@kohsangwoo @j2brand.art Koh Sang Woo Artist Profile Koh Sang Woo is an internationally acclaimed Korean artist recognized for his iconic blue-toned portraits of endangered animals. Employing a distinctive process that merges photography, painting, and digital transformation, he creates luminous, otherworldly images through negative film techniques and color inversion. In these works, vulnerable species are granted the dignity, intensity, and gravitas typically reserved for formal human portraiture—their direct gaze radiating defiance, melancholy, and fragile resilience. By positioning animal subjects on equal footing with humans, Koh suggests that the ecological crisis is inseparable from our own existential precarity. His portraits are not simply depictions of wildlife; they are meditations on shared fragility, interdependence, and the ethical consequences of human impact. Koh’s works are held in prominent collections, including the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea, and supported by environmental organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund. His practice demonstrates how art can enter urgent global conversations—shaping the cultural narrative around extinction, conservation, and the possibility of coexistence.