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New Artists

Articles Artist Yeoreum Jeong: Translating Stories of Place and Memory Through the Moving Image Yeoreum Jeong (b. 1994) explores the relationship between place and the memories embedded within it through meticulous research and sustained observation, weaving together collected clues and reconfiguring them into moving-image works.
2026.02.02
Exhibitions 《Is there any place for us?》, 2021.08.19 – 2021.09.11, ThisWeekendRoom ThisWeekendRoom presents a two person exhibition by Moka Lee and Jiwon Choi, 《Is there any place for us?》 The title of the exhibition is inspired by a novel, ‘From the Zero Person’s Point of View’ (2019), written by Yoon Haeseo;
2021.08.15

Emerging Artists

Activities CHANEL x Frieze Select Six Artists for ‘Now & Next’ Project Global luxury brand CHANEL and Frieze, one of the world’s three major art fairs, present the fourth season of the “Now & Next” video series, which highlights the perspectives and voices of contemporary Korean artists.
2025.08.04
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 《The Woman without Qualities》, 2022.06.09 – 2022.07.23, KICHE From June 9th to July 23rd, 2022, KICHE holds Jang Pa’s solo exhibition, 《The Woman without Qualities》.
2022.09.20

Late Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Interview] Inside and Outside the Frame: An Interview with Artist Kelvin Kyung Kun Park Mun Hyejin (Mun): In this interview I would like to focus on your new work Mirror Organs: A Play of Metonomy that will be shown in Korea Artist Prize 2017, and on some of your previous works that are related to them. Let us first talk about the new work. Though you must still have a lot of final decisions to make, my understanding is that the major structure is set up.
2017.08.14
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Pre-Established Artists

Activities Photographer Myoung Ho Lee Appointed as Public Relations Ambassador of the Cultural Heritage Administration’s Palaces and Royal Tombs Center The Cultural Heritage Administration’s Palaces and Royal Tombs Center announced on the 18th that photographer Myoung Ho Lee (48) has been appointed as its new public relations ambassador.
2023.08.18
Exhibitions 《Highlighting Korean Contemporary Artist IV》, 2022.03.29 – 2022.08.07, Busan Museum of Art The Busan Museum of Art has organized the 《Highlighting Korean Contemporary Artist》 exhibition series to introduce artists positioned at key points within contemporary Korean art. The fourth edition in 2022, 《Highlighting Korean Contemporary Artist IV – Hyungkoo Lee》, presents the world of Hyungkoo Lee, an artist who continues to explore the theme of the ‘body’ through his original sculptural language.
2022.03.28

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《33 Sungkok Awardees》, 2008.04.11 - 2008.05.25, Sungkok Art Museum Funded as a tribute to the memory of the late Sungkon Kim, also known by his pen-name Sungkok, the Sungkok Art Museum has launched a special project for young emerging Korean artists, ‘Artists of Tomorrow’ since 1998. In honor of his lifelong commitment to cultivating young Korean talents, The exhibition 《Awardees, 1998-2007》 seeks to echo both the traditions and future-oriented ideals of Korean modern art.
2008.04.09
Activities Kibong Rhee’s Works Sold Out at Art Basel Paris through Kukje Gallery Works by Kibong Rhee were recently sold out at the Kukje Gallery booth during 《Art Basel Paris》.
2024.11.12