Seoyoung Chung, Hong Lee Hyunsook, and Hyun Nahm, three contemporary Korean artists, will participate in the 59th Carnegie International, which is scheduled to open on May 2.
 
Organized by the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh since 1896, the Carnegie International is the longest-running exhibition of international art in North America and is held every four years. Marking its 59th edition this year, the exhibition will be the most collaborative and far-reaching to date, bringing together 61 artists of diverse nationalities, including participants from the Philippines, Peru, India, and South Africa.

Among the participating artists are Korean artists Seoyoung Chung (b. 1964), Hong Lee Hyunsook (b. 1958), and Hyun Nahm (b. 1990), who have each been actively engaged in the contemporary art scene in Korea and internationally through installation, video, and sculpture practices, respectively.
 
Sculptor Seoyoung Chung has explored the “sculptural moments” grounded in fundamental questions about sculpture itself, playing a significant role in establishing the contemporaneity of modern Korean sculpture.

Working across video installation, performance, photography, and other media, Hong Lee Hyunsook has reflected on solidarity and coexistence with nonhuman and marginalized beings through everyday acts of practice and discipline.
 
Hyun Nahm, an emerging sculptor, has employed sculptural methodologies that depart from the logic of traditional sculpture, transforming contemporary landscapes and social phenomena into visible and material dimensions.

Meanwhile, held under the title 《If the word we》, this edition of the Carnegie International approaches “we” not as a singular identity, but as a multilayered and porous condition—one that is continually formed and transformed through listening, translation, and change.
 
The exhibition is co-curated by Ryan Inouye, Danielle A. Jackson, and Liz Park, and includes installation and performance projects developed in connection with sites across the city, such as the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Kamin Science Center, Mattress Factory, and the Thelma Lovette YMCA.
 
Further details about the exhibition can be found on the Carnegie Museum of Art’s website (https://carnegieart.org/exhibition/59th-carnegie-international/).

References

• 제59회 카네기 인터내셔널 (The 59th Carnegie International)
• 뉴시스, 1896년 창립 ‘2026 카네기 인터내셔널’, 한국 정서영·홍현숙·현남 참여, 2026.02.13