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New Artists

Articles [Critique] Two Diverging and Converging Paths of Sculpture History 1: Kwon Osang, Haneyl Choi, 《The Other Self》 To put it boldly, everything is “sculpture.” If sculpture is defined as a mass possessing form and materiality within three-dimensional space, then not only various artistic genres—such as painting, photography,
2022.08.23
Articles 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

Emerging Artists

Articles [Critique] Attaining Equanimity through Negation: Park Wunggyu’s Eighteen Moths The following excerpt from the artist's statement on Park Wunggyu's website offers a key to understanding his broader practice:
2021
Exhibitions 《Double Feature》, 2023.09.14 – 2023.12.17, Julia Stoschek Foundation Berlin (Berlin, Düsseldorf) Beginning from September 2023, the Julia Stoschek Foundation introduces a new series of solo presentations by emerging artists called DOUBLE FEATURE, which will take place across JSF Berlin and Düsseldorf simultaneously.
2023.09.10

Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Essay] The Upbeat Girl’s Journey to the City – Chu Mirim’s Solo Exhibition 《SATELLITES》 Every Saturday was a day to hang out with friends at Rodeo Street. The meeting time was 1 PM, the location was Fountain Square. What did we do? Browse stickers at a stationery store, eat instant tteokbokki and fried rice, go to a karaoke room, have a parfait at Canmore, take sticker photos, and stop by McDonald's
2020.12.20

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Head》, 2020.06.18 – 2020.07.25 (CHAPTER II), 2020.08.26 – 2020.09.26 (CHAPTER II Yard), CHAPTER II Ham Jin (b.1978), who has presented human figures and their extraordinary microcosm established by the micro-sculpture technique, introduces his new series produced during a year at Chapter II Residency.
2020.06.16
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Pre-Established Artists

Activities Kira Kim Selected as the Winner of the 13th Artist Prize by the Korean Art Critics Association The Korean Art Critics Association (President: Byungsoo Kim) announced on the 1st that artist Kira Kim has been selected as the recipient of the 13th “Artist Prize by the Korean Art Critics Association.”
2024.04.01
Articles [Review] Abstraction that Occupies the Surface and Taps the Space The solo exhibition 《LUCID》 by Nakhee Sung at PIBI Gallery successfully transfers the spatial sensibility constructed within her two-dimensional works to the exhibition space itself. At the same time, by placing two earlier works at the end of the show, the exhibition hints at the continuity of her artistic trajectory
December, 2020

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《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
Articles [Critique] Kim Eull: Drawing Out One’s Self For about a decade, Kim Eull continually worked on his two series Self-Portrait and Blood Map, both of which focused on the theme of identity. Both of these series were essentially concluded in 2002
2016