HYUNG KOO KANG (b. 1954, Korea)

　　Lives and works in Seoul

　　Education BFA in Painting, Chungang University, Seoul, Korea

　　The subject is absent in the works of Hyung Koo Kang, a renowned hyperrealist artist. Rather than merely depicting famous celebrities in the picture, he combines it with contemporary images like film, and reinvents the subject with exquisite craftsmanship using all kinds of possible tools with his painting, such as airbrush technique, nails, drill, q-tips, toothpicks and erasers. In order to actualize a subject that doesn’t exist, Kang expresses the potential and possible realities in a hyperrealistic manner, rather than merely unveiling reality as it is. The figures of the past that are recreated through his hands into contemporary images pierce the viewer with a tactile gaze, exchanging that gaze with the audience, forming emotional bonds secretly..

　　Selected Solo Exhibitions

　　2010 ARARIO GALLERY, Beijing, China (upcoming)

　　2009 ARARIO GALLERY, New York, USA

　　ARARIO GALLERY, Seoul, Korea

　　2007 The Gaze, ARARIO GALLERY, Cheonan, Korea

　　2006 Lotte Art Gallery, Busan, Korea

　　2005 Gwangju Art Museum, Gwangju , Korea

　　2004 Gallery Sang, Seoul , Korea

　　Sejong Arts Center, Seoul , Korea

　　Seoul Arts Center, Seoul , Korea

　　2003 Sejong Arts Center, Seoul , Korea

　　2002 Samsung Plaza Gallery, Bundang , Korea

　　Sejong Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

　　2001 Seoul Arts Center, Seoul , Korea

　　Chosun-ilbo Gallery, Seoul , Korea

　　Samsung Plaza Gallery, Bundang , Korea

　　Selected Group Exhibitions

　　2010 Artists with Arario, ARARIO GALLERY, Seoul, Cheonan, Korea

　　2009 Art in Super Star, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

　　Korean Eye : Moon Generation, Standard Chartered First Bank, Seoul, Korea & Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

　　Shinsegae Centumcity Grand Opening, Shinsegae Centumcity Grand, Busan, Korea

　　2008 Youngeun 2008 Residency - Time of Transference, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwangju, Korea

　　2006 Draw, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

　　The Picture like Photograph, The Photograph like Picture, Gallery Zandari, Seoul, Korea

　　2005 Face, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwangju, Korea

　　Father, Gail Art Museum, Seoul , Korea

　　Memory of Nature, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

　　2004 Korean Express - Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea

　　Existence and Illusion, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju , Korea

　　2003 Face, Express, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

　　Exploration of Light and Color, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

　　2002 Self -portraits of Korea, Sejong Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

　　Passion and the After, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea

　　Residency

　　2008 Youngeun Artist-in-Residency, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwangju, Korea

　　Collections

　　Jimmy Carter Center, Atlanta, USA

　　Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju , Korea

　　The Republic of Korea National Red Cross, Seoul, Korea

　　Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea

　　The Amore Pacific Museum of Art, Yongin, Korea

　　Federation of Korean Trade Union, Seoul, Korea

　　Jamsil Olympic Main Stadium, Seoul, Korea

　　Son Ki-Jeong Memorial Foundation, Korea

　　ARARIO GALLERY, Cheonan, Korea