SeMA-Hana Art Criticism Awards 2019
The SeMA-Hana Criticism Awards selects and awards outstanding critics contributing to the production of art theory and knowledge based on critically open discourse. The biannual awards are decided through a public contest, and the finalist is selected based on interviews. The winner receives a prize amount of KRW 20 million.
Lee Jin-sil
Lee Jin-sil studied modern German aesthetics at the Department of Aesthetics, Seoul National University, and she received her Master’s degree on the study of Benjamin’s language theory. Exhibitions that she has organized include “Read My Lips” (jointly organized with Seong Ji-eun) in 2017 and “Sallim” and “Mirror’s Salim Mirror” in 2018. Since 2019, she has been an active member of the editorial and curatorial collective “Aggrappa Society.” As co-editor of the webzine “Seminar,” Lee Jin-sil delves into discovering new critical languages and expanding the horizons of contemporary art criticism while pursuing projects and research concerning art criticism.
Jang Ji-han
Jang Ji-han graduated from Korea National University of Arts, where he majored in art theory, and completed a PhD course in art history at the State University of New York at Binghamton. Currently, he is working on a doctoral thesis on Korean art since the liberation of Korea. His articles have been published in magazines such as “Humanity Art Magazine F” and “Oculo.” Jang Ji-han organized the exhibition “Saebyeoljilsu” with colleagues in 2014. He researches the space of multi-layered discourses surrounding modern and contemporary Korean art and writes on the way an odd subject called artwork traverses and passes by its space through criticism.
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