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Articles Artist Kang Cheolgyu: Surreal Landscapes Reflecting the Inner Psyche Kang Cheolgyu (b. 1990) presents narrative paintings in which reality and fiction intersect, drawing from autobiographical experiences. He projects his inner conflicts onto specific subjects and situations, reconstructing them through a symbolic visual language. The fictional worlds he builds on canvas function as psychological landscapes—symbolic spaces that metaphorically reflect his own reality.
2025.07.21
Articles [Essay] This Side and the Other Side Unexpectedly Reach Each Other For a while, there was an inescapable jinx. If I missed the navigation’s directions three times in a row while driving, I would arrive at a place where you once stood. When I unexpectedly came face to face with a landscape that
2023

Emerging Artists

Activities “Future Present: Contemporary Korean Art,” the First English-language Anthology Focusing on Contemporary Korean Artists from the Millennial Generation, Has Been Published Skira editore and SONGEUN announced the publication of Future Present: Contemporary Korean Art by Andy St. Louis, a survey of Korean artists from the Millennial Generation.
2024.06.10
Activities “Future Present: Contemporary Korean Art,” the First English-language Anthology Focusing on Contemporary Korean Artists from the Millennial Generation, Has Been Published Skira editore and SONGEUN announced the publication of Future Present: Contemporary Korean Art by Andy St. Louis, a survey of Korean artists from the Millennial Generation.
2024.06.10

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《How Are you Feeling Today?》, 2023.03.16 – 2024.02.12, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art (GMOMA) Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art presents its Collection Exhibition 2023 titled 《How Are you Feeling Today?》. This exhibition will summon the works related with the theme of ‘consolation’ amid our collection formed through 15 years of collecting history at GMoMA.
2023.03.16

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Love Me Tender》, 2012.01.19 – 2012.02.18, DOOSAN Gallery New York DOOSAN Gallery New York is pleased to announce the first New York solo exhibition of Korea-based sculptor Lee Dongwook’s 《Love Me Tender》.
2012.01.16
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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
Articles Artist Jina Park Reconstructs Fleeting Fragments of Everyday Life Through Painting Jina Park (b. 1974) captures countless fleeting moments of everyday life through photography and reconstructs them into paintings.
2024.12.10

Established Artists

Articles Artist Kim Eull Draws Freely Standing in the Middle of the World Artist Kim Eull (b. 1954) has garnered attention for his broad spectrum of work that transcends the narrow definition and formal limitations of the medium of drawing and encompasses various boundaries such as painting, sculpture, and installation. Kim perceives and works with drawing as an attitude rather than a form. For him, drawing is associated with an attitude of freedom, honesty, and a clear conscience.
2024.08.13
Activities The Final Work of ‘An Artist Gone Too Soon,’ Bahc Yiso Among the works exhibited at the Busan Biennale, one piece in particular has drawn attention from both inside and outside the art world: the monumental installation We Are Happy (photo), mounted atop a steel tower in the outdoor exhibition space of the Busan Museum of Art.
2004.06.10