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ISKAI Contemporary Art & Stephanie Kim Gallery are Curatorial Research Centre in London, Seoul and NY that specialise in unique international public art projects and in incubating artists

Thank you for covering UNSEEN Last pic is a detail of Beating Hearts
22/08/2025

Thank you for covering UNSEEN
Last pic is a detail of Beating Hearts

Make sure to visit us 393 Broadway in TriBeCa from 20th to the 27th September this year!The show is for free but there ...
20/08/2025

Make sure to visit us 393 Broadway in TriBeCa from 20th to the 27th September this year!

The show is for free but there will be 50 people max visit per time so there might be a cue! Make sure you book with us!

Looking for art influencers whom can work with us for the preview - tagging and participants!

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Fourteen artists on the resilience and rights of women in North Korea - upcoming show in NY !!!
18/08/2025

Fourteen artists on the resilience and rights of women in North Korea - upcoming show in NY !!!

Back to NY 🗽
14/08/2025

Back to NY 🗽

Upcoming exhibition in NYC!!!
12/08/2025

Upcoming exhibition in NYC!!!

Nari ChoiShe Sat, She Spoke, She Stayed - “Now It’s Your Turn to Sit”, 2025 Nari Choi reimagines Leonardo da Vinci’s The...
11/08/2025

Nari Choi
She Sat, She Spoke, She Stayed - “Now It’s Your Turn to Sit”, 2025
Nari Choi reimagines Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper as a symbolic gathering of twelve real women from various times, cultures, and backgrounds. Each figure—Malala Yousafzai, Susan B. Anthony, Marie Curie, Han Kang, Rosa Parks, Mahsa Amini, Marina Abramović, Oprah Winfrey, Faith Ringgold, Valentina Tereshkova, Nadia Murad, and Alison Lapper—held her ground and took action against oppression. Together, they represent diverse fields such as science, art, politics, human rights, literature, and media.

Choi presents these women not as distant icons, but as individuals who lived with conviction. The message is clear: a hero is not someone extraordinary, but someone who remains present and true in their own place. The structure of the work is not a simple representation but a participatory composition. As suggested by the title Now It’s Your Turn to Sit, the artist invites us to the table. Those living today are called to take action, building on the courage of the women who came before us.

It’s gonna be Me and You 🎶 Ibiza strikes again
07/08/2025

It’s gonna be Me and You 🎶


Ibiza strikes again

UNSEEN14 Artists on Resilience and the Rights of Women in North KoreaSAVE THE DATE | Sept 19th, 6–9pm | Organized by Min...
30/07/2025

UNSEEN
14 Artists on Resilience and the Rights of Women in North Korea

SAVE THE DATE | Sept 19th, 6–9pm |

Organized by MindMagnet

Hosted by
PR by

Design by and team
This exhibition continues to spotlight stories of resilience, self-reliance, and renewal

Yong Eun (May) Kwon, Pie in the Sky, 2025

Through drawing and painting, Kwon captures quiet everyday moments—warm meals, soft afternoons, memories like pages from a diary. She imagines these intimate scenes as ones she might share with North Korean escapees. What feels ordinary to one can appear distant and dreamlike to another.

권용은은 그림과 회화를 결합하여
따뜻한 식사, 평화로운 오후 등
일상의 조용한 순간들을 포착한다.

작가는 이러한 장면들이 탈북 여성들과 나누고
싶은 상상의 순간들이라고 말한다.

한 사람에겐 익숙하고 편안한 장면이,
다른 누군가에겐 아득하고 꿈같은 풍경일 수 있기 때문이다.

Livia Turco, Saint Sebastian (From the series: Fortitude), 2025

Turco reinterprets the icon of Saint Sebastian
through a female lens, visualizing endurance and inner strength.

Her sculpture reflects the silent resilience of women worldwide—those who persist through pain with dignity and defiance.

리비아 투르코는 순교의 상징으로 알려진 성 세바스찬을
여성의 시선으로 재해석한다.

