Whispers of the Forest: An Interactive Exhibition Where Everyone Belongs The Korean Cultural Centre Canada is pleased to present Whispers of the Forest, an interactive exhibition on view from Friday, July 11 to Friday, September 5, 2025. Artist UM A Long transforms discarded materials and images of animals and plants into sculptural installations. Drawing from personal memories of frequent relocations due to rapid urban development, his work explores themes of displacement, resilience, and environmental loss. Through the act of collecting and reassembling overlooked objects, UM breathes new life into everyday waste—echoing the adaptive journeys of animals and plants forced to survive in changing environments. Artist HONG Haksoon brings to life the vibrant world of Wink Tokki World, a fantastical universe inhabited by characters who live in harmony with one another and the natural world. Through bold murals, playful drawings, and animated films, his work shares stories of intergalactic friendship, imagination, and joyful coexistence. Together, the two artists transform the gallery into an immersive forest playground—an environment where visitors can climb, observe, interact, and reflect. Like a forest that gently whispers its stories, Whispers of the Forest invites everyone to imagine a world where all beings belong, thrive, and grow together. Exhibition Details - Exhibition: Whispers of the Forest - Dates: July 11, 2025 – September 5, 2025 - Venue: Korean Cultural Centre Canada(150 Elgin St #101, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4) - Opening Reception: July 11, 2025, at 17:00 (ET) * No registration is required. - Featured Artists: HONG Haksoon, UM A Long About the Artist: HONG Haksoon  HONG Haksoon is the creator of the Winktokki Universe, a whimsical world where cosmic characters live in harmony with one another and nature. Since 1998, he has developed a unique drawing system known as Tokki Code, through which he has produced over 20,000 pages of visual storytelling compiled into nine volumes of the Tokki Book (as of 2025). Building upon this expansive universe, HONG creates a wide range of works—including themed drawing series, animated films, and digital art—that explore imagination, empathy, and playful coexistence. His practice offers audiences of all ages an invitation to enter a fantastical world grounded in care, wonder, and creative possibility. https://www.instagram.com/wink_tokki/  About the Artist: UM A LONG Artist UM A LONG grew up in the city and witnessed rapid redevelopment throughout his childhood. These experiences deeply influenced his creative practice, shaping both the materials and themes of his work. His artistic process often begins with collecting discarded objects from urban environments and transforming them into installations that reflect on memory, movement, loss, and regeneration. UM’s work highlights the overlooked or abandoned, encouraging viewers to consider new possibilities for what we throw away. http://umalong.com/ 

Presented in connection with the upcoming KCC exhibition <Whispers of the Forest> The Korean Cultural Centre Canada is pleased to host a special art workshop titled ‘Nature in Fabric Scraps’ with artist UM A LONG on Saturday, July 12 at 10:00 AM. This workshop invites participants of all ages to create a nature-themed garland using discarded pieces of fabric. Through hands-on creativity and simple materials, participants will explore how everyday waste can be transformed into something beautiful—an approach that echoes the themes of the upcoming exhibition Whispers of the Forest. * Date: Saturday, July 12, 2025, 10:00–11:30 AM (ET) * Venue: Korean Cultural Centre Canada (150 Elgin St #101, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4)  * Registration: https://forms.gle/MfLwzLdq8LLkWcXQ7  * Free admission. * Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. * Open to all ages. However, the workshop is best suited for participants ages 10 and up. * Children under 10 must be accompanied by a guardian. * Pre-registration is required for all participants. About the Artist: UM A LONG Artist UM A LONG grew up in a city and witnessed rapid redevelopment throughout his childhood. These experiences deeply influenced his creative practice, shaping both the materials and themes of his work. His artistic process often begins with collecting discarded objects from urban environments and transforming them into installations that reflect on memory, movement, loss, and regeneration. UM’s work highlights the overlooked or abandoned, encouraging viewers to consider new possibilities for what we throw away. http://umalong.com/ 

The Korean Cultural Centre Canada (KCC) is excited to present <The Show Must Go On: Canada>, an exhibition that explores over a decade of global artistic exchange through the unique "Traveling Portfolio Suitcase" project, <The Show Must Go On (TSMGO)>, from April 15 to June 27, 2025. Exhibition Details - Exhibition: The Show Must Go On: Canada - Dates: April 15 – June 27, 2025 - Venue: Korean Cultural Centre Canada(150 Elgin St #101, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4) - Opening Reception: April 15, 2025, at 17:00 (ET) * No registration is required.  - Project  Director: Nathalie Boseul SHIN (Curator in chief, Total Museum of Contemporary Art)  - Featured Artists: GWON Osang, KDK, NOH Suntag, MIN Ye-eun, YUN Suknam, LEE Soonjong, LEE Yeeun, Jang Pa, CHO Youngjoo, HONG LEE Hyunsook, and Black Jaguar About the Project: The Show Must Go On (TSMGO) TSMGO emerged from a desire to challenge the structural limitations of the international art world, where only a select few established artists are often given the opportunity to showcase their work. This project provides a mobile platform for artists to independently present their works, engage with new audiences, and initiate meaningful dialogues beyond national and institutional boundaries. At the heart of TSMGO is the "Traveling Portfolio Suitcase". This program allows artists to create a suitcase filled with their works, which is then sent to curators worldwide. Inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s <La Boîte-en-valise>, the suitcase offers a personal and tactile way to engage with the artist's ideas and processes, encouraging deep reflection. Website: https://www.theshowmustgoon.co.kr About Total Museum of Contemporary Art Total Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) is Korea’s first private contemporary art museum. Since its opening in Pyeongchang-dong in 1992, TMCA has hosted numerous international exchange exhibitions with countries such as Germany, France, England, Denmark, Israel, and China. Through these exchanges, TMCA has built a vast network and continually carried out diverse projects, including <The Show Must Go On (TSMGO)>, which has been developed in collaboration with overseas curators for over ten years. The museum also hosts special exhibitions focusing on specific countries and has organized travel-format exchange programs, such as the Road Show, for many years. Website: http://totalmuseum.org 

