From September 2nd to 4th, galleries will host special evening events in celebration of Kiaf SEOUL 2025.
On Thursday, September 4th, Samcheong Night will take place in Samcheong-dong, Seoul.

 

 

Kukje Gallery

 

 

VENUE         Kukje Gallery

ADDRESS    54, Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul

PROGRAM   Extended opening hours until midnight, live DJ performance

TIME            – Midnight 

 

On the occasion of Samcheong Night in celebration of Kiaf SEOUL, Kukje Gallery cordially invites you to join us on September 4 for a special late-night opening.
Experience the solo exhibitions of Gala Porras-Kim and Louise Bourgeois, accompanied by a live DJ set and light refreshments served through midnight.

 

 

Gallery Jinsun

 

 

VENUE         Gallery Jinsun

ADDRESS    59 Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul

PROGRAM   <Natural Wing Flapping> Exhibition Opening, Artist Talk

TIME             7:00 PM – 11:00 PM

 

Gallery Jinsun presents the artistic world of sculptor Oh Chae-hyun at “Samcheong Night”, held on September 4th. The artist has long been captivated by granite—a material known for its solidity and permanence—and continues to create stone sculptures rooted in its unchanging essence.

Oh Chae-hyun respects the natural form of granite, revealing shapes that organically emerge from within the stone. For this exhibition, the Oh will show sculptures embodying the form of a bird.

The image of the bird holds deep personal meaning. As a child, he was fascinated by them, chasing them across the fields of Gyeongju. Later, while studying at the Carrara Academy in Italy, the memory of a bird doodled on a construction wall left a lasting impression. In particular, ‘bird’ is the animal that he creates the most after the tiger.  For him, its forward-looking nature and boundless curiosity reflect his own artistic identity.

In his hands, the bird becomes a “stone that flies”—a soaring form that retains the raw beauty of granite. By refraining from overworking the material and preserving its original textures, Oh channels his artistic ideals and enduring creative vision. This exhibition offers a rare glimpse into his decades-long journey—his quiet, determined flight toward the essence of stone.

 

 

GALLERY YEH

 

 

VENUE         GALLERY YEH

ADDRESS    100, Changdeokgung-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

PROGRAM    KIM WOO YOUNG Exhibition, Open Lounge with the Artist, Live Jazz performance

TIME             7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

 

GALLERY YEH hosts a special open lounge event with photographer Kim Woo Young to celebrate Samcheong Night.

The event features an exclusive exhibition of unreleased works by Kim Woo Young, whose nomadic spirit collects moments in time and space. Meet the artist and enjoy the drinks at the exhibition space that captures the beauty of Changdeokgung Palace Secret Garden. Also, enjoy the jazz performance by our special guest.

 

The memory of the night will remain as art.

 

On this deepening night along the path of Changdeokgung,

we invite you to promenade into the world of art.

Fort art was never meant to be distant.

 

 

 

WOOSON GALLERY

 

 

VENUE         WOOSON GALLERY

ADDRESS     9 Seonjam-ro, 2na-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul

PROGRAM   Drinks Reception and Private View of Heryun Kim’s “Sound of Silence : Painting Forest

TIME            7:00 PM  – 10:00 PM 

 

Kiaf VIPs are invited to join Wooson Gallery for a drinks reception to celebrate Heryun Kim’s Forest of Paintings.

As dusk falls over the alleys of Seongbuk-dong, Heryun Kim’s paintings unfold in quietude, like a forest at rest, at Wooson Gallery Seoul. Stroll among the works and encounter the textures of time, traces of emotion, and the quiet beaty of what gently fades.

 

We warmly invite you to an evening of contemplative art, accompanied by cocktails prepared by Wooson Gallery Seoul.

 

 

LEE HWAIK Gallery

 

 

VENUE          LEE HWAIK Gallery

ADDRESS      67 Yulgok-ro 3-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

PROGRAM    A gift autographed books event

TIME             10:00 AM – 9:00 PM

 

LEE HWAIK Gallery will present a special exhibition by Jikheon Daljae Huh in the duration of Kiaf SEOUL. This exhibition features everyday objects that the artist has closely observed over many years. Through these simple items, the artist conveys profound thoughts and emotions, inviting visitors to discover new beauty in familiar surroundings.
The Exhibition will be extended until 9 PM on Samcheong Night. Moreover, there will be an event held at the gallery in which 10 visitors will be selected to receive a signed artist book. 

