Every great exhibition tells a story, and The Infinite Now is no exception. Behind the quiet, contemplative power of this show are three artists whose lives and careers are as compelling as the work they create. Sun Tae Kim, Woo Choi, and Koo Bon may differ in style and medium, but they share a dedication to understanding time, memory, and what it means to be human.
Each of these artists has built a practice grounded in deep reflection and each brings a distinct voice to the exhibition’s central theme: the infinite potential of the present moment.
Educated at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Sun Tae Kim has long stood out for his cerebral, intuitive approach to abstraction. While many artists begin with visual inspiration, Kim’s work often begins with a philosophical question. His paintings are meditations in color and motion, layered, shifting, and alive.
Kim’s career spans decades and continents. From solo shows in Seoul and Paris to large-scale works exhibited in New York and Berlin, he continues to push the boundaries of form. His compositions often seem spontaneous, but they are the product of intense thought and discipline. Every gesture has intention.
His work has been recognized by institutions across Europe and Asia, and he remains an influential voice in Korea’s contemporary abstraction movement. Kim views painting as a kind of internal excavation, where the surface of the canvas becomes a space for questioning the self and exploring the metaphysical.
Woo Choi’s path to becoming a respected painter is anything but traditional. Entirely self-taught, he built his artistic practice from observation, solitude, and an enduring fascination with time’s quiet rhythms.
His paintings often portray seemingly mundane moments—a figure passing through a hallway, light falling across a floor—but there’s something haunting in their stillness. Choi’s brush captures what can’t be explained: a flicker of memory, a trace of presence, the feeling of déjà vu.
Despite having no formal training, Choi’s work has appeared in several prominent group and solo exhibitions in South Korea and abroad. Critics often praise the subtle emotional gravity of his work—its ability to evoke complex feelings without theatricality. Choi doesn’t just show what time looks like; he shows how it feels.
He continues to live and work quietly, far from the spotlight, but with a growing following of collectors, curators, and younger artists who admire his meditative eye and uncompromising vision.
Based in New York, Koo Bon brings a hyperrealist approach to contemporary life, capturing the minute details of urban environments and internal emotion with astonishing clarity. A graduate of Hongik University, one of Korea’s most prestigious art schools, Koo honed his technical skills early, but it’s his sensitivity to nuance that sets him apart.
His paintings often feel like stills from a film—moments frozen in time, rendered with near-photographic precision. A street corner at dusk, a crowded café, the look in someone’s eyes as they glance away. What’s striking isn’t just the detail—it’s the emotional tension underneath. Koo is as interested in what we hide as what we show.
He has exhibited extensively across Korea and the U.S., including solo shows in Seoul, New York, and Los Angeles. His work has also been featured in art fairs and contemporary group exhibitions exploring themes of realism, urban life, and introspection. He’s received awards for technical excellence and continues to be a sought-after voice in modern figurative painting.
Together, Sun Tae Kim, Woo Choi, and Koo Bon offer a rich cross-section of Korean contemporary art. They span generations, educational backgrounds, and visual languages—but all three artists are united by a desire to make the invisible visible and to make time tangible.
Through their distinct practices, they breathe life into the concept of the “infinite now.” Kim invites you inward, to ponder abstract meaning; Choi offers moments that suspend time itself; and Koo sharpens your attention to the world as it is, in all its fragile detail.
