EUNKANG KOH
Installation view of Primal Urge, Northcutt Steel Gallery, University of Montana Billings, Billings, MT
Installation view of Primal Urge, Northcutt Steel Gallery, University of Montana Billings, Billings, MT
Artist Statement
I have become fascinated by nature in Northern Nevada where I live. I watch birds, coyotes, fish, rabbits and other animals around me while I walk Cookie, my dog with whom I have a close familial relationship. As this interest has grown, I have also started to recognize animal behavior in humans. In this project I am exploring different animal behaviors, rules and etiquette and seeing how humans’ social norms align with those of the animals around us. These creatures are drawn from my imagination realizing how some people are like pigs, snakes, dogs and other animals, not only the look of them but also their behaviors interacting with others in the society. I will work, however, from my imagination and interpretation as an artist and not be mired in cliches about the relationships among animals and humans.
As I create mixed human and animal creatures to express how humans are related to animals, I am influenced by Buddhist philosophy and Korean myths and culture. I am also inspired by Min-Hwa, which is an old traditional Korean art by the working-class people. In Min-Hwa, humanized animals such as tigers and rabbits are smoking cigars; tigers interact with magpies and rabbits make rice cakes on the moon. These characters are whimsical & humorous, yet critical and satirical of the society of the Min-Hwa era.
Installation view of Primal Urge, Northcutt Steel Gallery, University of Montana Billings, Billings, MT
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. Koh sees within our contemporary society a new illusion created by a systemic world since the invention of the internet and social media. She works in various media - printmaking, book art, drawing, painting and installation to address social phenomena in our contemporary consumerist society.
Eunkang 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.
Funny Bunny Baby, 8” x 10” (image), 13½” x 15” (paper), intaglio, 2024
Two Faced People, intaglio print with aquatintint
Popsicle Heads, intaglio print with aquatintint
After Three Glasses of Bloody Mary, intaglio print with aquatintint
You Are what you Eat, intaglio print with aquatintint
Eyes, soft sculptures with linocut print
Naughty Icecreams, soft sculptures with needlework, embroidery and screenprint
Desire Sweets
available work below
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"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
"Desire-Sweets" gouache, watercolor, 8 x 8 inches, 2020
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Primal Urge, Northcutt Steel Gallery, University of Montana Billings, Billings, MT
2023 Ourtopia- Collaboration with Matthew Weidmann, Art Jamsil
DESIRE, Bristelcone Gallery, Western Nevada College, Carson, City, NV
2022 I am Dreaming of… , Brandstarter gallery, Riverside, CA
2018 Kamer 108 vzw, Academy of Fine Arts in the City of Gent, Ghent, Belgium
2017 Printallation Invasion, Western Kentucky University, KC
EUNKANG KOH, solo Exhibition, Main Gallery, Truckee Meadow Community College, Reno, Nevada
2016 Human Hoard, Society and Illusion, B-E Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2015 Human Cache, Oats Park Art Center, Fallon, NV
The Human Shop, Main Gallery, The Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists, Edmonton, Canada
2014 Humanity Bites, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA,
2013 The Human Shop, LA TALLER. Taller y galería de grabado, Bilbao, Spain
2012 A Study of Human, OXS Gallery, Carson City, NV
2011 A Study of Human Behavior, Hass Gallery, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, PA
2010 A Study of Human Mannerisms- Their Self-Indulgence In the Social Structure, Speedom Gallery, Kyang Myung City, Korea
Human Mannerisms : Prints and Book Arts, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV
We,Us, Humans, Litteman &White Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 Cityscape- Landscapes of Human Mannerisms, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier, CA
2008 Eunkang Koh and Michelle Knox, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Humanscape, The Lab Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Koh and McCommick: Two Generations of Printmakers, McKinley Art Center, Reno, NV
Cityscape, Oats Park Art Center, Fallon, NV
2007 Humanscape, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV
Human Nature, Red Mountain Gallery, Truckee Meadow Community College, Reno, NV
Hybrids, Stevenson Union Gallery, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Scene, All Time Space Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2023 Festival Internazionale di Incisione Contemporanea, FOYER, Trento, Italy
The Voice in the Hand, Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma, CA
First Person: Explorations in Printmaking, Mendocino College Art Gallery, Ukiah, CA
2022 9th Changwon National University International Exchange Exhibition Inside Gallery, Changwon University, Changwon, South Korea
Mini Print Cantabria Collection in Lublin, UMCS University Art Gallery, University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Lublin, Poland
EYE want candy, Melhop Gallery, Zephyr Cove, NV
2021 Earth Born: Graphic Interpretation of Our Natural World, Rockport Center for the Arts, Austin, Texas (forthcoming)