What We Saw, What You See The Korean Cultural Centre Canada (KCC) is pleased to present the exhibition <What We Saw, What You See> featuring artists Byungcheol CHOI, Younghun HONG, and Minwoo JEONG from Studio Ordinary. The exhibition will run from December 14, 2024, to March 28, 2025. - Date: December 14, 2024 (Saturday) – March 28, 2025 (Friday) - Venue: Korean Cultural Centre Canada (150 Elgin St #101, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4) - Opening Reception: December 14, 2024 (Saturday), 5:30 PM (Special Event: <Portraits Drawings> by Minwoo JEONG) * No registration is required. - Featured Artists: Byungcheol CHOI, Younghun HONG, Minwoo JEONG, and Propeller Dance Through this exhibition, three artists—Byungcheol CHOI, Younghun HONG, and Minwoo JEONG—invite us into their worlds. Byungcheol CHOI reimagines everyday landscapes through a creative and imaginative lens, transforming them into dreamlike compositions on canvas. Younghun HONG explores how we perceive and interact with animals through his paintings, encouraging reflection on our relationship with nature. Minwoo JEONG captures the fluidity and beauty of human movement, expressing the grace and rhythm of dance in his works. In addition, the exhibition features the collaborative performance video <Circle of Nature>, created by Korean visual artists and the Canadian dance group Propeller Dance. Drawing inspiration from the featured artists' works, the performance uses expressive movement to portray the cycles of growth, connection, and transformation in nature. The three artists, all on the autism spectrum, share their experiences and perspectives through their art. Their works serve as a bridge, fostering a dialogue between the artists and the audience and inspiring us to see the everyday in new and meaningful ways. ---------------- Established in 2015, Studio Ordinary (https://www.ordinarywand.com) is a group of visual artists with autism exploring new ways of experiencing art and fostering connection through creative expression. Propeller Dance (https://propellerdance.com), based in Ottawa, Canada, is an inclusive contemporary dance organization known for producing art that highlights and embraces the beauty of diverse bodies and minds.

Man and His Hand: Traces of the Expo 67 Korean Pavilion   November 22- December 6, 2024 The KCC Gallery, Ottawa   Vernissage: Friday, November 22, 2024, 6-9 pm l Register here   The Korean Cultural Centre Canada co-presents Man and His Hand: Traces of the Expo 67 Korean Pavilion with the Korean Architectural Archive at the KCC Gallery from November 22 to December 6.   Korean Architectural Archive (KAA) was established in 2023 to collect, research, and record data on Korean architecture that has been showcased overseas. The Korean Architectural Archive's first special exhibition, Man and His Hands: Traces of the Korean Pavilion at Expo 67 presents archival materials related to the Korean Pavilion at the Expo 67 in Montreal, Canada, and reinterprets the existing form and ideas in contemporary ways through a physical model, an interactive game and interview videos.  Seoul Model Shop. Korean Pavilion 1967/2024. 2024. 3D printed model. acryl. aluminum. 66x30x24.7cm. Scale: 1:50.   Unlike most national pavilions that were dismantled after the Expo 67 ended in Montreal in 1967, the Korean pavilion remains intact to this day and is currently scheduled for restoration. Various archival materials and stories related to the Korean Pavilion at Expo 67 are explored to reconstruct the moment when Korea's identity was expressed on the world stage and to reimagine the past to construct a new future.   Jaekyung Jung. Traces. 2024. Four-channel video. color. sound. 5mins.     Related Events Seminar 1 – Reimagining Post-Expo (with Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism, Carleton University) Tuesday, November 26, 2024, 3 pm The KCC Gallery, Ottawa Seminar 2 – Carleton Forum Lecture: Assembly of Air Wednesday, November 27, 2024, 6 pm Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa Seminar 3 – Reading & Exhibiting Archives (with Canadian Center for Architecture) Thursday, November 28, 2024, 3:30 pm Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal   BARE + Jeonghyo. Post-Expo City. 2024. Interactive animation. PC. sound     About the Artists   Jaekyung Jung is interested in exploring the concept of contemporary ethics through visual language. Recently, his works have been exhibited at Watch and Chill 3.0: Streaming Suspense at The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea in Seoul (2023) and 2086: Together How? at the Korean Pavilion of the 18th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition in Venice (2023), among others.    Seoul Model Shop is a model-based creative group formed through collaboration between engineer Choi Jong eon and designer Kim Jongbuhm. The main task is to make street objects and buildings into kits.   BARE is an architecture studio that explores the interaction between architecture and the environment. The research-driven practice focuses on the production and cycle of things that correspond to the urban environment and time in various forms.   Jeonghyo is a computer artist transforming interfaces across diverse media such as games, web, AR, and VR, while unifying each medium into a cohesive communication experience. Collaborative projects include the Hyundai Motor ZER01NE exhibition and the rebranding project for the Busan Museum of Contemporary Art. * Inquiry: The Korean Cultural Centre Canada (canada@korea.kr/ 613-233-8008)