Kim Cogan: Afterlight @ Maybaum Gallery

Kim Cogan is a Korean-born American painter residing and working in San Francisco, California. His work explores the boundaries between realism and memory. His rooftop panoramas, composed city scenes, and impressionistic figures are grounded in explorations of place and characterized by an atmospheric intentionality. By using light, color, and contrast, he exploits paint’s tactile form to create a mood and convey emotional content. Cogan’s work captures the passage of time and vanishing landscapes, the relationship between structured and natural forms, and the iconography of our memories.  

Kim Cogan is an award-winning artist who has exhibited paintings to great acclaim nationwide. His work has appeared in ARTnews Magazine, ART FORUM, the San Francisco Chronicle, American Arts Quarterly, Harper’s Magazine, Playboy, and American Art Collector Magazine.