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Artist Dawha Jeon: Translating Deteriorated Digital Images into Painting
Dawha Jeon (b. 1990) has been exploring today’s digital ecosystem, oversaturated with fleeting and decontextualized images, by reconfiguring them along a different temporal axis. Viewing meme images circulating online as a kind of cultural relic, she collects and reinterprets them into the material form of painting.
2025.11.24
Exhibitions
“Land Ho!” on View Through May 10, 2026, at Sweep Seoul
Sweep Seoul inaugurates its space with the group exhibition 《Land Ho!》, on view through May 10. The exhibition title, “Land Ho!,” echoes the cry of a sailor who, after drifting across the vast ocean, finally spots a faint horizon beyond the sea—an exclamation that signals both the end of a long journey and the beginning of a new one.
2026.04.14
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Artist Hur Yeonhwa’s Fluid Landscapes: On Ambiguous Boundaries and Shifting Sensibilities
Hur Yeonhwa (b. 1988) translates the landscapes encountered in everyday life through a range of media, continually exploring ways to transcend the limitations of physical space. In particular, she has sustained a long-standing interest in water, creating works that engage with rainwater, the sea, rivers, and other water-related subjects.
2025.12.29
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[Essay] Travelogue of Mi-ryeon 미련 未練
The roof of the observatory opens. I expect to see stars that are invisible to the naked eye, but the overly bright light makes everything in my vision disappear. It's like being sucked into a pupil, not knowing if it's mine or yours.
2024
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[Critique] Cycles and Expansions in Choe U-Ram’s Recent Works
Choe U-Ram is widely known as an artist who creates “anima machines,” or mechanical life-forms. With kinetic works that showcase imaginative artistry and an exceptional sense of form, he has drawn attention not only in Korea but also at leading museums, galleries, and biennials abroad. Since his first solo exhibition in 1998
2013
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《Wood, Metal, Earth: Three Materials, Three Languages》, 2025.05.16 – 2025.06.17, Choijungah Gallery
《Wood, Metal, Earth: Three Materials, Three Languages》 is an exhibition of dialogue that brings together three artists—Chung Hyun, Kim Hongsik, and Seo Hyekyung—who have created works using the natural materials
2025.05.16
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《Songs from knee to nose》, 2016.05.25 – 2016.07.10, MMCA, Gwacheon
《SONGS FROM KNEE TO CHIN - A PROJECT BY SORA KIM》 is a prologue to the special exhibition that will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the MMCA Gwacheon as well as a sound performance project by Sora Kim that is being held for the first time in the newly refurbished Gallery 1 space of the museum.
2016.05.25
