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Korea Artist Prize 2026

Lee Hai Min Sun | Lee Jungwoo | Jeon Hyunsun | selected Korea Artist Prize 2026 artists

MMCA Seoul
,
Seoul
July 24, 2026
—
December 6, 2026

MMCA’s annual Korea Artist Prize presents new commissions and earlier works by four selected artists shaping contemporary art in Korea.

Installation view of Lee Hai Min Sun's exhibition, Korea Artist Prize 2026. Courtesy of MMCA. Photograph by Hong Cheolki.
EXHIBITION DETAILS
GALLERY
MMCA Seoul
30 Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03062, South Korea
DATES:
July 24, 2026
to
December 6, 2026
ARTISTS
Lee Hai Min Sun | Lee Jungwoo | Jeon Hyunsun | selected Korea Artist Prize 2026 artists
CURATOR
PHOTOGRAPHER
Photograph by Hong Cheolki / Courtesy of MMCA
LOCATION
Seoul

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Korea Artist Prize 2026 continues the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art’s annual programme supporting major voices in Korean contemporary art. Developed with the SBS Foundation, the prize selects four artists and supports the production of ambitious new work alongside sustained critical and international engagement.

The exhibition combines newly commissioned projects with representative earlier works, allowing each artist’s current concerns to be understood within the wider development of their practice. Installation, painting, moving image and other media are presented across MMCA Seoul’s Galleries 1 and 2.

The 2026 edition places particular emphasis on curatorial narrative and critical context, positioning the selected artists within broader art-historical and international conversations while considering the changing conditions of contemporary artistic production in Korea.