Bek Hyunjin

Bek Hyunjin has held numerous exhibitions at major art institutions such as the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul, Korea), Leeum Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea), Art Sonje Center (Seoul, Korea), Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum (Shanghai, China), and Kunsthalle Wien (Vienna, Austria). In 2017, he was chosen as the nominee/sponsored artist for the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art’s Korea Artist Prize.

As a singer-songwriter, Bek worked actively as a member of the Uhuhboo Project, the first generation indie band, and a project band Bahngbek. He is also currently active as a solo musician.

For two and a half decades, PKM Gallery has been consistently presenting exhibitions of both Korean and international artists whose artworks keenly reflect the trends of contemporary art. The gallery has exhibited the works of Yoo Youngkuk and Kwon Jin Kyu, the Korean modern masters, and Yun Hyong-keun, Chung Chang-Sup, and Suh Seung-Won, the pioneers of Dansaekhwa, along with the works of leading figures in Korean contemporary art such as Bek Hyunjin, Koo Jeong A, Young In Hong, and Cody Choi. The gallery has also succeeded in introducing renowned international artists such as John Baldessari, Olafur Eliasson, Dan Flavin, Carsten Holler, Gabriel Orozco, and Thomas Ruff to the Korean audience. As an incubator for emerging young artists, PKM Gallery has been organizing exhibitions of Koo Hyunmo, Wonwoo Lee, Toby Ziegler, and others to encourage their growth as leading artists of the next generation.