2026 NEWS
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🔜 coming soon | ➰ ongoing
Exhibition
& Performance
➰ 2026 July 14 ~ Nov 14, Invited Artist, 《Pale Blue Dot 2247》, Incheon Airport, Incheon
▶ <Solarsonic Band: In Transit>(2026), Departure (3F), Terminal 2
▶ <Takeaway: Love, Peace, Hospitality>(2026), Gate 232, Duty-Free Area, Terminal 2
➰ 2026 May 21 ~ Oct 31, Invited Artist, <Solarsonic Band (Inst.)>(2025),《백남준의 도시: 태양에 녹아드는 바다 (The City of Nam June Paik: The Sea Fused with The Sun)》, Media Façade Screening for Poeun Art Hall of Yongin Cultural Foundation, Yongin
➰ 2026 May 08 ~ Aug 16, Invited Artist, <War Dance>(2025),《WE Are Becoming》, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB), Taipei
✦ 2026 June 04 ~ July 04, Invited Artist, 《Speculative Visions of A Post-Climate Future》, 주홍콩한국문화원(Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong), Hong Kong
✦ 2026 April 16 – May 15, <0° — 00:00 (0도 — 0시, 0 Degree — 0 O’Clock)>(2025), The 35th Anniversary of Korea Foundation Special Exhibition 《Meta Platform: Generative Connnections》, Korea Foundation Gallery, Seoul
✦ 2026 May 14, Invited Artist, <War Dance>(2025), Queer East Festival, ICA London, London
✦ 2026 April 22 ~ 26, <Solarsonic Band>(2025, XR-only ver.),《Loop Plus》, Grand Josun Hotel, Busan, with sponsorship from JUSPEACE Foundation
✦ 2026 Feb 20 ~ 31, Participating Artist, <War Dance>(2025),《The 6th VH AWARD》organized by Hyundai Motor Group, ArtSpace @ HeluTrans, Singapore
✦ 2025 Nov 20 ~ 2026 Feb 01, Invited Artist, <Solarsonic Band>(2024-25),《의문의 AI (Interrogative AI)》supported by Institut Français & Incheon Cultural Foundation, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon
Academic Service
& Publication
✦ June 2, Invited Speaker, “Extending Realities across Bodies, Machines, and Systems”, <FITE Talk>. Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong – RSVP Link
✦ May 30, Invited Speaker, <Artist Talk: A Life with Artificial Intelligence – Between Connection and Loneliness>, HAU Hebbel am Ufer & Goethe-Institut Beijing, HAU4 Berlin & Online
✦ May 9, Invited Speaker, <Artist Talk: When I Use “WE”, Please Think of It as an Invitation>, C-LAB, Taipei
✦ April 24, Panelist, <Loop Plus Forum: Session 2 – Art, Technology, and the Future of Human Experience>, Grand Josun Busan 5F Grand Ball Room, Busan – RSVP Link
✦ Jury, Korea Arts Management Service (KAMS)
✦ Advisor, Korea Arts Management Service (KAMS)
2025 NEWS
Exhibition
& Performance
🔜 can’t believe i did all this in 2025 and yet 2026 is coming💫
➰ 2025 Nov 20 ~ 2026 Feb 01, Invited Artist, <Solarsonic Band>(2024-25),《의문의 AI (Interrogative AI)》supported by Institut Français & Incheon Cultural Foundation, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon
✦ 2025 Dec 1 ~ 31 (everyday 12:00-13:00), Commissioned Artist, <Dreaming Chandra: Still In Neuroverse>(2025), ACC Plaza Media Wall Screening, ACC, Gwangju
✦ 2025 Dec 5 ~ 13, Invited Artist, <Chandra Chronicles: In Neuroverse>(2025),《제2회 포항 인공지능예술주간 Pohang AI Art Week: Humor or Error》supported by POSTECH, Pohang Cultural Foundation, Pohang
