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Brendan George Ko
b.1986 in Toronto, ON
raised in Ontario, New Mexico, Texas, and Hawai'i

I have lived amongst the yuccas and coyotes of New Mexico. I have surfed with the craziest sons of guns I have ever met during my time in Texas. I grew up on the outskirts of Toronto, ON, and lived half my life moving throughout America, with endless road trips, and faces of so many, dear human beings.

I see every photograph I take as a document; a document of a memory, a document of a person; a time and place, a feeling and a trace (of something that once was, something worth remembering).

I am creating and recreating a history of all that I am, with words, and images, so that I can remember beyond my memory, for a record of being.

Formally, Brendan George Ko is a visual storyteller that works in photography, video, installation, text, and sound. 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.

Moemoeā, Contact Gallery, January 2018 Moemoeā, Contact Gallery, January 2018 We Soon Be Nigh!, LE Gallery, May 2016 View from my Mobile Home, 2016 We Soon Be Nigh!, LE Gallery, May 2016 Food Break at Laie Point, 2016 Proof of Existence, LE Gallery, July 2014 Yangshou, May 2013 Sprout looking at The Buddha of Good Grief, July 2014 Devil's Punchbowl, July 2014 Aloha, University of Toronto Art Centre, April 2014 Haleakala, December 2013 Aloha, University of Toronto Art Centre, April 2014 Aloha, University of Toronto Art Centre, April 2014 Yangshou, May 2013 Photography Now at Angell, August 2013 Ophelia, September 2013 Atmospheres, Angell Gallery, April 2012 Jeff at The World Trade Center Site, March 2012 Atmospheres, Angell Gallery, April 2012 Great Job!, October 2011 Hey! Hot Shot, Jen Bekman Gallery, March 2011 Phantom, January 2011 Staccato, Aurora Cultural Centre, July 2011 Eternal Flame, May 2012 Fantastic Marriage, Drake Hotel, May 2012 Hideaway, July 2012 Angell Gallery, July 2011 Vampiric Empire, April 2012 Milk of Dreams, October 2010 We Are Wild, Xpace Cultural Centre, May 2010 Withrow, April 2013 Angell Gallery, February 2011 Noch, Lancaster, ON, June 2010 The Crew, Sandbanks, ON, July 2014
all work © brendan george ko, 2008 - 2022