Art Curatorial Nomads to present the group exhibition Handful of Dust in collaboration with studiya, taking place in Seoul from August 29th to September 19th, 2025 on view during Frieze Seoul.
Handful of Dust is a reflection on what remains when meaning fades. The exhibition explores untranslatable fragments, obsolete gestures, and materials that continue to exist even after their function has been lost. It is not about nostalgia or archaeology, but about residues — things that have fallen out of time yet still quietly persist.
The works may appear as «mistakes» — rough, uncertain, unresolved. Yet in their detachment, they become autonomous, gaining their own life. Handful of Dust is not about loss, but about residue — not about reconstruction, but about staying close to what lies beyond time, and still speaks, even if we can no longer decipher it.
Exhibiting Artists: Juri Wi @wijuri_, Yasy Bachurina @yasybachurina, Goujirou @_goujirou, Ángela Leyva @angelaleyvago Chunkook Lee @l.gno, Nicky Sparre-Ulrich @sparreulrichnicky, Irina Razumovskaya @irina.razum and Yutaro Inagaki @inagaky.
Curators: Eugene Sheidlin and Maria Raikkonen
Handful of Dust, August 29th to September 19th studiya
Art Opening: August 29th, 5PM – 8PM
About
Studiya is an independent artist-run space in central Seoul, focused on collaborative exhibitions and
transdisciplinary practices. Located in a residential neighborhood, its architectural intimacy allows for
quiet gestures and conceptual density. @studiya.gallery
Art Curatorial Nomads is a transnational curatorial platform. Operating across geographic and
disciplinary boundaries, the platform develops exhibitions that center on residue, memory, cultural
friction, and the failure of language to capture lived experience. @artcnomads
