Hanwha Foundation said Tuesday it will present a solo exhibition by Korean American artist Michael Joo at its New York exhibition space, Space Zero One, from Feb. 20 to April 18.
Titled “Sweat Models 1991-2026,” the show is Space Zero One’s first exhibition of 2026, the foundation said.
Space Zero One opened in November in Tribeca as a global arts support platform built around a mission of discovering and supporting emerging artists. The foundation said it aims to help artists sustain and expand their work internationally and to build a long-term ecosystem that incubates contemporary Korean art on the world stage.
The foundation said selecting Joo for the year’s first show is intended to broaden Space Zero One’s mission through experimentation and exchange across generations. Joo, a second-generation Korean American born in New York, has worked for more than 30 years across sculpture, installation and video, exploring where material and systems, and the body and information, intersect. A Korean diaspora artist, he drew international attention after participating in the Venice Biennale in 2001.
After Joo’s exhibition, Space Zero One will continue its program in May with a show by a next-generation midcareer artist approaching a new turning point, the foundation said.
“Space Zero One is a place that supports emerging artists as they start from a local context and expand to the global stage,” said Lim Geun Hye, the foundation’s exhibition director. “We will continue to broaden that mission through exhibitions and exchanges that cross generations and regions.”
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