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New Artists

Articles Artist Jooyoung Oh: Exploring the Limits and Possibilities of Contemporary Science and Technology through Interactive Media Jooyoung Oh (b. 1991) is an artist and researcher who explores the limits and alternative possibilities of contemporary science and technology through interactive media, including games and artificial cognitive models. With the perspective of a scholar, she investigates human visual perception and conducts simulations using artificial cognitive models. At the same time, as an artist, she continually questions the boundaries and limitations inherent in scientific and technological systems.
2025.06.16
Exhibitions 《Transversing》, 2019.11.15 – 2019.11.30, Post Territory Ujeongguk At her first solo exhibition 《Transversing》 at Post Territory Ujeongguk, Mooni Perry presents two video and installation works, stepping away from her primary medium of painting.
2019.11.10

Emerging Artists

Articles [Critique] Sculptural Performance, Performative Sculpture Moon Sujin tests premises or assumptions we think we already know. She does so by applying artificial force to materials such as soil or plaster, or by performing, through the body, biases or perceptions that go routinely overlooked.
2022
Exhibitions 《Pain Is Left After the Bite》, 2024.06.07 – 2024.07.20, Philipp Zollinger In his sculptures, installations, and videos, Tak examines human belief systems and their impact on societal and cultural structures.
2024.06.01

Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Essay] Jung Jihyun works to share and record memories about the city’s architecture through her photos. Jung Jihyun is making art by recording and memorizing urban architecture with photographs. The apartment where he has lived, Jamsil Jugong APT, started to redevelop in his twenties. The whole area where his childhood memories had suddenly disappeared.
2022.03.14

Late Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Essay] Artist Lee Jinju’s Unfamiliar Landscape Paintings Inspired by Memories Occasionally, in our dreams, we encounter everyday occurrences, such as newly built buildings on the way home, a dog we ran into while out for a walk, and flowerpots in the front yards of our neighborhood. The scenes are so plain and routine that you might not realize you are in a dream.
2022.10.24
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Artists in Their Times: Korean Modern and Contempory Art》, 2020.07.21 – 2022.09.18, MMCA Gwacheon The exhibition 《Artists in Their Times: Korean Modern and Contemporary Art》 is a large-scale permanent collection exhibition that traces the key developments of modern and contemporary Korean art through the holdings of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA).
2020.07.20
Exhibitions “Maniera” on View Through December 16, 2023, at the DOOSAN Gallery If you want to explore the leading contemporary artists shaping the art scene in South Korea, consider checking out the exhibition Maniera at the DOOSAN Gallery, running until December 16.
2023.11.22

Established Artists

Articles [Review] Today’s Artist – Chung Hyun The exhibition series, 《Today’s Artist》, has been established by the Kim Chong Yung Sculpture Museum to discover and encourage young, talented artists keeping in accordance with the spirit of Kim Chong Yung who was constant in his work as an artist and educator.
2004
Activities Lee Bul Selected as the 2019 Ho-Am Prize Laureate in the Arts Lee Bul has been selected as the 2019 Ho-Am Prize laureate in the arts. Recognized for her critical engagement with society, historical awareness, and humanistic exploration of utopia, she has established herself as a leading figure in contemporary Korean art.
2019.04.04