Hyunae Kang

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HyunAe Kang creates richly textured, kaleidoscopic abstract paintings that seek to invoke a sense of the divine. Kang describes her works as prayers and her practice as a meditative ritual. Kang paints by meticulously building layers of varying mediums; following the initial stratum of underpainting, she covers the canvas with layers upon layers of written prayers. These prayers are comprised of both texts written in her native Korean and symbols that she has developed as part of her own language of the Sacred. The prayers are composed by painting countless painstaking strokes of different colors, shapes, and sizes on top of one another in overlapping layers. Thus although the individual letters and glyphs become illegible—annihilated through the process of continuous superimposition—collectively they create a numinous effect, as though there is a deep resonance echoing from within the work. Although she has been associated with Dansaekhwa, an art movement from late twentieth century Korea characterized by monochromatic austerity and minimalist aesthetics, Kang represents a departure from the movement. While Dansaekhw artists seek to achieve clarity through reduction and elimination, Kang strives to express the power of the sublime by overwhelming the viewer with a profusion of color and texture.
HyunAeKang (b. 1959, South Korea) received her BFA and MFA from Ewha Womans University in Seoul. She has had numerous solo exhibitions in North America, Asia, and Europe, including at the Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center in Anaheim and Museo dei Bozzetti in Pietrasanta, Italy. She has also participated in countless group exhibitions and art fairs and has collaborated with corporations such as Volkswagon Korea and Aēsop Switzerland. Her works are included in institutions such as the Art Museum of Seoul, Brea Museum, Muzeo Museum, Suncheon Museum of Modern Art, and Ewha Womans University Museum. She is currently doing a residency at the Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center.
By Sojyung Kang
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Hyunae Kang
EDUCATION
1992 ~ 1993: Instructor at Hanyang Woman’s College
1991: MFA Sculpture at Ewha University in Seoul, Korea
1986: BFA Sculpture at Ewha University in Seoul, Korea
SOLO / INVITATION EXHIBITIONS
2024
Ceremony | ㅣLechbinska Gallery (Switzerland)
2023
The Voice of the Sacred | Shatto Gallery (LA, CA)
2022
Dialogues with the Sacred | Muzeo Museum (Anaheim, CA)
2021
Hyunae Kang | Moscow Ritz Carlton, Boccara Art and Cube Moscow (Moscow, Russia)
2020
Dansaekhwa | Accademia Fine Art (Monaco)
Dansaekhwa | Museo dei Bozzetti (Pietrasanta, Italy)
Invitational Exhibition | Gary Rubinstein Antiques and Design (Miami, FL)
The Window to Heaven | Premaco Monterrey, Boccara Art (Monterrey, Mexico)
2019
Distant Haptics | Boccara Art (Brooklyn, NY)
Invitational Exhibition | Gary Rubinstein Antiques and Design (Miami, FL)
2018
Nature and Culture: A Glimpse into Contemporary Korean Art with Hyunae Kang | Boccara Art (Brooklyn, NY)
Let there be Light | Muzeo Museum (Anaheim, CA)
Invitational Exhibition | Yacht Club de Monaco (Monaco)
Windows in Heaven | Center Gallery (Anaheim, CA)
2002
Invitational Exhibition | Gallery 3 (Fullerton, CA)
Meditations in Form | Elizabeth Edwards Fine Arts (Palm Desert, CA)
2001
Meditations in Form | Elizabeth Edwards Fine Arts (Laguna Beach, CA)
1998
Invitational Exhibition | Cerritos Public Library (Cerritos, CA)
1991
Hyundai Gallery (Seoul, Korea)
AUCTION
2019: Sunrise | Accademia Fine Art (Monaco)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025: • Palm Springs Modernism Show (Palm Springs, CA)
2024: • Aesop Collaboration (Switzerland)
• Boccara Gallery (Palm Beach)
• Art Miami (Miami, FL)
• KIAF 2023 (Seoul, Korea)
2023: • Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary (Palm Beach, FL)
2022: • Hamptons Fine Art Fair (NY)
• Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary (Palm Beach, FL)
• Art Miami 2022 (Miami, FL)
2021: • Boccara Art | Russian Antique Salon, Contemporary Art Section (Moscow, Russia)
• Art Miami 2021 (Miami, FL)
2020: • Boccara Art | Cube Moscow (Moscow, Russia)
• Asia Art Week New York (NYC, NY)
• Boccara Art Opening Exhibition | Boccara Art Miami (Miami, FL)
• Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery (Forte de Marmi, Italy)
2019: • KIAF 2019 (Seoul, Korea)
• Art Miami 2019 (Miami, FL)
• Art Central Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
• LA Art Show (Los Angeles, CA)
• Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary (Palm Beach, FL)
2018: • Boccara Art Grand Opening | Boccara Art (Brooklyn, NY)
• Art New York (NYC, NY)
• Art Shanghai (Shanghai, China)
• Art Miami (Miami, FL)
• Made in California | Brea Gallery (Brea, CA)
• Boccara Art | Boccara Art (Monaco)
2002: • Palm Springs International Art Fair
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2020: • Exploring Dansaekhwa: The Meditative Korean Art of Monochrome Painting | Artland •Featured Listing | 1stdibs
2018: • Featured Listing from Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary | Artsy
2017: • Featured Artist | Artsy
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Since 2022: WINDOW IN HEAVEN TRILOGY E22 | Ewha Womans University Museum (Seoul, Korea)
Since 2022: ETHER 7A21 (Mixed Media 48"x60") | Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center (Anaheim, CA)
Since 2022: WINTER FALL HEXALOGY | SaRang Church (Seoul, Korea)
Since 2022: FOREST (Bronze, 34"x16"x21") | SaRang Church (Seoul, Korea)
Since 2021: GLEAM DUOLOGY | Suncheon Museum of Modern Art (Suncheon, Korea)
Since 2018: SKY | Muzeo Museum (Anaheim, CA)
Since 2016: THE BREA HILLS | Brea Museum and Historical Society (Brea, CA)
Since 1993: TOGETHER | Art Museum of Seoul (Seoul, Korea)
* 2025 Registered Artist at Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center