CONTEMPORARY
HISTORICAL
BRENDAN GEORGE KO
BRENDAN GEORGE KO
Brendan George Ko is a visual storyteller that works in photography, video, installation, text, and sound. Born in Toronto and raised in New Mexico and Texas, he currently resides Toronto, and calls the Hawai’ian island, Maui, his second home. His work is about conveying a sense of experience through storytelling and describes the image as supplementary to the story it represents. In 2010, Ko received his BFA from Ontario College of Art & Design where he majored in photography, and in addition he practiced sculpture and curation. During his time in the Masters in Visual Arts programme at the University of Toronto his practice shifted into video and sound with the guidance of Kim Tomczak. Ko’s work has been included in such events as The Magenta Foundation’s annual photography exhibition and publication, Flash Forward, the juried exhibition Hey! Hot Shot by Jen Bekman in New York City, and in numerous auctions such as ACT’s Snap! Live Auction, Buddies in Bad Times' Art Attack Auction, and Youthline’s Line Art Auction. In addition he has been commissioned by The Hospital for SickKids and the Harbourfront Centre.
Brendan George Ko - Miconia Specimen, Big Island
c-print, 2013, 14x18
WORKS
WE SOON BE NIGH! 2016
20x24" C-Print, 2013
40x50" C-Print, 2014
30x34.5" C-Print, 2012
20x24" C-Print, 2011
24x20" C-Print, 2015
30x38" C-Print, 2012
30x38" C-Print, 2012
30x40" C-Print, 2013
30x30" C-Print, 2011
PROOF OF EXISTANCE 2013
C-print. 18” x 22”. 2013. Edition of 4.
C-print. 11” x 12”. 2013. Edition of 4.
C-print. 24” x 20”. 2013. Edition of 4
C-print. 20” x 24”. 2013. Edition of 4
C-print. 24” x 20”. 2013. Edition of 4.
C-print. 40” x 50”. 2013. Edition of 3.
c-print, 2013, 30x40
c-print 2013, 20x24
c-print, 2013, 30x40
EXHIBITION LIST
Brendan George Ko , Suspense (the Witness), C-Print. 40” x 50”. 2016.
Solo Exhibitions
2016 –We Soon Be Nigh!, LE Gallery, Toronto, ON
2014 – Proof of Existence, LE Gallery, Toronto, ON
2012 - Atmospheres, Ensemble (installation), Angell Gallery, Toronto,
Selected Exhibitons
2015 - Muse, Gallery 44, Toronto, ON
-Selected Work, Island Projects, Gibraltar Point Artscape, Toronto,
-Selected Work, The Ones We Love, Camden Image Gallery, London, England
2014 – Car, Gas, and Film, No Flat City, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
– Aloha, UofT Masters in Visual Studies, UTAC, Toronto, ON
- Selected Work, Building For Wellness, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
2013 - Shame, fART, OCADU Student Gallery, Toronto, ON
– And Cheese, Locating Obscurity, Angell Gallery, Toronto, ON
2012 – Reminiscence, Second Half, LUX / EROS, Los Angeles, CA
– We Soon Be Nigh!, Death In The City, LE Gallery, Toronto, ON
– We Soon Be Nigh!, Overkilling The Undercurrent Of, 444 Dufferin, Toronto, ON
– Barking Wall, Flash Forward Festival, Boston, ON
– Fantastic Marriage (installation), In The Corner of My Eye, Drake Hotel, Toronto, ON
– Barking Wall, Hey! Hot Shots, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York,
2011 – I’m Not Quiet There., Caviar20, Walper Hotel, Kitchener, ON
– Selected Work, AFTH 2011, 25CPW, New York, NY
– Barking Wall, Flash Forward Festival, Airship 37, Toronto, ON
– Barking Wall, Summer Group Show, Angell Gallery, Toronto,
– Nocturne, Before I Die, Staccato, Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, – Barking Wall, Reminiscence, Winter Interlude, Angell Gallery,
2010 – Before I Die (installation), Nocturne, We Are Wild, Xpace, Toronto, ON
– Teacher’s Pet, Art School (Dismissed), Shaw Street School,
– Nocturne (selection), Babiole.Bibelot, Gladstone Gallery, Toronto, ON
TIME WILL TELL OUR STORY
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