✦ 2025 Oct 20~Dec 31, Commissioned Artist, <Solarsonic Band (Medley)>(2025),《백남준의 도시: 태양에 녹아드는 바다 (The City of Nam June Paik: The Sea Fused with The Sun)》Media Wall, Supported by Nam June Paik Art Center & Yongin Special City, Nam June Paik Art Center Media Wall, Yongin
✦ 2025 Oct 18~Dec 18, 𝑩𝒊𝑶𝑽𝑬 (with Minseok Choi, Yiwen Tseng), <幻象餐宴/飨宴 (Phantom Dining)>(2025),《China··Hangzhou Biennale of Art & Technology》, Yuhang Museum, Hangzhou
✦ 2025 Nov 17~22, Scholarship-Funded Artist, <After Soma: in Infinite Garden>(2025),《Ethereum World’s Fair: DevConnect Argentina》supported by Ethereum Foundation, La Rural, Buenos Aires
✦ 2025 Nov 8~23, 𝑩𝒊𝑶𝑽𝑬 (with Minseok Choi, Yiwen Tseng), <환상식탁(Phantom Dining)>(2025),《미래감각 (Sense of Future)》, Goyang Cultural Foundation, Goyang
✦ 2025 Sep 19~28, 𝑩𝒊𝑶𝑽𝑬 (with Minseok Choi, Yiwen Tseng), <환상식탁(Phantom Dining)>(2025),《Paradise Art Lab Festival》, Hana Bank Art Storage (H.ART1), Seoul
✦ 2025 Sep 5~14, Commissioned Artist, 2025 ACT Festival, <Chandra Chronicles: In Neuroverse>(2025),《Neuroverse: Sailing through the Sentient Universe》, National Asian Culture Center (ACC), Gwangju
✦ 2025 Sep 6, Participating Artist, <War Dance>(2025), 2025 Ars Electronica Festival《The 6th VH AWARD Part II》, Ars Electronica Center, Deep Space 8K, Linz
✦ 2025 Aug 7~Oct 19, Commissioned Artist, <Solarsonic Band>(2024-25), <Solarsonic Band (Inst.)>(2025),《백남준의 도시: 태양에 녹아드는 바다 (The City of Nam June Paik: The Sea Fused with The Sun)》, Supported by Nam June Paik Art Center & Yongin Special City, Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin
- Aug 7, Opening Performance with Wonsuk Lee, <연금술적 그대를 연기하라 (Acting Alchemical Dear)>, Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin
✦ 2025 June 16~Sep 15, Participating Artist,《The 6th VH AWARD》, Hyundai Motor Group University Mabuk Campus Vision Hall, Yong-in
✦ 2025 June 16~Aug 31, Participating Artist,《The 6th VH AWARD》, Hyundai Motor Studio Beijing, Beijing
✦ 2025 Aug 8~16, Commissioned Artist,《밀가루 시간 (Days Bloom Like Flowers, Scattered Like Flour)》, Supported by Daejeon Museum of Art & Daejeon Metropolitan City & NongHyup Bank, Daejeon Zero Festival, Daejeon
✦ 2025 Aug 6~10, Invited Artist, <Water on Fire> series (2022, 2025),《PRPT: Vault Service II》, WZ Studio (Seongsu), Seoul
✦ 2025 June 16~22, Invited Artist, <War Dance>(2025),《The 6th VH AWARD》, HEK Basel, Basel
- June 17 @5:30-6:30PM – The 6th VH AWARD Panel Discussion, HEK Basel, Basel
✦ 2025 June 21~22, Invited Artist with George Hiraoka Cloke, <Soma’s Garden>(2023),《Player 2 Has Entered the Server》organized and curated by STACK, Goethe Institut Thailand, Bangkok
✦ 2025 June 13~14, Invited Artist, <SAUNA LAB> series (2024-25), Organoid Developer Conference 2025 exhibition, supported by Daejeon Culture and Arts Foundation <ARTIENCE DAEJEON>, Magok COEX, Seoul
✦ 2025 March 1~15, Invited Artist, <SAUNA LAB: Becoming Human-Fish>(2025),《Future Tense》, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Award
✦ Finalist, The 6th VH AWARD, Hyundai Art Lab & Hyundai Motor Group
Featured
✦ 윤태경. (2025, Dec). 라이브 아트(Live Art). 음악저널 (Journal of Music), vol. 432.
