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New Artists

Articles Artist Cho Hyo Ri: Illusory Virtual Spaces Beyond the Canvas Cho Hyo Ri (b. 1992) has developed a painting practice that intersects seemingly opposing elements—reality and virtuality, three-dimensionality and flatness, materiality and illusion—within a single frame, evoking uncanny sensations and imaginative experiences. Her work connects three axes: the illusory virtual space within the painting, the viewer’s physical movement in real space, and the time in which the virtual and the real intersect. Through this, she invites the viewer to imagine movement and spatial depth beyond the stillness of the pictorial surface.
2025.06.30
Articles Artist Chang Kon Lim's Moving and Transforming Paintings: Imagining the Sensory Realities Inside the Body Chang Kon Lim (b. 1994) begins his work with an imaginative exploration of the invisible interior of the human body. While our bodies are tangible and intrinsically connected to the self, their inner world remains an unknowable realm—almost like a foreign land.
2025.07.14

Emerging Artists

Exhibitions 《The Raw》, 2022.05.03 – 2022.05.29, Incheon Art Platform As part of the Emerging Curator Training and Support Program at Incheon Art Platform, four participating curators present the culminating group exhibition 《The Raw》. Beginning with the entrenched and stereotyped notions of love shaped by patriarchal structures,
2022.05.03
Exhibitions Park Wunggyu and Choe Sooryeon’s Two-Person Exhibition “Bead & Orchid” on View Through January 5, 2023, at Chamber Chamber presents a two-person exhibition “Bead & Orchid” by Park Wunggyu and Choe Sooryeon, until January 5 next year.
2024.12.24

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions “Dear Alexa” on View Through July 26, 2026, at Art Archives Seoul Museum of Art Seoul Museum of Art presents a special exhibition 《Dear Alexa》 on view through July 26, at Art Archive Seoul Museum of Art.
2026.04.07

Late Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Review] Evanescing, In-evanescing Lee Jinju’s solo exhibition, 《Evanescing, In-evanescing》, currently on view at 16 Bungee evokes the writings of Marcel Proust, who explored fragmented memories and the incompleteness of memory. Composed like a puzzle of words—memory, everyday life, secrecy, intimacy, the monotony of
2011
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Pre-Established Artists

Articles Artist Jaeho Jung Paints What Lies Beyond the Cityscape Jaeho Jung (b. 1971) is an artist who captures the process of urban development and decline during Korea's modernization, as driven by state initiatives, through painting.
2024.12.10
Activities Busan Museum Supports Art Activities for 300 Mothers with Young Children… Park Meena’s『Coloring Book』 The Busan Museum of Contemporary Art is supporting art activities for mothers in Busan whose participation in cultural activities may be limited due to pregnancy or childcare.
2021.05.22

Established Artists

Activities Professors Shim Kyung-ho, Kim Kwang-soo, Lee Kyung-moo, and Photographer Koo Bohnchang Receive the ‘3·1 Culture Award’ The 3·1 Cultural Foundation (Chairman Kim Ki-young) announced on the 26th the recipients of the 63rd 3·1 Culture Award: Professor Emeritus Shim Kyung-ho of Korea University and Professor Kim Kwang-soo of Harvard University for the Academic Award, photographer Koo Bohnchang for the Arts Award, and Professor Lee Kyoung Mu of Seoul National University for the Technology and Engineering Award.
2022.01.26
Articles [Critique] Dramatically Emotional Sculpture for the Valuable Essence of Non-subjects Incheon locals can frequently spot giant containers or trucks loaded with industrial materials while driving or taking a walk since Incheon is a trade port with an airport and railroads. When a truck passes,
2019