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New Artists

Articles [Review] 《Circle, Chase, Contact》 REVIEW There are moments when states we believe we know well—through frequent encounter or familiarity—begin to slip away. The field of art sometimes transforms what we call the “obvious” into a question imbued with doubt and fear. Particularly amid the turbulence of digital technologies, our sensory understanding of the physical and the immaterial readily falters, and hybrid subjects and situations emerge with increasing prominence through layers of overlap.
2025
Articles Artist Kai Oh’s Mutable Images: On Hidden Vitalities in Urban Spaces Currently based in New York, Kai Oh (b. 1992) has been consistently experimenting with expanding the boundaries of photography. Her work primarily involves discovering traces of often-overlooked beings that exist beneath the surface of urban spaces. She captures these traces through her camera lens and reconstructs them into imagined scenes through post-production.
2025.05.19

Emerging Artists

Articles Artist Hyojoo Jang: On Tactility in the Digital Age Hyojoo Jang (b. 1988) explores the sensory differences felt between the inside and outside of boundaries through the physical form of sculpture. Focusing on the gap between the fictitious entities of the digital age and tangible reality, she visualizes a sense of tactility that is “visible yet untouchable” through the conjunction and juxtaposition of diverse materials.
2025.08.04
Exhibitions “Rehearsing Transformation” on View Through June 7, 2026, at Incheon Art Platform Incheon Art Platform presents a special exhibition 《Rehearsing Transformation》 on view through June 7. Rehearsing Transformation is an exhibition centered on contemporary sculpture that explores changes in the body, material, and modes of creation and production under the theme of “transformation.” Here, “transformation” refers not to a finished result, but to the process through which forms are made and continually shift into other states.
2026.04.07

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Submerged Serenity》, 2025.09.20 - 2025.10.18, Ingahee Gallery 《Submerged Serenity》 is a solo exhibition by Kim Shinwook, marking his return to Seoul after two years. Over the course of four years, the artist observed bitterling fish in a small tank by his studio window, documenting the cycle of hatching, growth from fry to adult, and spawning once again.
2025.09.18

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Kang Seung Lee: The Heart of A Hand》, 2024.03.25 – 2024.07.22, Vincent Price Art Museum Kang Seung Lee's solo exhibition 《Kang Seung Lee: The Heart of A Hand》 will be on view at the Vincent Price Art Museum from March 25 to July 22.
2024.03.23
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Lyrics of Cheap Android 2 (Robot Nocturne)》, 2020.01.31 – 2020.02.02, Platform-L Contemporary Art Center An android—also called a humanoid robot—is a fully artificial life-form that resembles humans in shape and movement, skin and facial expression. As is well known, the 13th-century German theologian and natural scientist Albertus Magnus
2020.01.31
Exhibitions 《Project Dukhoo: Finding Flow》, 2017.04.11 - 2017.07.09, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art ‘Dukhoo’ is a term that was once used to deride “a reclusive fanatic,” but now it has become part of our cultural code, implying a positive recognition given to “an expert without a degree” or “a guru.” While it originates from the term otaku, symbolizing a Japanese subculture, dukhoo today
2017.04.09

Established Artists

Exhibitions “Tilting toward Ground” on View Through October 26, 2025, at Incheon Art Platform Incheon Art Platform presents a special exhibition 《Tilting toward Ground》 on view through October 26.
2025.09.16
Exhibitions 《The Origin》, 2012.12.08 – 2013.02.21, GoEun Museum of Photography From December 8, 2012 to February 21, 2013, the GoEun Museum of Photography presents a large-scale exhibition that brings together works revealing the origins and essence of photography. At a time when digital images proliferate, this exhibition offers a meaningful opportunity to reconsider photographic identity and to experience the fundamental power of the medium.
2012.12.08
Activities [Culture] Venice Biennale
2003.06.09