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Hee Jin Kang, Blue Flower
Sandy's Deli
series, 2003-2005
C-print, 24x20






Hee Jin Kang, Register Receipts
Sandy's Deli
series, 2003-2005
C-print, 24x20






Hee Jin Kang, Elvis
Sandy's Deli
series, 2003-2005
C-print, 24x20


Hee Jin Kang
Born: Seoul, Korea
Resides: Brooklyn, NY

Heritage:
Korean

Selected Exhibitions:
Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Texas Woman’s University Fine Arts Gallery, Denton, TX
Sotheby’s, New York, NY
Shine Gallery, London, UK
Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Musée de l’Elysée, Switzerland


Education:
MFA, Royal College of Art in London, UK 2002
BA, Yale University, CT 1996

Awards:
Photolucida's Critical Mass, 2007
New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship, 2006
National Magazine Company

Publications:
Nueva Luz, volume 12#3 (En Foco: Bronx, NY 2008)
Vogue Hommes International
Blindspot
i-D
Tank
Art Review
New York Magazine
Harper's Bazaar Korea


Artist’s Statement:
“For two years, I photographed at my parents' corner store, Sandy's Deli, located in a New York City borough. Through this photographic investigation of a place, I created a portrait of my parents without pointing the camera directly at them. Working with a 4x5 camera, I saw layers of accumulation, and objects that, in their disarray, made rhythmic juxtapositions. This accrual of stuff can be peeled away to reveal something simple, poetic and intensely personal, even within a public space like a Korean deli.“

Website:

http://www.heejinkang.com


 

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