Symbols of Hope: Eunshin Khang

Symbols of Hope: Eunshin Khang (Gallery 119)

The paintings of Eunshin Khang invite dialogue. This may be dialogue with family and friends, dialogue across cultures or dialogue on a spiritual level, conversing with the life of faith. Across these, she explores memories and feelings, giving form to painterly images that create their own dialogue of materials and composition: hard and soft edges, 2-D and 3-D surfaces, figurative and abstract, light and dark. Through these, she evokes her own vision for hope and peace.

Drawing on her training in Korea and America, Khang notes how her work aims to cross borders: “As an Asian American artist practicing over forty years in Cincinnati, I’ve had the privilege to experience Asian art as well as American/Western art firsthand. Over the years, I expanded my paintings from using Asian calligraphic brushstrokes to painting abstract images. Although in museums artworks are categorized by cultures, regions and time, I feel that in this globalized time, paintings that show the merged cultures are also important.”

After receiving a B.F.A. (1970) and M.A. (1972) from Ewha Woman’s University in South Korea, Khang completed her M.F.A. at the University of Cincinnati (1986). She has participated in 14 solo exhibitions and more than 80 group exhibitions in both South Korea and across the United States. From 1989–1999, she taught at the Miami University School of Art. Additionally, she has received several awards and honors, including from the Ohio Arts Council. 

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