Introduce Team
Curator
Seohyun Kang is a curator, USPAP-certified art appraiser, and director working between Korea and the United States. Her practice focuses on international exchange in contemporary art, with an emphasis on research and exhibitions centered on immigrant and diaspora artists. She holds a BFA and MFA in Western Painting from Pusan National University.
In 2010, Kang began her career as the Korea Director of Christina Gallery, where she organized exhibitions introducing European artists to Korea and supported the international advancement of Korean artists, contributing to the globalization of the Korean art market. In 2015, she was appointed Korea Director of Gallery Apartment, where she supported experimental artistic practices in installation and media, and promoted the discovery of emerging artists and the expansion of international discourse through site-specific works and participatory projects.
Since 2020, she has served as Director of ART NYC in New York, leading archival and exhibition projects centered on immigrant and diaspora artists. Her major curatorial projects include Immigrant Artists in America and the ART NYC Award Exhibition. In 2025, she co-curated Frédéric Bruly Bouabré: Cheik Nadro, “The One Who Does Not Forget” at Space 776.
In 2025, she founded The Foundation of ART NYC, establishing a platform for research, preservation, education, and international collaboration in immigrant and diaspora art. In the same year, she was appointed Director of Space 776 New York, strengthening the international exchange platform between Seoul and New York.
As Director of Space 776, she contributed to the international expansion of Korean contemporary art by participating in Asia Week New York (2026) and by supporting the overseas advancement of emerging artists through Expo Chicago. She also led the gallery’s participation in Frieze Art Fair, enhancing its international standing.
In addition, as a USPAP-certified appraiser, she contributes to enhancing fairness and reliability in the art market through professional expertise in art valuation. She continues to expand collaboration and exchange within the international art ecosystem, based in New York and Seoul.
Artist
Song E Yoon (1983~, Born in Busan)
Song E Yoon (b. 1983, Busan) is a New York–based artist whose work explores the invisible structures of time, perception, and existence through installation and conceptual practices. Her work investigates the boundaries between material and immaterial dimensions, revealing relationships between physical reality and unseen layers of perception and presence.
In 2026, she presents “Song E Yoon: Songs Across Time” in Venice as a Collateral Event of the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Her recent solo exhibitions include SHIFT at Space 776 (Seoul, 2026), Deviant Sublime at ART NYC (Venice, 2024), and Invisible but Present (New York, 2022). She has exhibited internationally in cities including New York, Venice, Milan, Seoul, Busan, and Jakarta.
Her work has also been presented in institutional exhibitions at the Arko Art Center, Gwangju Museum of Art, and Busan Museum of Art. In 2025, she was awarded the Edward F. Albee Foundation Visual Artist Fellowship and Residency, participating in the residency program in Montauk, New York.
BIENNALE
2026 Collateral Event of the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, ‘Songs Across Time’, The Foundation of ART NYC, Venice, Italy
AWARD/ GRANT
2025 The Edward F. Albee foundation Winter/ Spring visual artist Fellowship, New York
2012 Art interview Online Magazine 28th international competition second place, Germany
Art interview Online Magazine 26th international competition Third place, Germany
2011 Art interview Online Magazine 25th honorable mention, Germany
KOREA Revolutionary Korean award offered by Sports Chosun Daily, Korea
2009 KAIST ‘Total Eclipse’ cash and solo show Grant, Korea
SELCTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2026 Space 776, Shift, Seoul
2024 ART NYC, ‘Deviant Sublime’, Venezia
2022 ART NYC, ‘Invisible but present’, Virtual, New York
2019 Newyorkminded, Drip, New York
2017 Lee’s gallery, Not be seen, Busan
2014 NewYorkminded, Essence, New York
2012 Soul art space, Busan
2010 Christinagallery, Mobius strip, Busan
Puriartgallery, Mobius strip, Jakarta
Mailbox, song e code, Seoul
2009 Daejeon City municipal Museum, Total Eclipse, Daejeon
2008 Topohouse ‘Night time climbing’, Seoul
2007 Guerilla performance ‘Confront’ Busan, Tokyo
SELCTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2025 Synthetic Sanctuaries, Space 776, New York
2024 Vanitas, BeAlpha, Milan
2018 LIC Arts Open, New York
2015 Community Art Project, New York
2014 Community Art Project, New York
2013 Open studio ARPNY, New York
Yeagam art gallery, New York
‘1010’ Hutchins Gallery LIU, New York
2011 ASL gallery, New York
Yeagam art gallery, New York
2008 Kopas ‘Art party in the house‘ Auction performance, Seoul
2007 The Festival of Korean Experimental Arts (gallery Yogiga), Seoul
Art space Min dul le <Lie in your teeth>, Busan
Soul art space <Sea Monster>, Busan
CURATORIAL PROJECT2025
Creat and join Artist team “Impossible” with Ramu Ataku
2024~2026 "A Crushed Memory Time & Space" , by ART NYC, Venezia
2013 God saves Queens, by Newyorkminded, Miami
SELECTED MUSEUM / ART CENTER EXHIBITION
2018 Asia art festival, Sungsan art hall, Changwon
2012 ‘The Secret’ Arco Museum , Seoul
‘The Secret’ Gwangjoo City municipal Museum, Gwangjoo
2011 ‘The Secret’ Busan City municipal Museum, Busan
2009 ‘Total Eclipse’ solo show project Grant by KAIST, Deajun City municipal Museum Deajun
RESIDENCY
2025 The Edward F. Albee foundation Residency "The Barn", Montauk, New York
2014 Arpny(Artist residency program NewYork), NewYork
THISIS
2018 <The study of intangible dimension through the media>, Published by Busan National University
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré (1923~2014)
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré (1921–2014, Côte d’Ivoire) was an Ivorian artist renowned for his intricate visual language and conceptual approach to recording knowledge, history, and cultural memory. His work has been exhibited widely in international institutions and biennials, reflecting his profound impact on contemporary African and global art.
