Kos Cos

Kos Cos

Sai Kung, New Territories, Hong Kong

About Kos Cos

Born in Sri Lanka into an artistic family, I began drawing and painting at an early age. In the golden age of hand-drawn signage, my playground was my father's agency workshop, where I studied and practised brush skills after school. In 1999, I moved to Hong Kong to work in the advertising and film industries. With the evolution of photography, portraiture was an endangered art, but I’ve always been more drawn to portraits than any other types of painting. A human face is complex and changes constantly with mood. When we meet someone, we look at their face to read their emotions and to understand their personality. As an artist, I like to challenge myself, that’s why I’ve never liked doing portraits in a traditional way. I tend to start with short sketchy strokes to capture the essence of the subject's features. Then I use large vividly-coloured brushstrokes or through paint directly onto the canvas to add movement and energy so that the whole piece becomes more dynamic and engaging.

Education:

University of Life & ART

Events:

ROYAL ART PRICE 2018 (finalist)
Feb 28 to March 9th
Pall Mall, 30 Royal Opera Arcade
London.

Exhibitions:

ROYAL ART PRICE 2018 (finalist)
Feb 28 to March 9th
Pall Mall, 30 Royal Opera Arcade
London.


UNITY IN DIVERSITY
25 to 28 January 2018
Hong Kong Visual Art Center

LIFE GOES ON WITHIN YOU & WITHOUT YOU
October 26 to November 10 - 2017
Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences

INCOMPLETE TOTALITY
June 9th to July 7th, 2017
Kliq Art Space - Hong Kong

Asia Contemporary Art Show - 2017
17 to 21 March at the Conrad Hong Kong, Pacific Place (Room 4210 K)

Eat the Art (group)
June 24th to July 23rd, 2016
PubArt Gallery, Hong Kong

Asia Contemporary Art Show - 2016
March 24 – 27 at the Conrad Hong Kong
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TRANSFIGURATIONS
July 3rd to 24th, 2015
PubArt Gallery, Hong Kong

ART ROOMS - 2015
Melia White House Hotel in London

The Circle of White Squares - 2014
PMQ, Hong Kong

SERENE MAJESTY - 2014
PubArt Gallery, Hong Kong

Sai Kung Summer Exhibition - 2014
Sascha Camille Howard Gallery, Hong Kong

THE DEVIL INSIDE - 2013
Pubart Gallery Hong Kong

Bank Art Fair, Hong Kong
2013 May 15 - 19

Asia Contemporary Art Show, 2013
Rosella Gallery/ Singapore

Asia Contemporary Art Show, 2012
Rosella Gallery/ Singapore