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K-Artists
Carefully curates and introduces three representative artists from the Korean contemporary art scene each week since the 2000s.

Mid-Career:
3 K-Artists This Week

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New Artists

Exhibitions “Sculptural Impulse” on view Through August 15, 2022, at the Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul The younger generation of artists subverts boundaries, blends existing ideas, and creates something new and original from the conventional. As contemporary art continues to change by fusing with different genres, many young artists have taken sculpture to a new level,
2022.07.04
Exhibitions 《Frankie》, 2021.07.22 – 2021.08.14, N/A The Story of Frankie — Frankie was a friend that only I could see. My friends did not believe in Frankie’s existence and often passed straight through him. Frankie was afraid of my friends.
2021.07.22

Emerging Artists

Exhibitions 《Appearances》, 2023.03.09 – 2023.03.25, Frieze No. 9 Cork Street South Korean artist Woo Hannah presents her latest collection of fabric sculptures and installations at Frieze No. 9 Cork Street. Titled 《Appearances》, the exhibition runs from March 9 to March 25 and features works created between 2020 and 2023
2023.03.01
Exhibitions 《The 8th Summer Saeng-Saek》, 2023.06.01 – 2023.06.12, Insa Art Center Dongwha Pharmaceutical (CEO Yoo Junho) announced that it will hold 《The 8th Summer Saeng-Saek》, an exhibition presenting works that reinterpret the beauty of Korea’s traditional folding fan (jeopseon, 摺扇) in a contemporary way. The exhibition will take place from June 1 to June 12 at Insa Art Center.
2023.06.01

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Pictures for Use and Pleasure》, 2020.07.12 – 2020.07.30, Incheon Art Platform Window Gallery Incheon Art Platform presents 《Pictures for Use and Pleasure (Tai Ping Xuan Zhan)》, the third exhibition in its visual arts creation and production project, featuring a solo exhibition by resident artist Choe Sooryeon.
2020.07.10

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions [Review] Artist Heejo Kim's Schematic Medium as Meta-Conceptualism This exhibition marks Heejo Kim’s second solo show in Korea since his 2020 exhibition at UART SPACE, featuring recent works based on...
2024.09.05

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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art since 1989》, 2016.05.04 – 2016.07.24, MMCA Seoul 《Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art since 1989》 explores and illuminates how photography has been developing as a unique and mature visual language and form in itself whilst interacting with other forms of contemporary visual languages in last three decades of contemporary Korean art.
2016.05.04
Activities Hermès Korea Art Prize Goes to Sung Hwan Kim On the 19th, artist Sung Hwan Kim (age 32) was selected as the winner of the 2007 Hermès Korea Art Prize, receiving prize money of 20 million won
2007.10.21

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Continuity》, 2019.06.05 – 2019.07.20, 313 Art Project Artist Kiwon Park works with one or two simple materials to create works that meld into the space in which they are displayed. At times, due to how effortlessly Park’s artwork becomes one with the site, until someone mentions,
2019.06.04
Articles [Critique] ‘A Parody of History’ -On the Works of Cho Duck Hyun- How arduously must an artist struggle—enduring even the severe strain of the mind—in order to discover the reality of the real (even if, leaving aside the separate question of what “reality” itself is and how it might be expressed)?
1991