Bouabré’s work has been included in major international exhibitions, such as the 2026 Venice Biennale Collateral Event Song E Yoon: Songs Across Time (Venice), Love Letter at ART NYC (Venice, 2024), the Venice Biennale (2013, 2022), Documenta 11 (Kassel, 2002), and Biennale Bénin (Cotonou, 2012). Institutional exhibitions include Tate Modern (London, 2010–2011), Museum of Modern Art (New York, 2022), and Ikon Gallery (Birmingham, 2007). Notably, in 1994, he participated in World Envisioned at the DIA Center for the Arts (New York) and the American Center (Paris), alongside Alighiero Boetti.
His work has also been presented in seminal touring exhibitions such as Africa Remix (2004–2007), Magiciens de la Terre (1989), and The Short Century (2001–2002), traveling to major cities including New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Berlin, Milan, Bilbao, and Johannesburg. Bouabré’s legacy continues to influence contemporary art globally, bridging African traditions with international conceptual practices.
•2026 :Collateral Event of the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, ‘Songs Across Time’, The Foundation of ART NYC, Venice, Italy
• 2024 : Solo exhibition ‘Love Letter’, ART NYC, Venice, Italy
• 2022: Frédéric Bruly Bouabré: World Unbound, Museum of Modern Art, NewYork
• 2022: Venice Biennale, Italy
• 2013: Venice Biennale, Italy
• 2012: Inventing the world: the artist as citizen, Biennale Bénin, Cotonou, Bénin
• 2010–2011: Tate Modern, London, UK
• 2010: African Stories, Marrakech Art Fair, Marrakech
• 2007: Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
• 2007: Why Africa?, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, Italy
• 2006: 100% Africa, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
• 2005: Arts of Africa, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, France• 2004–2007: Africa Remix, the touring show started on 24 July 2004 at the Museum Kunst
Palast in Düsseldorf (Germany), and travelled to the Hayward Gallery in London, the
Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo.
• 2003: Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Musée Champollion, Figeac, France
• 2002: Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany
• 2001–2002: The Short Century was an exhibition held in Munich, Berlin, Chicago and
New York, organised by a team headed by Nigerian curator Okwui Enwezor
• 1996: Neue Kunst aus Africa, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germania
• 1995: Galerie des Cinq Continents, Musée des arts d’Afrique et d'Océanie, Paris, France
• 1995: Dialogues de Paix, Palais des Nations, Geneve, Switzerland
• 1994: Rencontres Africaines, the touring exhibition was shown at the Institut du Monde
Arabe in Paris, Cidade do Cabo in Sud Africa, Museum Africa in Johannesburg and in
Lisbon, Portugal
• 1994: World Envisioned, together with Alighiero Boetti, the exhibition hwas shown
in DIA Center for the Arts in New York and American Center, Paris, France
• 1993: Trésor de Voyage,la Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
• 1993: Azur, Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain in Jouy-en-Josas, France
• 1993: La Grande Vérité: les Astres Africains, Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes, France
• 1993: Grafolies, Biennale d’Abidjan in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
• 1992: A Visage Découvert, Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain in Jouy-en-Josas,
France
• 1992: Oh Cet Echo!, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France
• 1992: Out of Africa, Saatchi Collection, London
• 1992: L'Art dans la Cuisine, St. Gallen, Sweden
• 1992: Resistances, Watari-Um for Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
• 1991: Africa Hoy/Africa Now, the touring exhibition has shown in Centro de Arte
Moderno in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain), Gröninger Museum in Groningen
(Netherlands), Centro de arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City
• 1989: Magiciens de la Terre, Centre Georges Pompidou and Grande halle de la Villette,
Paris, France
• 1989: Waaah! Far African Art, Courtrai, Belgium
• 1986: L'Afrique e la Lettre, Centre Culturel Français, Lagos, Nigeri a
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