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New Artists

Articles Artist Sejin Hong: Exploring the Space Between Perception and Reality Sejin Hong (b. 1992) begins her work by examining how perception is newly constructed through technology and the environment within her own experiences. Having lost her hearing as a child and lived with a cochlear implant as a prosthetic device, she has continued to create paintings that fill the gaps of missing information between the real world and herself with new sculptures or forms.
2025.11.03
Exhibitions 《The Naked Face rising out of the Marble》, 2024.09.19 – 2024.10.19, Laheen Gallery The exhibition 《The Naked Face rising out of the Marble》 finds its curatorial point of departure in a line from a poem that speaks of “turning aside” — from certain systems, forms, or one’s own gaze — as the very means by which one builds something new and confronts the world anew each day.
2024.09.17

Emerging Artists

Exhibitions "Opaque Echoes" on View Through January 24, 2026, at ThisWeekendRoom ThisWeekendRoom presents a group exhibition 《Opaque Echoes》 by Hyeree Ro, Donghyuk Lee, and Jinju Lee, on view through January 24, 2026.
2025.12.30
Articles [Critique] The Moving Surface, the Details of Thought Hejum Bä’s paintings, as paintings that make us reconsider painting itself, induce hesitation—and validate that hesitation.
2017.10.03

Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Critique] Alps The vacant grounds one steps into—remnants of a once-massive resort—are overgrown with grass due to the rarity of human presence. Only the sudden footsteps of a visitor and the wary barking of dogs echo through the ruins.
2019

Late Mid-Career Artists

Articles [The Gallery (106) Kim Jipyeong's solo exhibition 'Paintings Lost' by critic Lee Munjung] Talking about the values and symbols that flowed into 'Paintings Lost' Your solo exhibition "Painting Lost " started with the same name, which you presented in 2021. I was impressed by the empty glass tube with silkscreened letters printed on the inside. Can you tell us about this exhibition?
2023.12.22
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions Hong Sungchul's Solo Exhibition "Solid but Fluid: on view through December 12, at UARTSPACE UARTSPACE leading new trends of contemporary art holds Hong Sung-Chul’s solo exhibition from November 21 to December 22, 2018. It’s been 7 years since the artist ran solo exhibitions in Korea as he has actively worked in London, New York, and other foreign cities.
2018.11.20
Activities 90 Korean Artists to Participate in ARCO Art Fair in Spain South Korea has been selected as the guest country at 《2007 Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo (International Contemporary Art Fair)》, to be held from the 14th to the 19th of next month in Madrid, Spain, with around 90 Korean artists presenting their works.
2007.01.03

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Koo Bohnchang》, 2018.12.14 - 2019.03.17, Kukje Gallery Kukje Gallery is pleased to present 《Koo Bohnchang》, a solo exhibition of work by the artist on view from December 14, 2018, through March 17, 2019, at the gallery’s Busan space.
2018.12.12
Exhibitions 《A Retrospective of Bahc Yiso : Divine Comedy》, 2006.03.10 - 2006.05.14, Rodin Gallery - Samsung Museum of Art Bahc Yiso passed away in April 2004 at the age of 47 from a heart attack in his studio. After graduating from the College of Fine Arts at Hongik University, he moved to New York in 1982 and studied at Pratt Institute.
2006.03.08