As interest in the 4th Industrial Revolution has increased and AI has rapidly evolved in our daily lives, this
study aims to examine the question of why we need to explore spirituality in the context of art education
in the age of artificial intelligence (AI), from the perspective of posthuman theology. This is because in the
process in which human cognitive ability has been greatly challenged by the machine and human-machine
hybridization has been accelerated, it has become necessary for an ontological reconceptualization of human
beings, which should be done beyond ethics education, through spiritual education. Firstly, the concept
of spirituality as human nature and educational theories seeking spirituality are examined. Secondly,
the theme of spirituality in modern and postmodern art, and existing art education theories seeking spirituality
are discussed. Thirdly, posthuman themes in contemporary art, educational principals of spiritual exploration
extracted from posthuman theology, and a need to explore spirituality in art education are
suggested.