✦ NOWNESS. (2025, Sep 21). 所有和AI共创的艺术,都应该被审判吗?(Should all the art co-created with AI be judged?). NOWNESS.
✦ 吐耳. (2025, Sep 13). 血月,女性的战舞 (The Blood Moon, Women’s War Dance). Meta Eye.
✦ Artisle 艺术岛屿. (2025, Jul 9). Artisle Talk|VH AWARD —— 新媒体艺术的悖论与可能 (The Paradox and Possibility of New Media Art). Artisle 艺术岛屿.
✦ Aaina Bhargava. (2025, March 13). This artist puts audiences at the centre of her digital creations. South China Morning Post (SCMP).
✦ Dawn Chan. (2025, June 6). Q&A with Dawn Chan and the 6th VH AWARD Finalists: Technological Mythmaking (Part 1). Hyundai Art Lab, Hyundai Motor Group.
✦ Aaina Bhargava. (2025, March 13). This artist puts audiences at the centre of her digital creations. South China Morning Post (SCMP).
✦ 노재민(Jaemin Noh). (2025, Jan). 업앤커밍 아티스트 염인화 : ‘3D 퍼포머티브 장치-환경’으로 설계한 상상의 실험실 (Up-and-Coming Artists Inhwa Yeom: An Imaginary Laboratory Designed by ‘3D performative Apparatus-Environment’, In Korean). 월간미술 (Monthly Art, 月刊美術), 480, 104-105.
Academic Service
& Publication
✦ Invited Lecturer, <생성형 AI x p5.js : 나만의 악기 만들기>, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon
✦ Invited Speaker, <기후위기 시대 속 의문의 AI (Interrogative AI in the Era of Climate Crisis)>, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon
✦ Invited Presenter, <Creating Media with AI: Questions and Challenges>, “Workshop: Shaping AI: Ethics, Power, Responsibility”, Goethe Institut Korea, Seoul
✦ Invited Lecturer, <Immersive Speculative Design>, Vision Base, Shih Chien university, Taipei
✦ Invited Lecturer, <Creating Media with XR and AI> series, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei
✦ Invited Talk, 《2025 ARTIENCE Daejeon》 Opening Ceremony, National Science Museum, Daejeon
✦ Facilitator/Mentor, Project Lab of Gwangju Media Art Platform (G.MAP), Gwangju
✦ Invited Lecturer, Incubating Lab Lecture Series “Generative AI & 3D Interaction Design (Using Unity)“, Digital Art Culture Lab of Gwangju Media Art Platform (G.MAP), Gwangju
✦ Jury, AI Short Film Competition “AISolation“, Goethe-Institut & HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin Experimental Art Theater
✦ Guest Lecturer, “Towards Alternative Ocean Capital via XR and AI“, Xiamen University & University for the Creative Arts (UCA)
✦ Invited Presenter, “SAUNA LAB: Towards Alternative Knowledge Capital in the Climate Change Era“, Organoid Developer Conference (ODC) 2025, Magok COEX
✦ Presenter & Author, “SAUNA LAB: Towards Alternative Knowledge Capital in the Climate Change Era“, The 30th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) 2025, Seoul National University
✦ Invited Lecturer, ACC 전문인 <콘텐츠 발굴> 1단계: “XR 및 AI를 활용한 3D 가상 전시 기획” 시리즈 (ACC Professionals: “3D Virtual Exhibition Curation Using XR and AI” Series), National Asian Culture Center (ACC)
✦ Invited Presenter, “AI in Arts: Questions & Challenges & Cases”, Goethe-Institut Korea
✦ Invited Presenter, <프로젝트 해시태그 5주년: 경계 너머 마주한 것들 (The Five-Year Anniversary of PROJECT HASHTAG: Encounters Beyond the Boundaries)>(2025.01.08), National Musem of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) Seoul, Seoul
✦ Reviewer, ACM CHI 2025
(* 2 Special Recognitions for Outstanding Reviews)
✦ Reviewer, ACM IMWUT (Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies) 2025
✦ Reviewer, ACM DIS (Designing Interactive Systems) 2025
✦ Art Jury, The 30th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) 2025
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