{"id":13,"date":"2024-05-09T16:28:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T16:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kasinglungart.com\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2024-05-10T07:25:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T07:25:56","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kasinglungart.com\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"466\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kasinglungart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18\" style=\"width:278px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kasinglungart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/photo.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.kasinglungart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/photo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.kasinglungart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/photo-135x180.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kasing Lung was born in Hong Kong in 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He started his collaboration with How2work in Hong Kong as an illustrator in 2011, releasing illustrated story books and a series of collectible figures. His first illustrated book in Chinese, My Little Planet, was published in Taiwan in 2013. In 2014, Belgian publisher De Eenhoorn published a children\u2019s illustrated book, Lizzy Wil Dansen, his collaboration with renowned storybook writer Brigitte Minne.<br>In 2015, Lung began producing the story series \u201cThe Monsters,\u201d which was strongly influenced by Nordic mythology. A series of figures under the same title has been released from How2Work and, among them, the rabbit-ear character \u201cLabubu\u201d gained tremendous popularity and has been released in more than 300 colors, shapes and sizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent years, the artist has been based in Hong Kong and Belgium, focusing on producing painting. In 2020, he held his first solo art exhibition, \u201cTHIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE\u201d, at Hidari Zingaro in Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SOLO EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>&#8220;Everybody Knows&#8221;<\/td><td><em>Landmark<\/em>, Hong Kong<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2023<\/td><td>\u201cCloud\u201d<\/td><td><em>Hidari Zingaro<\/em>, Tokyo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2022<\/td><td>&nbsp;\u201c+- \u201c<\/td><td><em>Kaikai Kiki Gallery<\/em>, Tokyo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2020<\/td><td>\u201cTHIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE\u201d<\/td><td><em>Hidari Zingaro<\/em>, Tokyo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2017<\/td><td>\u201cThe Monsters Store\u201d<\/td><td><em>Pop-up Store<\/em>, Taipei<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2018<\/td><td>\u201cKasing\u2019s Room 237\u201d<\/td><td><em>Wrong Gallery<\/em>, Taipei<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2017<\/td><td>\u201cThe Wild Things Monsters\u201d&nbsp;<\/td><td><em>Paradise<\/em>, Taipei<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2017<\/td><td>\u201cDe Kleuren Monsters\u201d&nbsp;<\/td><td><em>Gallery by the Harbour<\/em>, Hong Kong<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2016<\/td><td>\u201cMy God It\u2019s Full of Stars\u201d&nbsp;<\/td><td><em>Wrong Gallery<\/em>, Taipei<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2014<\/td><td>\u201cMy Little Planet\u201d Paradise<\/td><td><em>Wrong Gallery<\/em>, Taipei<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2013<\/td><td>\u201cA Toys Forest\u201d<\/td><td><em>Henderson Malls<\/em>, Hong Kong<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2012<\/td><td>\u201cLittle Planet Network\u201d<\/td><td><em>Eslite Bookstore<\/em>, Taichung<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GROUP EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>2022<\/td><td>\u201cHello\u2026\u201d<\/td><td><em>Quiet Gallery<\/em>, Hong Kong<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2022<\/td><td>\u201cRoppongi Art Night 2022\u201d<\/td><td><em>Kaikai Kiki Gallery<\/em>, Tokyo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2021<\/td><td>\u201cHealing x Healing\u201d<\/td><td><em>Kaikai Kiki Gallery<\/em>, Tokyo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2021<\/td><td>\u201cHealing\u201d<\/td><td><em>Perrotin<\/em>, Shanghai<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2020<\/td><td>\u201cHealing\u201d<\/td><td><em>Perrotin Matignon<\/em>, Paris<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2020<\/td><td>\u201cHealing\u201d<\/td><td><em>Perrotin<\/em>, Seoul<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2020<\/td><td>\u201cUnwrapped\u201d<\/td><td><em>Area 36 by JPS Art Gallery<\/em>, Tokyo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2019<\/td><td>\u201cAnother Side of Tezuka Exhibition\u201d<\/td><td><em>The Little Hut<\/em>, Taipei<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2019<\/td><td>\u201cThe Monsters and The Cosmic Starts\u201d<\/td><td><em>JPS Art Gallery<\/em>, Tokyo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2015<\/td><td>\u201cHow Little World\u201d<\/td><td><em>Taipei Toy Festival<\/em>, Taipei<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2011<\/td><td>\u201cOne Day Children\u201d<\/td><td><em>Shin Kong Mitsukoshi<\/em>, Taichung<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kasing Lung was born in Hong Kong in 1972. He started his collaboration with How2work in Hong Kong as an illustrator in 2011, releasing illustrated story books and a series of collectible figures. His first illustrated book in Chinese, My Little Planet, was published in Taiwan in 2013. In 2014, Belgian publisher De Eenhoorn published&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","empty-entry-meta"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kasinglungart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kasinglungart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kasinglungart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kasinglungart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kasinglungart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.kasinglungart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126,"href":"https:\/\/www.kasinglungart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kasinglungart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}