_____Jaiseok Kang(a.k.a Jason River) was born in 1976 in Seoul, South Korea. While growing up, Mr. Kang dreamt of becoming a painter and enjoyed drawing from his own imaginations and observations. In 1995, he entered Hansung University’s Industrial Design department where he was introduced to photography for the first time. After graduating, he pursued his career as a photographer and worked doing numerous commercial projects including fashion, movie posters, and album covers for two years while attending a graduate program at Hongik University majoring in Photographic Design. He exhibited at Paeksang Memorial Hall and Kuanhoon Gallery in 2004 in Seoul. In 2005, he came to New York and held his first solo show at Contemporary Project Space Gallery. He has followed this with group exhibitions and collaborative works with other artists.
_____Now he lives and continues his work in Brooklyn, New York.


1976 Born in Seoul, South Korea

EDUCATION
2009 Studio Art, Brooklyn College, NY
2004 Photographic Design, Hongik University Graduate School, MFA, Seoul
2002 Visual Design, Hansung University, BFA, Seoul

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011 Annual Printmaking Show, Manhattan Graphics Center, NY
2011 Human Echo, Space Womb Gallery, NY
2011 North American Print Biennial, The Danforth Museum of Art, MA
2011 Third Eye, The Space Gallery Maum, NY
2010 Gift Fair, Space Womb Gallery, NY
2010 Black n White Exhibition, Space Womb Gallery, NY
2009 Print Americas: Juried Print Triennial, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, CT
2009 BSAG Exhibition. Coney Island Hospital, NY
2009 Transformation. Space Womb Gallery, NY
2009 The Nude in Contemporary Art: A National Juried Exhibition, The A.D. Gallery, NC
2008 Open Studios, Crane Street Studios, NY
2007 Faculty/Student Drawing Exchange, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, La.
2007 Present the Regional BFA Exhibition, CAA&NYCAMS, NY
2005 Small Works- Isn’t it? Small is beautiful, CPS32 Gallery, NY
2005 Reflection in the Mirror, Contemporary Project Space Gallery, NY
2004 Rising Star Project, Paeksang Memorial Hall, Seoul
2004 Hongik Group, Kuanhoon Gallery, Seoul
2004 Postphoto, Hongik Uinversity Hyundai Gallery, Seoul
2003 Postphoto, Hongik University Hyundai Gallery, Seoul
2002 Experimenting with Figures, Hansung University Gallery, Seoul