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Young Artists

Exhibitions 《You Have a New Memory》, 2021.07.09 – 2021.08.04, WOAW Gallery (Hong Kong) Woaw Gallery and Case Studyo are pleased to present the works of Sun Woo, Canadian artist of South Korean origin. 《You Have a New Memory》 is her first solo exhibition in Hong Kong and with the gallery and production team.
2021.07.08
Exhibitions "the teardrop running down your cheek is mine" on View Through March 31, 2023, at Space So Space So aims to provide stable support to young and mid-career Korean artists through various exhibitions. The first exhibition of this year is a group show, the teardrop running down your cheek is mine, introducing young and emerging painters born in the 1990s.
2023.03.13

Emerging Artists

Activities Chong Kun Dang Selects Three Artists for ‘Art Ground 2024’… Providing Creative Funding and More Chong Kun Dang Holdings announced on the 13th that it had held the Chong Kun Dang Art Ground 2024 Artist Certificate Ceremony at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the 12th. The company selected Park No-wan, Park Woong-gyu, and Jang Pa as this year’s artists.
2024.03.13
Exhibitions 《When you understand my secret, it becomes a ghost》, 2024.09.13 – 2024.10.19, Esther Schipper (Berlin) Esther Schipper is delighted to announce 《When you understand my secret, it becomes a ghost》, Hyunsun Jeon’s first solo presentation with the gallery. On view will be 10 new paintings by Jeon whose representation was announced in February of this year.
2024.09.11

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Chaos Kong》, 2023.07.12 – 2023.08.12, BAIK Art BAIKART announces the solo exhibition by Chu Mirim 《Chaos Kong》 opening on July 12. CHU Mirim (추미림 b.1982) is an artist who has been experimenting with grids and pixels as a visual language, bridging the gap between design and fine art, and is currently
2023.07.06

Late Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Critique] The Unperceived 死角 The first time I saw Jinju Lee's work was at the Arario Gallery exhibition An Obscure Reply in 2017. Later, I worked with the artist together at the Gangwon International Biennale 2008 titled The Dictionary of Evil, I got a closer look into artist's world of
2020

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Exhibitions 《STOP, and SEE》, 2015.09.08 - 2016.03.06, MMCA “Hope and prospect” and “despair and dejection” would be the words to describe one’s frustration in observing the current status-quo of traditional-style Korean painting, which is straying amidst the swamp of such words as
2015.09.06
Exhibitions 《Yeondoo Jung: Building Dreams》, 2025.05.17 – 2026.01.25, Peabody Essex Museum (Salem) Yeondoo Jung presents his solo exhibition 《Yeondoo Jung: Building Dreams》 at the Jeffrey P. Beale Gallery of the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, MA, USA. Working across various media including photography, video
2025.05.15

Exhibitions 《The Portrait of Time》, 2022.10.05 - 2022.12.04, Seongbuk Museum of Art We are witnessing the rise of concerns for human existence in the post-COVID-19 era. The Seongbuk Museum of Art unveils 《The Portrait of Time》, an art show featuring works of sculpture by Chung Hyun who has pursued the nature of ‘humans’ and ‘sculpture’
2022.10.05
Exhibitions 《SARORI SARORIRATTA: CHOI JEONG HWA》, 2020.10.22 - 2021.02.13, Gyeongnam Art Museum Before COVID-19, artists tended to place great importance on their own creative impulse — the desire to make art — and often did not deeply consider the public who would experience their work.
2020.10.20