ikkibawiKrrr is a visual research band founded in 2021 with members Gyeol Ko, Jungwon Kim, andJieun Cho. In Korean, ikkibawi means “moss-rock”, and krrr is an onomatopoeic word. Mosses livein the thin boundary between air and soil, adapt to their surroundings despite their tiny bodies, andexpand their world along other worlds. Incorporating the survival tactics of moss into their projectsand attitudes, the collective hopes to circulate its practice beyond individual projects and extend theboundary layer between life and art.

ikkibawiKrrr’s solo exhibitions include Who Forgot the Village(Aranya Art Center, Beijing, 2025)and ikkibawiKrrr: Rocks Living in Rewind (Art Sonje Center, Seoul, 2024-5). Major exhibitions by ikkibawiKrrr include the Aichi Triennale: A Time Between Ashes and Roses (Aichi, Japan, 2025), Singapore Biennale 2025: Pure Intention (Singapore, 2025), 14th Gwangju Biennale: Soft and Weaklike Water (Gwangju, 2023), documenta 15 (Kassel, Germany, 2022), Running Underground (ElephantSpace, Seoul, 2022), and Resbakan: Solidarity Event Lumbung FILM (UP Film Institute, University ofthe Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 2022), among others.

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