이 조각은 고통 앞에서도 살아남고자 하는
내면의 힘과 지속적인 의지를 형상화한다.

이 작품은 자기 성찰에서 출발하여,
일상 속에서 침묵 속 부당함을 견뎌온 전 세계 여성들의 기억에서 비롯되었다.

Mia Enell, Red Yarn, 2023

In Red Yarn, Enell revisits
the childhood game of string figures.

The red thread, stretched between hands,
becomes a symbol of memory, tension, and emotional complexity—reminding us how play can carry both connection and weight.

미아 에넬은 《붉은 실》에서 어린 시절 놀이인 실뜨기를 통해 기억과 감각의 층위를 탐구한다. 두 손 사이로 팽팽하게 당겨진 붉은 실은 단순한 유희를 넘어 긴장감과 연결성, 그리고 그 안에 담긴 복잡한 감정들을 불러낸다. 그녀의 작업은 놀이를 수단 삼아 억눌린 감각과 오래된 상처들을 끌어올린다.
Curated by
Thank you to our incredible team: ._aa and more.

Reunited with the artist Shin Yongil whom worked with me for the Jikji show - now in NY - go and see the show in TriBeCa...
29/07/2025

Reunited with the artist Shin Yongil whom worked with me for the Jikji show - now in NY - go and see the show in TriBeCa till 9 August Art Space

UNSEEN : 14 Artists on Resilience and Rights of Women in North Korea SAVE THE DATE Sept 19th 6-9pm Exhibition also shin...
17/07/2025

UNSEEN : 14 Artists on Resilience and Rights of Women in North Korea

SAVE THE DATE Sept 19th 6-9pm

Exhibition also shines a light on Self-reliance and renewal:

Min Sang Cho’s Still I Rise
featuring pedal-powered birds inviting you to take flight. Younghi Kang’s Beating Wings exhibit forceful brushstrokes that reflect years of meditative practice. Tracy Weiman’s Princess Bari revives forgotten 19th-century flowers and chandeliers, reimagining North Korean women as a mythic guide between life and death.

행동이 있어야 변화가 있다는 사고에서 시작됨

자유의 상징인 새는
관람객이 패덜을 돌릴 때 날개짓을 함

억눌러 있는 자유

말못하고 날지 못하고
끊임없이 날개짓 하고 싶은

색도 밝고 선명하게

불가능한 과정에서도 다시 일어나려는 의지

관객이 참여하지 않으면 날지 않고
빛도 들어오지 않음



먹이라는 재료 - 서화 전통을 보면, 우리는
옛적부터 글을 쓸 때도, 그림을 쓸때도 먹을 씀.

먹이란 단순한 순한 재료에서 끝나는 게 아니라
정신 세계를 높이고 자기 수양을 겪는 그 과정 중에 있는 재료

먹을 켄버스에 칠하기 어려움

그래서 돌가루와 물감을 같이 섞어서 한 10번 정도를 칠해서
올려, 하얀 여백을 만들어 놓고 작품을 함

작가의 아버지가 북한분


바리데기 신화는
망명과 인내, 그리고 변화의 여정.

슬픔이 힘으로 변모하는 기원신화를
모티브로 함

연약함이 약하지 않음을.

존엄성과 목적을 갖춘 삶을 살아가기 늦지 안았음을

힘을 모으는 협력속에 힘이 존재함

Organized by MindMagnet
Hosted by CSW FIDH Hanvoice ICNK and NKNET
Design by and the team
PR by
Curated by

Working on UNSEEN : 14 ARTISTS ON RESILIENCE AND RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN NORTH KOREA More Behind the Scene and schedule will ...
14/07/2025

Working on UNSEEN :

14 ARTISTS ON RESILIENCE AND RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN NORTH KOREA

More Behind the Scene and schedule will be posted

Love of my life, my biggest supporter Happy Birthday 🎁
21/05/2025

Love of my life, my biggest supporter Happy Birthday 🎁

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