
ARARIO GALLERY Seoul will present KIM Inbai’s (b. 1978) solo exhibition A Man Asleep from September 1 (Tue) to October 24 (Sat), 2026. This marks KIM Inbai’s first solo exhibition at ARARIO GALLERY Seoul in 12 years, featuring approximately 29 new sculptural and two-dimensional works that explore the sensation of “absence,” a concept the artist has investigated throughout his practice through the methodology of sculpture. KIM Inbai has continuously experimented with the ways in which we perceive objects and the boundaries of perception by translating two-dimensional elements such as lines and planes into three-dimensional space, and by radically transforming anatomical structures. Rather than being confined to solid sculptural forms, he employs a distinctive sculptural language that disrupts conventional systems of visual perception, such as reproducing invisible, empty spaces or casting hollow forms devoid of their original internal structures. For KIM Inbai, sculpture is not a fixed phenomenon but a process of existence that is constantly generated and dismantled according to the viewer’s perspective and surrounding environment—an ever-changing state capable of becoming anything.















Kim Inbai was born in 1978 and received his BFA and MFA from the Department of Sculpture at Hongik University. He is currently based in Seoul. Notable solo exhibitions include Eliminates Points, Lines and Planes (ARARIO GALLERY, Seoul, Korea, 2014), Turbulent O’Clock (ARARIO GALLERY, Cheonan, Korea, 2011), Turbulent O’Clock (DOOSAN Gallery, New York, USA, 2010), Move in Earnest (ARARIO GALLERY, Seoul, Korea, 2007) and Stand on the Edge of Dimensions (Gallery Skape, Seoul, Korea, 2006). Kim has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including Our Paradise, Probably a Great Place (Doosan Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 2019), Endless Column (Arario Gallery Seoul I Ryse Hotel, Seoul, Korea 2018-2019), Remembering or Forgetting (Arario Gallery Seoul I Ryse Hotel, Seoul, Korea, 2018), Animamix Biennale 2015 – 2016 (Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China, 2016), PLASTIC MYTHS (Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea, 2015), The Silent Syllable (ARARIO MUSEUM DONGMUN MOTEL II, Jeju, Korea, 2015), Korea Tomorrow 2015 (Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea, 2015), APAPMAP 2014 JEJU, BETWEEN WAVES (Amorepacific Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea, 2014) and New Scenes (Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, 2014). Kim Inbai’s works are included in major institutional collections such as Seoul Museum of Art (Korea), Daegu Art Museum (Korea), as well as worldwide famous individual collectors.


ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL opened its doors in Sogyeok-dong in 2006. Since then, it has established its foothold as a leading contemporary art gallery in Korea and across Asia, continuing to be at the forefront of the international art scene through its efficient representation system and bold exhibitions. In March 2014, ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL relocated near the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. In April 2018, ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL RYSE HOTEL, a second exhibition space in Seoul, opened in the Hongdae area. Running concurrently with its primary location until November 2019, the project space aimed to mirror the experimental spirit of the neighbourhood through its innovative programming. In 2022, ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL ended its Sogyeok-dong era. However, the various experimentation and ventures carried out in the gallery’s previous spaces continue to shape its future at its current location in Wonseo-dong, which reopened in February 2023. Through the preemptive discovery of young artists, steady support of represented artists, and the realisation of meaningful and original exhibitions, ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL aims to continually grow and contribute to the growth of the contemporary art scene in Korea.

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