 

 

CHOI&CHOI GALLERY

 

 

VENUE         CHOI&CHOI GALLERY

ADDRESS     42 Palpan-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

PROGRAM   Opening reception of Jinyoung Yu’s solo exhibition

TIME             6:00 PM – 10:00 PM 

 

To celebrate Kiaf SEOUL 2025 and Seoul Art Week 2025, CHOI&CHOI Gallery Seoul will host this year’s edition of Samcheong Night with the opening of Yu Jinyoung’s solo exhibition.

 

 

Hakgojae Gallery

 

 

 

VENUE         Hakgojae Gallery

ADDRESS    50 Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul

PROGRAM   Extended opening hours until 11 pm 

TIME             Until 11:00 PM

 

Hakgojae Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition from the earth, on view from Wednesday, 20 August to Saturday, 13 September 2025. The exhibition features six artists: KIM Whanki (1913–1974), SONG Hyun-Sook (1952–), PARK Young-Ha (1954–), LEE Jinyong (1961-) PARK Gwangsoo (1984–), RohwaJeong (1981–), and JI Keun Wook (1985–). Held during the 2025 Kiaf/Frieze week, when art professionals from around the world gather in Seoul—the exhibition explores how the notion of ‘earth’ has been expressed and developed within Korean contemporary art, and how such artistic enquiry may find emotional and philosophical resonance across cultural and geographical boundaries.

The exhibition begins with the ceramics of the Joseon dynasty in Space 1. Buncheong ware, born of earth’s free and fluid gestures in an age of upheaval; white porcelain, embodying the serene fullness of emptiness; and black porcelain, capturing the boundless cosmos and the depths of the human psyche—each recalls the philosophy of earth embedded in Korean traditional art. These legacies extend into modern and contemporary painting. KIM Whanki’s calligraphic abstractions stir a primal sensibility, evoking ancient murals or a child’s scrawl upon the ground, reimagining the memory of soil through the language of abstraction. SONG Hyun-Sook conveys a deep yearning for homeland through objects imbued with the texture and scent of earth, guiding the viewer back to both corporeal and spiritual roots. PARK Young-Ha recreates pigments once used in Aboriginal Australian art to explore the universality, sanctity, materiality, and timelessness of earth across cultures and eras. LEE Jinyong, through his labor-intensive ‘Typography’ series, constructs mandala-like worlds where particles of memory accumulate and expand, layering the inner landscapes of time and history.

In Space 2, the exhibition turns to contemporary practices by artists born in the 1980s, reflecting on the plasticity and potential of earth in a present-day context. PARK Gwangsoo presents landscapes where forest and human figures intermingle without boundaries, revealing the seamless continuity of nature. In these composite terrains —where the hierarchies between human and nature dissolves—one might discern a portrait of life itself, rising from the ground. RohwaJeong contemplates what has been excluded or erased by modern thought through their installation and sound work. The repeated and echoing resonances within the empty space harmonise with the installation piece that explore the possibilities of “nothingness”[無] and “emptiness”[空], together creating a vast, infinitely empty and expansively unfolding terrestrial landscape. JI Keun Wook captures the cosmic rhythm of infinite expansion and the cyclical nature of creation and dissolution through repetitive line drawing on canvas. These lines, vibrating in a state of potentiality, resonate with the particulate quality of soil. These lines, trembling in a state of becoming, evoke the granular qualities of soil. Through this contemplative practice, the artist opens a nonlinear space where sensation, memory, matter, and time dissolve—inviting thought and imagination beyond temporal and spatial constraints.

The exhibition follows the breath of soil, which contains within it a vast spiritual realm, and presents a living continuum that binds tradition and contemporaneity, matter and mind, silent memory and awakened perception. At the same time, it seeks to pose a response to the enduring question, “What is Koreanness?” and to cultivate a space of philosophical reflection—one that transcends borders and speaks to a shared human condition. Earth is the origin and destination of all life, holding within it the heartbeat of nature’s cycles. It is also our common ground—the foundation of the planet we call home. By returning to the spirit of earth, which embraces all times and spaces, the exhibition aspires to offer a message of peace and coexistence in a world of fracture and uncertainty.