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Gallery Hyundai

Gallery Hyundai is the first specialized gallery in Korea, opening in April, 1970, and has developed in the Contemporary art scene about 43 years since its opening, accompanied by many artists. Through various high-quality exhibitions, Gallery Hyundai presents not only Korea’s most prominent Contemporary artists, but also introduces various artists by which you can, at a glance, examine closely the trend of the global art market.

Gallery Hyundai currently has three different spaces in Seoul; Gallery Hyundai New Space (# 80, Sagan-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul) with an exhibit space of three floors, Gallery Hyundai Main Space (#122, Sagan-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul) with an exhibit space of two floors, and Dugahun Gallery (# 109, Sagan-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul). Located at the back yard of Gallery Hyundai, New Space, Dugahun Gallery is a traditional tiled-roof wine house and restaurant with the meaning ‘Very Beautiful House.' The combination of art, culture, and wine gives the house a unique space. Gallery Hyundai endeavors to discover and support young artists. Since 1995, Gallery Hyundai has run Window Gallery, a unique space for actively introducing and promoting domestic and foreign young artists. This independently run gallery provides young artists an opportunity to launch their careers in the commercial art world.

Gallery Hyundai has held a great number of exhibitions of prominent artists who are representative of the Modern and Contemporary Korean Art such as Soo Keun Park, Jung-Seop Lee, Ucchin Chang, Ki Chang Kim, Daiwon Lee, Kyung Ja Chun, Whanki Kim, YoungKuk Yoo, Tschang-Yeul Kim, Lee Ufan, Sang Hwa Chung, Nam June Paik, Hyun-Ki Park, John Pai, and Moon-seup Shim. Galley Hyundai recently had large retrospective exhibitions commemorating Soo Keun Park's 45th anniversary (2010), Ucchin Chang's 20th anniversary (2011), Whanki Kim (2012 and 2013), and Young Kuk Yoo (2012) to revive the representative of Contemporary Korean Art and to promote such artists in Korea and worldwide.

It has also highlighted the most significant tendencies of the past, the present, and the future of the international world of art, by exhibitions of international artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, Thomas Demand, Damien Hirst, Michael Craig-Martin, Billy Childish, Robert Indiana, Gerhard Richter, Robert Rauschenberg, Ellsworth Kelly, Julian Schnabel, Francois Morellet, Sarah Morris, Zeng Fanzhi, Ai Weiwei, and On Kawara.

DoART (2002–2010)

Based on diverse experiences and achievement of Gallery Hyundai, its mother company, DoArt was founded as an art gallery exclusively for young artists. Since its opening in Insadong in 2002, DoArt has established itself as a leading art gallery in Korea by serving as an incubator for fresh and unique perspectives and insights of young artists. In this way, it provided young artists a springboard to launch their careers to the general public and commercial art world. DoArt opened DoArt Beijing in 2007 and DoArt Seoul in 2008. Through the galleries in Beijing and Seoul, DoArt endeavors to fulfill its objective of becoming a channel for participating, not only in Asian, but also in the international Contemporary Art scene beyond borders. Since 2009, rather than focusing merely on gallery concept, DoArt started to curate various exhibitions and promote international Contemporary Art in Korea, China, and worldwide.

16 bungee (2010–2012)

Since the opening in March 2010, 16 bungee has featured diverse programs for young artists who aspire to attribute their creativity to the advancement and development of Contemporary Art for the past three years. 16 bungee has built a respectable reputation with favorable reviews for presenting excellent exhibitions as an experimental art space, exclusively open for young local and international artists. The space was named after its street location, which is a central avenue of the Korean Contemporary artists in the Sagan-dong area. If you need information about the past exhibitions held from 2010 to 2012 at 16 bungee, please check the PAST menu of Gallery Hyundai website.

Gallery Hyundai Gangnam Space (2008–present)

Gallery Hyundai Gangnam Space has featured quality exhibitions since its opening in 2008, and for the past five years. If you need information about the past exhibitions held from 2008 to 2012 at the Gangnam Space, please check the PAST menu on Gallery Hyundai's website.

Location
122 Sagan-dong Jongno-gu
Seoul 110-190
South Korea
T: +82 (0)2 734 6111 3
F: +82 (0)2 734 1616

Hours
Tue–Sun: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Closed Monday, New Year’s Day, Lunar New Year’s Day, and Korean Thanksgiving Day

Location
80 Sagan-dong, Jongno-gu
Seoul 110-190
South Korea
T: +82 (0)2 2287 3500
F: +82 (0)2 2287 3580

Staff
Hyungteh Do

Location
109 Sagan-dong, Jongno-gu
Seoul 110-190
South Korea
T: +82 (0)2 3210 2100
F: +82 (0)2 3210 2085