About

ARTIST. DESIGNER. CREATIVE.

Born in Tokyo, Japan, Haena Kang is a Korean-American painter based between Brooklyn and Upstate New York. Her work explores the terrain of liminality where identity shifts, memory stirs, and transformation takes root. Through layered abstraction and instinctual mark-making, she creates landscapes drawing from her personal experience of cultural displacement. Her mixed media approach act as portals and speak to the temporal and the unseen: moments suspended between grief, hope, isolation and connection.

Haena has exhibited in the U.S. and Taipei and received support from the AWAW Emergency Relief Grant, Artist Relief, and the Tri-State Relief Fund.

She is also seasoned creative in the design and advertising world. Visit her linkedin profile to learn more.

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EDUCATION

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

SOLO SHOWS

2020 “Transcend,” Bestype, TriBeca, NY
2017 “Underneath It All,” Auburn Center Gallery, WA
2015 “Haena Kang,” Art Expo, New York, NY
2015 “Postcard a Day,” Dotory, Brooklyn, NY
2014 “Glades,” The Bakery Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012 “All Out King Series,” Open House, New York, NY

GROUP SHOWS

2020 “Art Takes Armory 2020 – S/he Persisted,” Bandit, New York, NY
2019 “Origins,” Bunker, Brooklyn, NY
2017 “SHIM Bushwick Invitational,” ArtHelix Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2016 “All Media Exhibition,” Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2016 “Abstract Catalyst,” Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
2016 “Really Really Affordable Art Show,” Brooklyn, NY
2015 Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2014 “War of Art,” Safari Gallery, New York, NY
2014 “MuHsiang Children's Home Mural Exhibition,” Taipei, Taiwan
2012 “From Brooklyn to Bangkok”, Zakka, Brooklyn, NY

COMMISSIONS

2020 Private Art Commission, Transcend, large-scale mural (14 x 16 ft.), acrylic on drywall, Bestype, TriBeca, NY
2019 Private Art Commission, Origins, large-scale outdoor mural (12 x 21 ft.), acrylic on concrete, Bunker Vietnamese Restaurant, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Private Art Commission, Bushwick Backyard Mural, large-scale outdoor mural (First Wall: 8 ft x 5 ft, Second Wall: 8 x 6.25 ft.), acrylic on concrete, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Private Art Commission, MuHsiang Children’s Home, large-scale outdoor staircase mural (approx 20 x 36 ft.), acrylic on concrete, Taipei, Taiwan

COLLECTIONS

MD Anderson Cancer Center, West Houston, TX
G. Yang, New York, NY
D. Kass, Brooklyn, NY
A. Tada, San Francisco, CA
J. Kim, Brooklyn, NY
L. Torres, Phoenix, AZ
P. Iriarte, Brooklyn, NY
K. & M. Abe, Brooklyn, NY
M. Eisler, Brooklyn, NY
T. Urbano, New York, NY
K. Buwalda, Ridgewood, NY
C. Kane, New York, NY
C. & D. Zapanta, Queens, NY
M. Rosales, Point Roberts, WA
R. Abrams, Brooklyn, NY

GRANTS/RESIDENCIES

2020 Anonymous Was A Woman (AWAW) Emergency Relief Grant , New York, NY
2020 Artist Relief  Grant, New York, NY
2020 The Tri-State Relief Fund Grant, New York, NY
2017 PLAYA Residency, Artist in Residence, OR 
2017 Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Artist in Residence, WY

AWARDS (ART & DESIGN)

2020 (2) Silver W3 Awards
2015 ArtSlant Prize Winner in the 6th Showcase
 2015 ArtSlant Prize Winner in the 3rd Showcase 
2015 ArtSlant Prize Winner in the 2nd Showcase 
2015 ArtSlant Prize Winner in the 1st Showcase
2014 A’Design Award, Runner-Up for Arts, Crafts and Ready-Made Design Category
2011 Webby Award 
2011 Webby Official Honoree
 2011 (7) Gold Communicator Awards
 2011 (3) Silver Communicator Awards
 2011 Gold Summit International Award 
2011 Silver Summit International Award 
2011 IMA Award 'Outstanding Achievement' 
2010 Print Magazine, International Creativity + Commerce Winner (1 of 35) 
2010 (2) Gold W3 Awards 
2010 (7) Silver W3 Awards 
2010 OMMA Award Winner 
2010 OMMA Award Finalist 
2010 IMA Award 'Outstanding Achievement' 
2010 IMA Award 'Best in Class' 
2010 (2) Pixel Award Finalists 
2010 WebAward 'Best Media Website' 
2010 Gold Summit International Award 
2010 Silver Summit International Award 
2010 (2) Communicator Awards 'Award of Excellence' 
2009 IMA Award 'Best in Class' 
2007 Silver Effie Award

BIBLIOGRAPHY

“Haena Kang.” Playa, Nov. 2017. Web.
Contemporary Art of Excellence Vol. II. GAA Publishing, 2016: 46-47. 
“Project Wrap Up – Build a Home BBQ and Housewarming.” Bright Side Projects, 21 Oct. 2014. Web.
“Project Wrap Up – Build a Summer Project.” Bright Side Projects, 21 Oct. 2014. Web. 
“BUILD A HOME Family and Friends.” BUILD A HOME Creator: Haena Kang. Bright Side Projects, 23 Sept. 2014. Web.
 “BUILD A HOME Creator: Haena Kang.” BUILD A HOME Creator: Haena Kang. Bright Side Projects, 22 Sept. 2014. Web. 
The International Issue. Print Magazine, October 2010