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Kos Cos

Kos Cos

Multi-Talented Contemporary Artist

Hong Kong



Kosala Gunasinghe a.k.a. Kos, was born in Sri Lanka into an artistic family and began drawing and painting at an early age. After school, his playground was his father's agency workshop, where he studied and practiced brush skills in the golden age of hand-drawn advertising. In 1999, he moved to Hong Kong, where he has worked in a creative capacity in the film, advertising, and digital advertising industries.

Kos paints in loud and dominant styles, cheap brushes used to apply dripping oils in crude fast brush strokes, experimental combinations of acrylics and charcoal, tropical color pallets carried to the extreme. From the inspiration he draws on to his choice of subject matter and the materials he uses, Kos's work is a celebration of diversity in every sense.

Kos was encouraged to draw and paint from a young age, and after school he would practice in his father's workshop, who was a creator of hand-painted signs. As an adult, he relocated to Hong Kong where he has worked as a creative director in the advertising and film industries. Kos is drawn to portraiture more than other forms of painting, due to the complex and changeable nature of the human face.

Kos is an artist who enjoys a challenge, avoiding the traditional approach to portraiture. He begins with short strokes to sketch the facial features. Kos then uses crude brushstrokes or throws paint onto the canvas to add dynamic movement and energy to the work. His paintings are characterized by experimental combinations of acrylics, oils and charcoal, and a vivid and bold color palette.

Kos has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Hong Kong and overseas, and participates in fairs such as the Asia Contemporary Art Show. He has also been shortlisted for the 2018 Royal Arts Prize in London.

Solo exhibitions

2017
Life Goes on Within You Without You / Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences - Central, Hong Kong SAR China

2017
Incomplete Totality / Kliq Art Space - Causeway Bay, Hong Kong SAR China

2015
Transfigurations / PubArt Gallery - Central, Hong Kong SAR China

2014
Serene Majesty / PubArt Gallery - Central, Hong Kong SAR China

2013
The Devil Inside / PubArt Gallery - Central, Hong Kong SAR China

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Group exhibitions

2018
UNITY / Hong Kong Visual Art Center - Central, Hong Kong SAR China

2017
Asia Contemporary Art Show / Conrad Hotel - Admiralty, Hong Kong SAR China

2016
Asia Contemporary Art Show / Conrad Hotel - Admiralty, Hong Kong SAR China

2015
Art Rooms London / Meliá White House - London, United Kingdom

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Publications

2017
Sunday Times - Sri Lanka- Challenging an ideal

2017
Expat Living Hong Kong- Art in the City

2016
Exotiq Thailand- A FACE IN THE CROWD

2016
Sunday Times - Sri lanka- Refreshing free rein to imagination and creativity


Paintings by Kos Cos


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The Jade Moon

$ 4,289.99

Modern Paintings

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Pineapple and the Spider

$ 4,939.99

Modern Paintings

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Natalya and the Stars

$ 8,449.99

Modern Paintings

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Lucid Dreams III

$ 3,899.99

Modern Paintings

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Liza

$ 11,699.99

Modern Paintings

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Greta Rogue

$ 5,199.99

Modern Paintings

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Blood Angel

$ 4,289.99

Modern Paintings

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Angie II

$ 12,739.99

Modern Paintings

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Man Chased by a Brown Bear

$ 4,999.99

Modern Paintings

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Joy

$ 5,389.99

Modern Paintings

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The Jade Moon
  • SKU : 60263-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Pineapple and the Spider
  • SKU : 60256-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Natalya and the Stars
  • SKU : 60253-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Lucid Dreams III
  • SKU : 60247-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Liza
  • SKU : 60245-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Greta Rogue
  • SKU : 60240-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Blood Angel
  • SKU : 60231-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Angie II
  • SKU : 60226-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
A Life Without Mental Images
  • SKU : 60224-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
When Blindness is in the Mind
  • SKU : 60223-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Girl Playing with a Spinning Top
  • SKU : 60592-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Man Chased by a Brown Bear
  • SKU : 60590-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Boy in Yellow, Throwing Stones at Ducks in the Park
  • SKU : 60589-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Javier Bardem Playing with his Orange-eyed Tree Frog
  • SKU : 60588-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Joy
  • SKU : 60587-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Her Royal Highness Playing with Mermaid Barbie
  • SKU : 60586-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings