ART NY 25: International Galleries Exhibition
October 29 – November 4, 2025
Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 29, 5-8 PM
Featuring: PHJ Gallery, GuGu Gallery, Kimmihyo Gallery, Gong Byung, and Paris Koh Fine Arts
Location: 149 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011
A Celebration of Cross-Cultural Contemporary Art
The ART NY 25 International Galleries Exhibition brings together five dynamic galleries from Korea and the United States for a week-long celebration of contemporary art, presenting a diverse array of practices that transcend geography, culture, and medium. Taking place from October 29 to November 4, the exhibition highlights the creative intersections of East and West through painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and mixed media.
Participating galleries include PHJ Gallery, GuGu Gallery, Kimmihyo Gallery, Gong Byung, and Paris Koh Fine Arts, each contributing a distinctive curatorial vision and a roster of innovative artists exploring identity, materiality, and the human condition.
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PHJ Gallery (Seoul, Korea)
Founded in 2017 and directed by Park Hyung-jin, PHJ Gallery has been instrumental in introducing emerging and established Korean artists to the international stage, with participations in art fairs in London, Paris, Vancouver, and New York. The gallery is known for championing artists who pursue experimental approaches to self-expression and identity.
At ART NY 25, PHJ Gallery presents an impressive lineup including Hyo-sun Kang, Seong-gook Hong, Gwang-mi Kim, Jin-hyun Nam, Sang-ho Won, Gong Byung, Hyung-jin Park, In-sun Kim, Keum-hee Lee, Hyun-woo Hong, Young-ae Lee, Nam-wook Kang. Their works range from delicate Korean ink paintings to mixed media and lacquer, revealing the breadth and vitality of contemporary Korean art.
Highlights include Gwang-mi Kim’s poetic Blow (2025), rendered in charcoal powder on canvas, and Seong-gook Hong’s contemplative GAZE-introspection (2025), which reflects on perception and self-awareness. In-sun Kim’s Mountain Shadow (2025), made with ink, soil, and pearl stone powder, evokes a meditative landscape that bridges material and spirit.
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Seong-gook Hong, GAZE-introspection, 2025. Korean ink on Canvas
GuGu Gallery (Seoul, Korea)
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Under the direction of Koo Ja-min, GuGu Gallery has emerged as a hub for contemporary art and cultural dialogue in Seoul’s Mokdong district. Having collaborated with over 200 artists, the gallery embraces the philosophy that “the most Korean is the most global,” emphasizing the power of Korean aesthetics in the international art scene.
The exhibition features works by Young-hi Kang, Hong Heart, Yun-ryung Lee, and Choon-suk Noh, whose diverse practices range from lyrical abstraction to figurative exploration. Young-hi Kang’s Until a flower becomes a flower (2025) celebrates cycles of growth and renewal, while Hong Heart’s Swamp (2024) and Aquarium (2022) create layered psychological landscapes through mixed media textures.
Young-hi Kang, Until a flower becomes a flower, 2025, 45 x 53cm, Mixed media on canvas
Kimmihyo Gallery (Jinju, Korea)
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Located in the southern city of Jinju, Kimmihyo Gallery, directed by Mi Hyo Kim, fosters creative exchange between Korean and international artists. The gallery’s presentation emphasizes material experimentation and emotional resonance.
Artists Mi-hyang Lee, Myoung-hwa Kim, Jungyeon Lee, Yu-me Bae, and Mihyo Kim explore themes of nature, memory, and identity through vibrant compositions and refined technique. Myoung-hwa Kim’s Traces of the Moon (2025), painted with traditional powder pigment on jangji paper, and Yu-me Bae’s Be Colored with Light No.8 (2025) exemplify a harmonious dialogue between tradition and modernity.
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Myoung-hwa Kim, Traces of the Moon, 2025, Powder color on jangji, 35.82×35.82 in.
Gong Byung (Korea)
Artist Gong Byung’s solo presentation delves into metaphysical and spiritual dimensions of existence. Working primarily with transparent acrylic, Gong transforms the material’s rigidity into ethereal, light-infused works that contemplate the dualities of emptiness and fullness, life and death.
In works such as A Beautiful Trace (2025) and A Figure of the Soul (2025), the artist carves, scrapes, and paints into layered surfaces, merging sculpture and painting into one meditative continuum. Gong’s art captures the flow of time and spirit, presenting creation as both struggle and transcendence—a quiet voyage toward the utopia of the soul.​​​
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Gong Byung, A figure of the soul, 2025, 122 x 122 x 1.5cm, Carved acrylic panel, special paint
Paris Koh Fine Arts (New York & New Jersey, USA)
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Based in New York and New Jersey, Paris Koh Fine Arts, directed by Paris Suechung Koh, is dedicated to transcending cultural and geographical boundaries through intellectually rigorous and visually compelling exhibitions. The gallery represents international artists whose work bridges philosophical, political, and emotional concerns.
At ART NY 25, Paris Koh Fine Arts presents Harold Wortsman, Mars Heejung Kim, Jose Camacho, Gao Yuan, Bill Pangburn, Xin Song, and Renee Magnanti—a diverse group whose practices span from sculpture and watercolor to collage and photography.
Harold Wortsman’s The Sand Man’s Dream (2024), a wood-fired clay sculpture, embodies material transformation and memory, while Jose Camacho’s Babel (2023) reimagines language and architecture through collage and enamel. Xin Song’s intricate paper and fabric collages reinterpret traditional Chinese motifs within contemporary abstraction, and Gao Yuan’s The Sea (2025) reconstructs photographic fragments into meditations on fragmentation and wholeness.
Xin Song, Still Life series #C, 2023, Mixed papercut and fabric collage and hand sewn in Mylar, 24 x 24 in.
A Platform for Cultural Exchange
ART NY 25 is more than an exhibition—it is a testament to the ongoing cultural dialogue between Korea and the United States. Through the collaborative efforts of these five galleries, the exhibition showcases the richness and diversity of contemporary artistic practices today, affirming that art remains a vital bridge across cultures and generations.
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Chief Editor: Paris Koh