Jae-Hong Ahn

Jae-Hong Ahn is a Korean/Canadian visual artist based in Berlin. While born 1979 in Pusan, S.Korea, he moved to Canada at the age of fifteen and studied fine art at the OCAD University in Toronto, during which he has participated in the Florence Off-Campus Program for Italian Renaissance and cultural studies. After finishing his thesis in Florence in 2002, Ahn has worked in and out of Canada, while based mostly in Toronto. He has been honored as a winner of the international Elizabeth Greenshields Grant three times. His works can be found in art collections in Germany, Canada, S.Korea and Italy. Currently, in pursuit of exploring themes associated with division, unity and coexistence, Ahn lives and works in Berlin, Germany.