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New Artists

Exhibitions 《Fragile Constellation》, 2023.10.03 – 2023.10.15, AnnPaak Space As I imagine Yezoi Hwang clutching fragments of poetic verses, nights resurface in which she whispered “sleep well” to me. Nights when I fell asleep held by the love contained in those words. Hwang dismantles the boundary between exhaustion and repetition, and with those fragments, she connects a constellation.
2023.10.03
Articles Artist Ahyeon Ryu: On the Unique Characteristics of Individuals Marginalized under Capitalism Ahyeon Ryu (b. 1996) explores how individuals with digital literacy perceive political and economic phenomena. Specifically, the artist aims to highlight how individuals' unique characteristics, including race, gender, region, and socioeconomic class, are increasingly commodified and consumed within a culture steeped in consumerism.
2025.09.08

Emerging Artists

Articles Artist Hyundoo Jung’s Indeterminate Abstractions: Painting Driven by Chance and Movement Hyundoo Jung (b. 1987) fills his canvases with abstract colors and lines that capture spontaneous bodily movement. His paintings are accumulations of time—records of the artist’s responses to the stimuli around him, translated into brushstrokes and paint.
2026.03.02
Articles [Critique] Old Towels are Stiff - Noh-wan Park, Solo Exhibition: Dig Around in Empty Pocket The old towel that used to dry my face every day has lost its tenderness and is now tangled, stiff and flat. When it dries, it reveals its firmest texture and returns to its shape as if someone has laid it out.
2022

Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Critique] Believing is Seeing This may come off as a silly question, considering IM Youngzoo majored in painting. Although it might sound redundant, this question is pertinent to my inquiry of whether or not the medium of painting is conducive to tackling themes in IM’s oeuvre. From her early works, IM consistently addresses how a belief system is formed and embodies the precarious state between truth a
2017

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《island》, 2010.05.12 - 2010.06.11, Project Space SARUBIA Donghyun Son’s exhibition reflects the city of New York, considered as the center of the world. New York, especially Manhattan Island is often described as an object of desire but at the same time, it is put under all kinds of disasters
2010.05.10
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Visual Arithmetic: the 64 formal codes》, 2016.12.15 – 2017.01.07, Lee Eugene Gallery In general, the way we read images is highly subjective. Since artworks belong to a realm that exceeds what can be communicated through concrete language, criticism has often relied on subjective interpretations such as philosophical speculation, personal narratives, or ambiguous emotional responses.
2016.12.15
Exhibitions 《Abstract, Poetry Weapon / Soccer Paintings by soccer ball bouncing over Crocodile River》, 2019.06.21 – 2019.07.27, Carlier Gebauer Gallery (Madrid, Spain) Kyungah Ham is the subject of a solo exhibition titled 《Abstract, Poetry Weapon / Soccer Paintings by soccer ball bouncing over Crocodile River》 at carlier | gebauer in Madrid, Spain, through July 27, 2019.
2019.06.01

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《A Poem in Humble Materials》, 2025.05.27 – 2025.07.27, Cheongju Museum of Art The solo exhibition 《A Poem in Humble Materials》 by Chung Hyun, recipient of the 2nd Kim Bokjin Art Award, is currently on view at the Cheongju Museum of Art. This exhibition offers a condensed overview
2025.05.27
Exhibitions 《Twilight》, 2017.10.26. - 2017.12.02, KICHE Gallery Kiche is proud to announce Kim Eull’s solo exhibition 《Twilight》. In his first show with Gallery Kiche, Kim presents a series of ‘Twilight Zone’ installations which are reconstructions of his studios. While the mediums presented are varied—including sculpture
2017.10.24