2026 5th Jeju Biennale: Heukkeogok Modakchigok Iyahong: The Art of Transformation

Civilization blossoming on Jeju, a volcanic island on the Eurasian Plate, arrived not only from the sea but also from northern continental civilizations. Scattered elements gathered on Jeju, blended and transformed, shaping the island’s ecology, geography, and ways of life today. Entering its 10th year, the 5th Jeju Biennale explores Jeju’s historical process of dispersal through encounters with northern civilizations (heokkeoda), gathering (modakchida), and transformation (iyahong). Its key theme and concept is the refrain Iyahong from Iyahong taryeong, a folk song that flowed from the mainland and became another indigenous song of Jeju. Through Jeju, where principles of climate and nourishment are embedded, the Biennale presents the ways of survival and their aesthetics shaped together by objects, nature, human life, and the sacred.

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Venue

제주도립미술관

Hours

- 8월/9월 10:00~20:00- 10월/11월 10:00~18:00

Admission

[제주도립미술관]- 성인 8,000원- 청소년 4,000원- 소인 2,000원[제주돌문화공원 오백장군갤러리]- 제주비엔날레 티켓 소지 시 무료[제주아트플랫폼/예술공간 이아/갤러리 레미콘]- 무료

Age Limit

All ages

Organizer

제주특별자치도

Program

- Main programs: Exhibition programs 1. From Chusa’s Perspective (Jeju Museum of Art) — An exhibition that reinterprets Kim Jeong-hui’s aesthetics through Jeju’s sculptural qualities and expands the conditions of exile shaped by realpolitik and historical violence through a contemporary lens 2. Black, Yet the Stones Roll and Roll (Obackjanggun Gallery, Jeju Stone Park) — An exhibition exploring the intersection of nature, people, and northern civilizations through Jeju’s basalt and stone culture, offering an experience of multidimensional time 3. The Great Hal mang’s Navel (Jeju Art Platform / Art Space IA / Gallery Remicon) — An artistic exploration of Jeju’s openness and the power of multilayered life through its polytheistic folk culture

Contact

064-710-4300

제주특별자치도 제주시 1100로 2894-78 (연동)

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