in aspects of reality. Working across diverse media—including animation, 3D sculpture, and two-dimensional works—she explores points where boundaries between the virtual and the real, the material and the immaterial, become entangled and collide, through processes of dimensional transition, fragmentation, and recomposition.
2026.04.26

Mid-Career Artists

Activities Chanel and Frieze Announce the Third Season of the ‘Now & Next’ Video Series, Spotlighting Renowned and Emerging Korean Artists Chanel and Frieze present the third season of the Now & Next video series, an initiative that brings together distinguished established artists and rising talents in Korea. Sponsored by Chanel and produced by Frieze, this series serves as a platform to showcase intergenerational artistic dialogue, highlighting contemporary Korean art’s dynamic landscape.
2024.08.08

Late Mid-Career Artists

Activities Riot Games Presents Art Exhibition Inspired by ‘Arcane’, the ‘League of Legends’ Animation Riot Games announced on the 18th that it will showcase artworks by six contemporary artists, inspired by ‘Arcane’, an animated series produced using the intellectual property (IP) of ‘League of Legends’ (LoL).
2021.10.18
Activities BYR Light Project 2021.01.01
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Red Fish up the River》, 2010.08.31 – 2010.10.31, Mongin Art Center Located in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Mongin Art Center presented Yoon Young Park’s solo exhibition 《Red Fish up the River》 from August 31 to October 31, 2010.
2010.08.30
Articles [Critique] A Contemplative Gaze on the Intimacy of Urban Landscapes The concept of landscape (paysage) is often taken as self-evident, yet in reality it varies significantly across cultures. Augustin Berque defines landscape in opposition to environment (environnement).
2008

Established Artists

Articles [Critique] The Clodium At the entrance of the exhibition space, in a dark bluish tank, a single fish swims.
2012
Activities Kang Hong-Goo (Seoul) Wins the 7th DongGang Photography Award Kang Hong-Goo (52, photo), a Seoul-based artist, has been selected as the recipient of the 7th DongGang Photography Award at the 2008 DongGang Photo Festival. Although Kang majored in Western painting at the graduate school of Hongik University, he has pursued photographic practices that merge diverse media,
2008.06.12