ABOUT

Celine Kang is a guitarist, composer and improviser based in New York. Starting her life in music in South Korea, she has been performing in diverse genres of music including but not limited to r&b, gospel, rock, pop, improvised music etc. Celine has started her career in music as recording artist and performing live, and is currently working on her own projects of her original compositions.

During her time at The New School’s performing arts college, she studied with artists such as Steve Cardenas, Joe Morris, Brian Marsella, Darius Jones and more. She is currently working with Ches Smith and Anna Webber, continuing her study in composition and improvisation. 

Celine’s early musical life was heavily influenced in religious music and textural music such as musique concrete and film soundtracks; creating a unique approach to music not only in traditional sense but also as sound itself. Her compositions and improvisational approach reflects these transparently in a way that embraces both atonality, tonality and textural qualities of sound in its rawest form. 

Celine's recent work includes her two bands, RedEye and BlackEye, which performed her original compositions; they were performed in venues such as Shapeshifter, Ibeam Brooklyn and more. The group OCTOPI that she co-leads also had it's first performance at The Stone. Celine also performed as a member of John Zorn's Cobra ensemble at the Drawing Center.  

Alongside the music, Celine is continuing her work in photography and design. Her photography is often portrayed in black and white, and with her unique perspective she mostly photographs live performances and everyday life. She is working for the Phonotonic series, organized by Samantha Kochis and Leni Kreienberg which highlights women and non-binary artists.