Hosook Kang

Hosook Kang is a Korean-born, New York–based abstract painter whose work explores light, rhythm, and transcendence through layered surfaces of oil and acrylic on canvas. She has exhibited internationally, including solo and group shows in New York, Singapore, Hong Kong and Seoul. Her practice is informed by a deep engagement with nature, meditation, and cross-cultural perspectives, which inspire her luminous abstractions and contemplative compositions. Kang has also completed large-scale commissioned works for both private and institutional collections, demonstrating the versatility of her artistic approach. Influenced by East Asian aesthetics and the meditative qualities of traditional painting, she blends these ideas with contemporary abstraction. Her paintings invite viewers into reflective and transformative experiences, emphasizing the interplay between presence, movement, and color. Kang’s work is held in collections worldwide, highlighting her ongoing contribution to international contemporary art.

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• Leeahn Gallery - South Korea, 2019
• Waterfall Mansion & Gallery - New York, NY, 2015
• Sundaramtagore Gallery - Singapore, 2015
• Sundaramtagore Gallery - Hong Kong , 2014
• Sundaramtagore Gallery - New York, NY, 2013
• Gallery Korea Korean Cultural Service - New York, NY, 2011
• Sundaramtagore Gallery - New York, NY, 2009
• Sundaramtagore Gallery - New York, NY , 2007

• Pratt Institute, - Brooklyn, NY ,2005 

• “There is a suggestion of flight or the release of spirit in her work. Many of her paintings are luminescent with wave-like forms resembling Aurora Borealis (The Northern Lights) … “‘Describing infinitely extended space with a close-up image, the work has an energy that is a delicate relation between dot and dot,’ Kang shares.”— Sundaram Tagore Gallery, for the In-Flight exhibition - January 30, 2009
• “Korean-born painter Hosook Kang detonates a series of delicate explosions in her second solo show, entitled In-flight. With minuscule flecks of paint she creates the sensation of infinite particles gently dissipating.” — Asian Art News - July/August 2009
• “Korean artist Hosook Kang is fascinated with nature, specifically the invisible rush of energy that flows through living things and natural phenomena.” — ArtNews - April 2013
• “Each is in effect a meditative moment in her own consciousness…Their tension makes the inner power of Kang’s meditational abstractions transcendentally clear.” — Donald Kuspit -
• “Although every painting by Kang testifies to the persistence of ‘movement’ and transformational ‘alchemy,’ she is nevertheless an artist for whom beauty remains eternally valid.” — Richard Vine -