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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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Yellow Lily

$ 5,069.99

Modern Paintings

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Two Flamingos

$ 4,869.99

Modern Paintings

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The Smoker

$ 2,919.99

Modern Paintings

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The Passengers

$ 4,869.99

Modern Paintings

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Red Nose

$ 2,919.99

Modern Paintings

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Lovers

$ 2,919.99

Modern Paintings

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The Kiss

$ 2,919.99

Modern Paintings

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Wifi Joker II (Study)

$ 2,919.99

Modern Paintings

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Gamers

$ 5,519.99

Modern Paintings

Prints not Available

The Drunk

$ 2,919.99

Modern Paintings

Prints not Available

The Dancers

$ 4,869.99

Modern Paintings

Prints not Available

Kos Walking Through a Bluebell Forest
  • SKU : 60578-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Paul Smith Searching for his Lucky Rabbits
  • SKU : 60577-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Symmetry in Motion; The Awakening
  • SKU : 60576-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Yellow Lily
  • SKU : 60575-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Two Flamingos
  • SKU : 60574-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
The Smoker
  • SKU : 60573-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
The Passengers
  • SKU : 60572-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Red Nose
  • SKU : 60571-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Lovers
  • SKU : 60570-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
The Kiss
  • SKU : 60569-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Wifi Joker II (Study)
  • SKU : 60568-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
Gamers
  • SKU : 60567-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
The Drunk
  • SKU : 60566-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings
The Dancers
  • SKU : 60565-MO-KG
  • Category : Modern Paintings