Lotus L. Kang
In Cascades, 2023–24. Super Joist, steel, hardware, tanned and unfixed film (continually sensitive), sheet silicone, cast aluminum kelp knots, cast aluminum lotus root, spherical magnets.
Receiver Transmitter (Butterfly), 2023–24. Galvanized steel, polycarbonate, aluminum tubing, hardware, gum rubber, polyethylene tarp, darkroom chemicals on photographic paper, photographs from the series Fleshing Out the Ghost, tatami mat, pigmented silicone, cast aluminum enlarged kelp knot, dried lotus tubers, cast aluminum lotus tubers, lotus seeds, nylon, expanded polystyrene, compressed mugwort, cast pewter biscuits, steel tubing, Molt (New York-Toronto-) tanned and unfixed film (continually sensitive), spherical magnets, nylon, cast aluminum anchovies, cored and dried apple slices, cast aluminum kelp knots, spirits, 10 x 13 x 8 ½ feet. Installation view, GTA24 at MOCA Toronto, 2024.
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Toronto, Canada, 1985
Resides: Brooklyn, New York
Education: Bard College, Milton Avery School of the Arts (M.F.A., 2015); Concordia University (B.F.A., 2008)
Website: lotuslkang.com
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
“Azaleas,” Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles.
2023
“In Cascades,” CAG Vancouver, Canada.
“In Cascades,” Chisenhale Gallery, London.
“Mesoderm: Drawings,” Franz Kaka, Toronto.
“Molt,” MCA Chicago Atrium Project.
2022
“Mother Always Has a Mother,” Mercer Union Space, Toronto.
2021
“Earth Surge,” Franz Kaka and Helena Anrather Gallery at Helena Anrather Gallery, New York.
2020
“Her Own Devices,” Franz Kaka, Toronto.
SELECTED GROUPS EXHIBITIONS
2024
“Weaving Histories,” Kunstverein Munich, Germany.
“After Images,” Julia Stoschek Foundation, Berlin.
“A Woman You Thought You Knew,” KADIST, San Francisco.
“Mother Lode: Material and Memory,” James Cohan, New York.
“Whitney Biennial: Even Better Than the Real Thing,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
2023
“Revolt of the Body,” Tina Kim Gallery, New York.
“We Are Story: The Canada Now Photography Acquisition,” Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
“Brand New Ancients,” Misk Art Institute, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
“Memory Work,” Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
“Ideal Shapes of Disappearing,” Silke Lindner, New York.
2022
“The Heavy Light Show,” Night Gallery, Los Angeles.
“Water Works,” International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York.
“New Document,” Cooper Cole, Toronto.
“Do Redo Repeat,” Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver, Canada.
“2022 Trip Like I Do,” Franz Kaka, Toronto.
2021
“2021 Triennial: Soft Water Hard Stone,” New Museum, New York.
“Mist, Foam, Drainage Ditch,” Franz Kaka, Toronto.
“You Sit in a Garden,” Centre Clark and Critical Distance, Montreal and Toronto.
2020
“The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing,” U’s, Diamond Valley, Canada.
“Dig Your Own Hole,” 291 Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, New York.
“In Practice: Total Disbelief,” SculptureCenter, Long Island City, New York.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
Salam, Maya. “The Breakout Stars of 2024,” New York Times (December 16).
SeoHyung, Diana. “Lotus L. Kang ‘Azaleas’ Commonwealth and Council / Los Angeles,” Flash Art (October 21).
Wetzler, Rachel. “Whitney Biennial 2024,” Artforum (May 31).
Diehl, Travis, Jason Farago, and Martha Schwendener. “Dozens of Artists, 3 Critics: Who’s Afraid of the Whitney Biennial 2024?” New York Times (March 13).
Greenberger, Alex. “A Blazing, Brilliant Whitney Biennial Heralds a New Kind of Body Art,” Artnews (March 13).
Benner, Alex. “Unpack/Reveal/Unleash: At First Blush,” Flash Art (February 1).
Kim, Hyunjin. “A Cascading World of Porosity,” Afterall (January 30).
2023
Lee, Summer Kim. “Sacks and Skins, or a Bag Full of Holes,” Asia Art Archive (October 13).
Mara De Wachter, Ellen. “Lotus Laurie Kang: In Cascades,” Art Monthly (July/August).
2022
Vankin, Deborah. “Best of 2022: Five Artworks that Wormed into My Brain and Stayed for Months,” Los Angeles Times (December 4).
Watlington, Emily. “Photographer Laurie Kang Ditches the Image, Turning Her Medium into Material,” Art in America (May).
Vankin, Deborah. “How Artist Laurie Kang ‘Misuses’ Materials to Create Tactile, Carnal Installations,” Los Angeles Times (April 4).
2021
Bittencourt, Ela. “The Gentle Force of the New Museum Triennial,” frieze.com (December 21).
Greenberger, Alex. “8 Standouts at the 2021 New Museum Triennial,” Artnews (October 27).
Symons Sutcliffe, Alexandra. “Carriers for Fiction: Laurie Kang,” Mousse (July 5).
Hopkins, Candice. “Evolutionary Images and the Embodied Archive,” Camera Austria (issue 154).
2020
Hogeveen, Esmé. “Her Own Devices,” The Brooklyn Rail (July/August).
Asimakis, Magdalyn. “Laurie Kang: Beolle,” artpapers.org (March 11).
Kong, Carlos. “In Practice: Total Disbelief,” Flash Art (March 11)
Adler, Dan. “Laurie Kang, Oakville Galleries,” Artforum (March).