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New Artists

Articles Artist Sojin Kwak: On the Sensory Dimensions Beneath Visible Phenomena and Technology Sojin Kwak (b. 1993) has continued to capture scenes of relationships formed through the mutual influence between the photographer’s body, the camera as a device, the subject, and the place. Through video, performance, sculpture, and installation, she addresses the diverse interactions latent beneath visible phenomena and technology, along with the resulting tensions and signs of change.
2025.10.27
Exhibitions 《Tactics for an Era》, 2025.08.28 – 2025.12.28, K&L Museum In our contemporary era, we are witnessing rapid and multifaceted transformations in daily life due to the unprecedented development of artificial intelligence and digital technologies. The increasingly advanced digital
2025.08.28

Emerging Artists

Articles Artist Hyundoo Jung’s Indeterminate Abstractions: Painting Driven by Chance and Movement Hyundoo Jung (b. 1987) fills his canvases with abstract colors and lines that capture spontaneous bodily movement. His paintings are accumulations of time—records of the artist’s responses to the stimuli around him, translated into brushstrokes and paint.
2026.03.02
Articles Artist Eusung Lee: A Sculptural Exploration of the Sense of Bodily Presence Eusung Lee (b. 1989) has presented three-dimensional works that evoke a sense of bodily presence and spark narrative possibilities. In a world where the boundaries between the virtual and the real are increasingly blurred and rapidly digitized, Lee devotes herself to the richness of sculpture and physical space, as well as the tactile experience of materials shaped by hand.
2025.12.15

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《We placed the photograph taken yesterday in plain sight》, 2019.02.28 – 2019.03.27, Gallery Hyundai From February 28 to March 27, Gallery Hyundai will host its first solo exhibition by artist Yang Jung Uk, 《We Placed the Photograph Taken Yesterday in Plain Sight》. This marks his first solo presentation at the gallery and features around ten installation works that explore the subtle, everyday moments encountered in relationships with others.
2019.03.12

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 10 Years of DOOSAN Gallery New York《Decade Studio》, 2019.06.27 – 2019.08.15, DOOSAN Gallery New York DOOSAN Gallery New York presents 《Decade Studio》, a special exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of the gallery. The exhibition opens in June 27th and continues through August 15th. Established in 2009 in Chelsea, Doosan Gallery New York has supported South Korean emerging artists as a part of Doosan Yonkang Foundation, a nonprofit corporation run by a global company Doosan Group.
2019.06.26
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art since 1989》, 2016.05.04 – 2016.07.24, MMCA Seoul 《Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art since 1989》 explores and illuminates how photography has been developing as a unique and mature visual language and form in itself whilst interacting with other forms of contemporary visual languages in last three decades of contemporary Korean art.
2016.05.04
Articles Artist Nakhee Sung’s Abstract Painting: Rhythm on the Canvas Nakhee Sung (b. 1971) has consistently presented organic abstract paintings that convey a rhythm and cadence akin to music, or the dynamic movement of freely flowing colors, through the fundamental elements of painting—points, lines, and planes.
2024.11.19

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《2003 Hermès Korea Missulsang》, 2003.09.27 - 2003.11.02, Art Sonje Center From 2003, Art Sonje Center will collaborate with Hermes Korea for the Hermes Korea award ceremony and exhibition.
2003.09.25
Activities Mandala of Flowers… The Transformation of Discarded Lids Ordinary plastic lids are transformed into artworks. PET bottle caps, side-dish container lids, dehumidifier lids… unattractive piles of plastic that could be thrown away at any moment become vividly colored flowers through the artist’s
2014.08.13