2020 International Mini Print Tokyo Metropolitan Theater, Tokyo, Japan, June 1-7 Art Zone Kaguraoka, Kyoto, Japan, August 21-30, Gallery Irohani, Osaka, Japan, September 14-16
Ink, Paper, Print, Capital City Arts Initiative, WNC Bristlecone Gallery, Carson City, Nevada, August 25- October 16, 2020
III International Mini Print Cantabria, Faro Carbo Art Center, Santandar, Cantabria, Spain
2019 Children's Crusade, the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, Indianapolis, IN
Frogman’s Faculty Exhibition, UNO Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska, NE
National Small Work Exhibition, Washington Printmaker’s Gallery, Washington DC
Lines of Thoughts, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Editions and Artist’s Book Fair, Caldwell Factory, New York City, NY
2018 Touching the Third Rail, Sierra Arts, Reno, NV
Artist Book, Biblioteca Central, Santander, Spain
Making A Mark, Nevada State College, NV
2017 Tilting the Basin: Contemporary Art of Nevada in Las Vegas, curated by JoAnne Northrup and Michele Quinn, Las Vegas, NV
Making A Mark, Western Nevada College Gallery, CA
Assemblage, Gallery, E.L. Wiegand and Classroom Galleries, Oats Park Center, Fallon, NV
2016 Contemporary Nevada - State of the State, curated by JoAnne Northrup and Michele Quinn, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Technology and the Evolution of the Artist’s Book, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, UK
2015 Xiaoxiang Group Exhibition, Mei Lun Gallery at Huan Fine Art Institute, Changsha, China
Games People Play, CAA Print Biennial, Impact 9 Conference, Hangzhou, China
2014 Deception and Sacrifice: The Lion, the Bear and the Fox, CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery in the city centre Cork, Ireland
Artist’s Book and Small Edition Fair, Barcelona, Spain
Uncanny Spaces, Bennington College, VT
Re.Con.nection Gallery Korea, New York City, NY
Psych, Central Booking NYC, NY
Occupy Jungmiso, Art Space Jungmiso, Seoul, South Korea
2013 Talarian, Illges Gallery, Columbus, GA
Group Exhibition, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV
International Biennial of Humor and Satire, The Museum of Humor and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
2012 The Print Booked, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, New Orleans, LA
For Your Eyes Only, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Mostra Internacional De Gravura, Paço Municipal, Biblioteca Pública e na Casa da Cultura de Sobral.Sobral, Brazil
2011 Myself, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV
2010 Art For the Art, City of Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa, CA
Convergence-Korean Print Show, Williams Tower Gallery, Lubbock, TX
Printmaking& Bookarts, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
Do you know Bolivia?/Conoces Bolivia, Museo de Artes Contemporaneas Plaza, Bolivia
interchange, Adirondack Community College, Queenbury, NY
Human Book, Centro Civico Pati Llimona, Barcelona, Spain
Crossing Over, Making Contact, Northwest Reno Library, Reno, NV
Reinventing History, GASA House, Reno, Nevada
2009 Anthropology: Revisited, Reinvented, Reinterpreted, Central Booking, Brooklyn, NY
Formations, Republic, Brooklyn, NY
Annual Bird Beak, Headquarter Studio, New York City, NY
The Stream of International Print, Anyang Albaroshija Hall, Anyang, Korea
Inauguration, Art: Raw Gallery, New York City, NY
International Print Biennial Verna, Boris Georgiev Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
2008 Gifted, Cerasoli; Lebase Gallery, Culver City, CA
Hong-Ik Printmakers, Kwan-Hoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Monumental Idea in Miniature Book, Travelling Group Exhibition
6th Janet Turner National Print Competition& Exhibition, CSU Chico, CA
The Mono Print Group 2008, James Snidle Fine Arts, Chico, CA
Mini Print International of Cadaqués-traveling exhibition, Taller Galleria Fort, Girona, Spain, Farleys Yard Trust Gallery, East Sussex, England, UK,
L’ Etangd’ Art Gallery, Bages, France
The Poca Hontas and Hello Kitty, Richard F. Brush Art Gallery,St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY
Stone&Plate&Grease&Water, Lantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Torfaen, Wales, UK
2007 The Grant Artist Showcase, Sierra Arts Gallery, Reno, NV
Print Matters, Ningbo Gallery, Shanghai, China
HIPA/ The Capital Project: Work on Paper from Sydney& Seoul National Art School Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Mini Print International of Cadaqués-traveling exhibition, Taller Galleria Fort, Girona, Spain, Farleys Yard Trust Gallery, East Sussex, England, UK,
L’ Etangd’ Art Gallery, Bages, France
6th LESSEDRA World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria
Printmaker’s Conspiracy, The Lyon Courthouse Gallery, NV
B.O.D.Y., Studio, Reno, NV
Visual Noise, UMC Art Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
An International Printmaker’s Exchange, University Gallery, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL
A Gathering of Printmakers, 53 Artist from Across the United States and Abroad, The Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis, CA
Stone&Plate&Grease&Water-International Contemporary Lithography, Museum for Modern Art for Wales, Wales, UK, Bankside Gallery, London, UK,
The Naughton Gallery, Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Art from A to Z, UMC Art Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO