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New Artists

Articles Artist Chang Younghae: Exploring the Physical Properties and Positions of the Body as Place Today Chang Younghae (b. 1994) experiments with and explores the body as a place and the social rules that surround it, as well as the affects it generates, through diverse media such as video, performance, and installation. For the artist, the body exists as something that can be transformed and reconfigured through technology. She focuses on the processes of converting the body into images or fragmenting and objectifying it, employing media-based devices such as AI, cameras, and X-rays.
2025.10.27
Exhibitions 《Following the Curves》, 2025.04.25 – 2025.05.31, WESERHALLE (Berlin, DE) Weserhalle is pleased to present 《Following the Curves》, the debut solo exhibition in Germany by Korean artist Jiwon Choi.
2025.04.23

Emerging Artists

Exhibitions 《Modular Vision》, 2021.11.19 – 2021.12.19, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art The solo exhibition 《Modular Vision》 by artist Hwang Wonhae is currently on view at SOMA Museum of Art, operated by the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation, and will run until December 19.
2021.11.22
Exhibitions 《Korean Traditional Painting in Alter-age》, 2022.10.28 – 2023.01.08, Ilmin Museum of Art Korean traditional painting refers to “hwa” (畵, painting) as distinct from “suh” (書, calligraphy) among “suh-hwa” (書畵) that make up a significant branch in Korean traditional art. In other words, Korean traditional painting is a modern genre distinct from traditional art and naturally,
2022.10.26

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Gala Porras-Kim: The reflection at the threshold of a categorical division》, 2020.02.28 – 2020.07.27, Carnegie Museum of Art Systems of categorization and inevitable mislabeling, material preservation and eventual degradation, and an impulse to record in the face of inherent forgetfulness—these contradictions inform Gala Porras-Kim’s (b. 1984, Bogotá, Colombia) interest in museums and their practices. In dialogue with curators at Carnegie Museum of Art over the past two years, Porras-Kim has been trawling the museum’s database to better understand its holdings and the Carnegie Institute’s evolving cataloguing systems and acquisition history. Her findings reveal overlapping areas in the collections of Carnegie Museum of Art,
2025.02.20

Late Mid-Career Artists

Articles Media Artist Ayoung Kim: Multidimensional Narratives of Beings Deviating from History, Era, and Geopolitics Ayoung Kim (b. 1979) has presented works in video, installation, and performance, reconstructing historical facts and contemporary issues such as Korea's modern and contemporary history, geopolitics, emigration, and transnational movement into multilayered narratives through meticulous research.
2024.12.31
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Pre-Established Artists

Articles [Essay] Gwon Osang’s Sculpture That Transcends Dimensions Artist Gwon Osang’s Untitled GD will be on view at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London from September 24, 2022. The piece depicts G-Dragon, a member of the South Korean idol group Big Bang, as Saint Michael the Archangel, confronting the devil.
2022.08.04
Activities Three Artists, Three Worlds: Beautiful, Chilling, and Bittersweet – 2010 Hermes Foundation Art Prize Exhibition An exhibition featuring the three finalists of the 2010 Hermes Foundation Art Prize—Jina Park, Jongheon Bae, and Yangachi—is being held at Atelier Hermes in Sinsa-dong, Seoul, through September 19.
2010.07.27

Established Artists

Articles Artist Inhwan Oh Uses the Context of Time and Space to Subvert Social Universality In 1996, Oh introduced himself as a GKM (Gay Korean Male) artist in ‘The Village Voice,’ a weekly newspaper published in New York City, and placed a personal ad for five artists, Roni Horn, Robert Gober, Nam June Paik, Haim Steinback, and Cindy Sherman.
2024.09.03
Exhibitions “Architecture, Space Time Scenarios” on View Through July 7, 2024, at SeMA Seosomun Main Branch The Seoul Museum of Art presents “Space Time Scenarios” from April 4 to July 7 at its Seosomun Main Branch.
2024.04.02