Sun Gallery
SeoulFounded in 1977 by Chang-sil Kim in the historic Insadong district of Seoul, Sun Gallery is one of Korea’s longest-operating commercial galleries. Over nearly five decades it has presented more than 500 curated exhibitions spanning painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, and craft, and it played a pioneering role in introducing international art fairs to Korea in the 1990s. Landmark initiatives include Sun Art Magazine (launched 1979, 52 issues) and the Sun Art Prize (established 1984, 22 laureates to date), and the program has presented international masters such as Marc Chagall, Emile Antoine Bourdelle, and Marino Marini alongside several generations of Korean artists. From a renovated four-floor space in Insadong, the gallery champions a roster ranging from senior Korean masters, including monochrome painting and chaesaekhwa pioneers, to leading mid-career and emerging painters and sculptors, with an active fair presence across Frieze Seoul, Art Basel Hong Kong, Expo Chicago, Art SG, Art Central Hong Kong, the Galleries Art Fair, KIAF, and Abu Dhabi Art.
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