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Article [Critique] Ordinary, Really Ordinary [Critique] Ordinary, Really Ordinary 2026.04.29
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Bek Hyunjin (b.1972)
Bek Hyunjin (b.1972)

Bek Hyunjin is a Seoul-based painter, installation artist, performance artist, musician, actor, director, and graphic designer. He studied sculpture at Hongik University(drop-out). He is currently represented by PKM Gallery.

Art as the Trace of Body and Sensation

Wavering, 2025
Stop, 2025
Winter, 2025
Radiant Moment, 2023
Painting for the Wall, 2022
Hut, 2021
Jokes & Wailing Wallpaper, 2019-2020
UnemploymentBankruptcyDivorceDebtSuicide Rest Stop, 2017
Painting 2-01 for UnemploymentBankruptcyDivorceDebtSuicide Rest Stop, 2017
Gloom and Misery, 2014-2016
The End (The Linear Version), 2009
Certainly Wrong Conduct, 2006

Works of Art

Art as the Trace of Body and Sensation

Wavering, 2025
Stop, 2025
Winter, 2025
Radiant Moment, 2023
Painting for the Wall, 2022
Hut, 2021
Jokes & Wailing Wallpaper, 2019-2020
UnemploymentBankruptcyDivorceDebtSuicide Rest Stop, 2017
Painting 2-01 for UnemploymentBankruptcyDivorceDebtSuicide Rest Stop, 2017
Gloom and Misery, 2014-2016
The End (The Linear Version), 2009
Certainly Wrong Conduct, 2006

Works of Art

Art as the Trace of Body and Sensation

Wavering, 2025
Stop, 2025
Winter, 2025
Radiant Moment, 2023
Painting for the Wall, 2022
Hut, 2021
Jokes & Wailing Wallpaper, 2019-2020
UnemploymentBankruptcyDivorceDebtSuicide Rest Stop, 2017
Painting 2-01 for UnemploymentBankruptcyDivorceDebtSuicide Rest Stop, 2017
Gloom and Misery, 2014-2016
The End (The Linear Version), 2009
Certainly Wrong Conduct, 2006

Articles

Articles [Review] “Before the Screen, There Was the Canvas”… Bek Hyunjin’s Seoul Across Genres 2026.02.05
Articles [Critique] Ordinary, Really Ordinary 2017.09.01
Articles [Critique] 《2017 Korea Artist Prize》 Bek Hyunjin 2017
Articles [Critique] Darkness Is Your Candle 2017

Exhibitions

Exhibitions Bek Hyunjin’s Solo Exhibition “Seoul Syntax” on View Through March 21, 2026, at PKM Gallery 2026.02.17 PKM Gallery
Exhibitions Bek Hyunjin’s First U.S. Solo Exhibition,《Seoul Syntax》: A quiet attempt to translate Seoul’s sensibility, and the resonant language of Korean contemporary art in unfamiliar syntax 2025.08.05 Tanya Bonakdar
Exhibitions “The 2nd Life” on View Through October 5, 2025, at Atelier Hermès 2025.08.05 Atelier Hermès
Exhibitions “IMA Picks 2024” on View Through November 17, 2024, at Ilmin Museum of Art 2024.10.01 Ilmin Museum of Art
Exhibitions “Cloud Walkers” on View Through January 8, 2023, at Leeum Museum of Art 2022.09.19 Leeum Museum of Art
Exhibitions 《An Exhibition with Little Information》, 2022.04.01 – 2022.07.17, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan 2022.04.01 Museum of Contemporary Art Busan
Exhibitions 《Bek Hyunjin: Public Hiding》, 2021.10.26 – 2021.12.12, Royal X 2021.10.26 Royal X
Exhibitions 《Beyond Words》, 2021.06.04 – 2021.07.03, PKM Gallery 2021.06.01 PKM Gallery

Activities

Activities Bek Hyunjin to release two full-length albums six hours apart… ‘Seoul Syntax’ day and night 2025.06.10
Activities An extraordinary ‘Bek Hyunjin Show’ that gathers top stars 2023.08.29
Activities Multidisciplinary artist Bek Hyunjin selected as ‘Programmer of the Year’ at the 24th Jeonju International Film Festival 2023.04.07
Activities National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art ‘Korea Artist Prize 2017,’ Park Kyungkun, Bek Hyunjin, Song Sanghee, Sunny Kim 2017.02.21