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April 10 - July 26, 2026

In Kyoung Chun

MAKE ROOM

April 10 - July 26, 2026

In Kyoung Chun

MAKE ROOM

In Kyoung Chun’s creative practice moves between painting and site-specific installation. Interactive works extend the language of painting beyond the canvas, inviting viewers into environments that challenge perception and encourage connection. As an immigrant artist, Chun reflects on the shifting sense of home—both safe and fragile, stable yet impermanent. Transparent houses, suspended structures, and intimate paintings serve as metaphors for belonging, suggesting neighborhoods that are open and inclusive. By blurring boundaries between interior and exterior, personal and public, her work builds shared spaces where fragility and resilience coexist, and where the act of looking becomes an act of belonging.

In Kyoung Chun is a multidisciplinary artist born in Seoul, South Korea, and currently based in Atlanta, Georgia. Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries, institutions, and platforms, including Poem 88, HiLo Press, Dashboard, The New Gallery (Tennessee), Emory University, Sumter Gallery (South Carolina), Stove Works, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, NADA (online), Yi Gallery (New York) and Asian Art Contemporary (New York). Chun’s works are included in the permanent collections of the High Museum of Art, Goat Farm Arts Center, the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, the Atlanta Public Library, Georgia State University, and in numerous private collections, including that of the late master Larry Walker.

In Kyoung was also a finalist for the 2025 Atlanta Artadia Award. Chun recently completed a three-year residency at Atlanta Contemporary, as well as a residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts at Le Moulin à Nef in France.

Chun participated in the exhibition Celestial Bodies at Stoveworks in Tennessee in 2025 and is currently preparing for several major shows in 2026, including exhibitions at the Swan Coach House Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia; the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina; and Institute 193 in Lexington, Kentucky.

This exhibition is funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts and funded in part by a generous award from the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of The Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina.

In Kyoung Chun

MAKE ROOM

April 10 - July 26, 2026
Patron Preview Reception
Halsey Institute
Friday, April 10, 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Open to Postmodernist ($350) members and above
Opening Reception
Halsey Institute + Hill Exhibition Galleries
Friday, April 10, 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Open to all levels of membership + CofC community, $5 suggested donation otherwise
Artist Talk: In Kyoung Chun
Halsey Institute
Saturday, April 11, 2:00 PM
Free + open to the public
WGS Intersections, a panel discussion
Halsey Institute
Tuesday, April 14, 4:00 PM
Free + open to the public
Curator Coffee Club
Halsey Institute
Saturday, May 23, 10:00 - 11:00 AM
Open to all levels of membership
Halsey After Hours
Halsey Institute + Hill Exhibition Galleries
Friday, June 26, 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Open to all Members + CofC community, $10 suggested donation otherwise
Family Day!
Halsey Institute + Hill Exhibition Galleries
Saturday, July 18, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Free + open to the public, family friendly activities
Free For All
GALLERY HOURS (during exhibitions)
Monday - Saturday, 11am – 4pm
Open Thursdays until 7pm
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