Kang Hyung Koo
![]() Saint MonroeOil on canvas, 147x194cm, 2017 | ![]() MonroeOil on canvas, 160x120cm, 2018 |
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![]() Andy WarholOil on aluminum 121x121cm, 2015 | ![]() ChurchillOil on aluminum 121x121cm, 2016 |
![]() Churchill's EyeOil on aluminum, 145x140cm, 2017 |
Education
1980 B.F.A. College of Arts, Chungang University, Seoul, Korea
Solo
2020 Eye to Eye, Gallery BK, Seoul, Korea
2019 Intimate Strangers, Arario Museum, Jeju, Korea
2018 CLOSE UP, Choice Art Company, Seoul, Korea
2016 ‘SOUL' WITH ONE'S FLAME, Parkview Green Museum, Beijing, China
'FRAMELESS HEADS', museum of contemporary art Shanghai, China
2014 Hyung Koo Kang and His Muse, OH! Marylin, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea
2013 I See You, Youngeun Museum, Gyeonggi, Korea
'engrave', Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2012 Crossing Gazes, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore, Singapore
2011 Burning Gaze, Singarpore Art Museum, Singapore, Singapore
2010 Arario Gallery, Beijing, China
2009 Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Arario Gallery, Newyork, United States
2007 Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea
2006 Lotte Art Gallery, Busan, Korea
2005 Gwangju Museum, Gwangju, Korea
2004 Gallery SANG, Seoul, Korea
Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea
2003 Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea
2002 Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea
Samsung Plaza Gallery, Bundang, Korea
2001 Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Chosunilbo Museum
Group
2020 영은지기, 기억을 잇다: 진실되게, Youngeun Museum, Gyeonggi, Korea
2018 ART IN LIFE, Angeli Art Museum, Yongin, Korea
Contemporary Art Dictionary 7 Keywords, Jeonbuk Province Art Museum, Wanju, Korea
2017 MATTER AND MASS - ART FURNITURE, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Voice of Asia, Arario Gallery, Shanghai, China
ATELIER STORY EXHIBITION, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2016 SOUTH KOREAN ART: EXAMINING LIFE THROUGH SOCIAL REALITIES,
American University Museum, Washington D.C, United States
2015 Illusion and Fantasy, MMCA Seoul, Seoul, Korea
2014 Special Exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
Artist, Portrait of the Aesthetic Soul, KIM BO SEONG Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2013 Look East! 2: Asian Perspective, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore, Singapore
Etc.
Kang Hyung Koo is a representative artist who best represents the private expression of large-scale portraits in the contemporary art world. It is actively engaged in activities not only in Korea but also around the world, and has contributed to raising the level and status of Korean modern art to the next level through exhibitions at leading art museums and institutions. Portraits by Kang include not only important figures in art history, but also key figures from the crossroads of changing world history, and movie stars who captured the eyes and hearts of many people. However, the figures, which can be recognized by anyone, are reborn as a new personality by the Kang with his own vision, pose, monochromatic tone, and exaggerated and enlarged details. Since Kang Hyung Koo began his work as his first solo exhibition in 2001, he has participated in various group exhibitions at Gwangju Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, London Satchie Gallery, and Mizuma Gallery in Singapore. In addition, after the individual exhibition in Arario Seoul and New York in 2009, a large-scale individual exhibition was held at National Museum of Contemporary Art in Singapore in 2011, which attracted great attention from Asian and global art circles.