"Giraffe" by Eunkang Koh

EUNKANG KOH BIO

Eunkang Koh received her B.F.A. from Hong-Ik University in Seoul, South Korea and M.F.A. from

California State University, Long Beach, California. She focuses on us as human and in our

contemporary consumerist society. The half human and half animal hybrid creatures portray

absurdity of the human world. The creatures reflect the life in our consumerist society with a

mixture of humor and grotesqueness. She works in various media- printmaking, bookart,

drawing, and installation to address social phenomena in our contemporary consumerist

society.

Koh has shown her devotion to art and the art making process. She has had significant solo

exhibitions that include Main Gallery, The Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists in Edmonton,

Alberta, Canada; and La Taller in Bilbao, Spain. Koh also has participated national and

international group exhibitions such as Centro Civico Pati Limona in Barcelona, Spain; Art Space

Jungmiso in Seoul, South Korea; Mei Lun Gallery at Huan Fine Art Institute in Changsha, China;

and Central Booking in New York City, New York. Koh has been invited to artist-in-residencies

including Seacourt, Bangor, Northern Ireland, Frans Masereel Centrum in Kasterlee, Belgium;

Gualan Original Printmaking Base in Shenzhen, China; Chhaap Printmaking Studio in Baroda,

India and Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California.

Koh is Associate Professor teaching printmaking and drawing in the Art Department at the

University of Nevada Reno.