AFTERLIGHT | Solo Exhibition of New Artworks /  by Kim Cogan

Champagne Dreams
48" X 66"
oil on canvas



Kim Cogan | AFTERLIGHT

May - June, 2026

Opening reception Saturday May 16th, 3 - 5pm

Please RSVP Email: art@maybaumgallery.com

Maybaum Gallery
48 Stockton Street (formerly Barney’s Building)
San Francisco, CA 94108

Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10:30 am - 5:30 pm


To inquire or schedule a private viewing, please contact:
Phone: 415.658.7669 

Email: art@maybaumgallery.com

www.maybaumgallery.com

Afterlight

New Works by Kim Cogan

Maybaum Gallery, San Francisco 

May 2026


For over two decades, Kim Cogan has chronicled the shifting landscape of urban life, attuned to what might otherwise be easily overlooked: empty storefronts, dim alleyways, and anonymous city blocks. His work exists in the space between observation and memory, where the familiar becomes charged with emotion and time feels suspended. Cogan’s familiar and inviting depictions suggest these places have new stories to tell. In Afterlight, his premier solo exhibition with Maybaum Gallery, Cogan presents a new body of oil paintings shaped by San Francisco’s ongoing social and economic shifts. He focuses on spaces that appear static yet holds in-depth layers of history. These scenes, though devoid of figures, are alive with presence. While the contemporary art market seeks brash and immediate, Cogan’s contemplative work is necessary.

Cogan’s paintings evoke a city both lived and longed for. Works such as Siren Call reimagine the once Cliff House, while Whisper Down the Wind pays homage to the closing of the music venue, Bottom of the Hill. Through these elegiac gestures, Cogan preserves sites on the brink of disappearance, allowing them to resonate anew. Light functions as a central force in his work—glowing windows, humming streetlights, and hazy skies suggest life within absence. From afar, the compositions are precise; up close, they dissolve into loose, intuitive brushwork, revealing the immediacy of his hand. Meaning emerges through layers, as color and form shift and settle into focus.

Balancing nostalgia with urgency, Cogan moves between specific locations shaped by memory. In a city defined by constant reinvention, Cogan’s work offers a counterpoint to a city in flux: a sustained act of observing, slowing down, and uncovering the contemplative resonance embedded in place. Cogan’s paintings, through a narrative of vanishing landscape, reflect on how cities evolve and what endures in the spaces left behind.

Compass Close /  by Kim Cogan

I’m pleased to share photos of my painting “Last Call,” out in the wild (Compass Close, Sea Ranch). It’s an honor to see my painting has settled nicely in a beautiful surrounding. This painting was inspired by a favorite local bar I discovered when I moved to the neighborhood nearby. If you’re looking to get away this summer, plan a visit to Compass Close and experience in person!

Interior photos by Adam Potts www.adampottsphotography.com.

Maybaum Gallery’s New Space at the Former Barney’s New York | Official Opening /  by Kim Cogan

 

Stay Gold
52" X 84"
oil on canvas

Maybaum Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of our Satellite location: at the historic Barney’s New York building at 48 Stockton Street. With over 20,000 square feet of art on view, the expansion marks an exciting new chapter for the gallery and a meaningful contribution to the revival of San Francisco’s arts and cultural landscape. Please note the original location at 49 Geary Street (suite 416) will remain open & on its usual schedule.

SAVE THE DATE for our Opening Saturday, January 24th, 6:30 - 8:30 pm.

Original Gallery Location:
49 Geary Street, Suite 416
San Francisco, CA 94108

Satellite Gallery Location:
48 Stockton Street (formerly Barney’s Building)
San Francisco, CA 94108

Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10:30 am - 5:30 pm


To inquire or schedule a private viewing, please contact:
Phone: 415.658.7669 

Email: info@maybaumgallery.com

www.maybaumgallery.com




Maybaum Gallery /  by Kim Cogan

High Tide
24” X 26”
oil on canvas

I am excited to announce my newest artworks are now available for viewing at Maybaum Gallery. Maybaum is located downtown San Francisco in 49 Geary Street Building, nearby Union Square. For information regarding available artworks, please contact Email: info@maybaumgallery.com, Phone: 415.658.7669

Maybaum Gallery
49 Geary Street, Suite 416
San Francisco, CA 94108

www.maybaumgallery.com

Phone: 415.658.7669
Email: info@maybaumgallery.com

Tuesday - Saturday
10:30 AM - 5:30 PM

New Salem Museum Competition 2025 /  by Kim Cogan

Wish you were here
48" X 60"
oil on canvas

I’m very pleased to announce that my painting “Wish you were here,” has been selected as a finalist for the New Salem Museum Painting Competition 2025. A showcase of the finalists artworks will be on view May 7 - June 29th.

New Salem Museum Competition 2025
May 7th - June 29th, 2025

New Salem Museum & Academy of Fine Art
37 South Main Street
New Salem, MA 01355

"Shadows in an Alley" at the MEAM European Museum of Modern Art /  by Kim Cogan

I'm very pleased to announce I will be participating in "Urbes Paisajes  Contemporaneos" exhibition at the MEAM, European Museum of Modern Art  in  Barcelona, Spain. This will be my first time exhibiting artwork outside of the US. The exhibition will feature forty works by  contemporary artists who capture the essence and diversity of modern  cities.

Shadows in an Alley
23" X 50"
oil on panel

Urbes Paisajes Contemporaneos
September 27, 2024 - January 26, 2025

MEAM European Museum of Modern Art

On September 27th, the MEAM will open its doors to the exhibition "Urbes. Contemporary Landscapes." This exhibition, which brings together more than forty works by national and international artists, offers a deep and multifaceted view of urban life. Through their pieces, the artists capture the vibrant energy and intricate beauty of modern cities while exploring the duality between dynamism and decay that characterizes contemporary urban landscapes. The exhibition invites reflection on the complexity of urban experience and the constant transformation of the spaces we inhabit.

MEAM
European Museum of Modern Art
Barra de Ferro
508003 BARCELONA

"In Feast or Famine" at the Palo Alto Art Center /  by Kim Cogan



Friday Evening
30" X 40"
oil on canvas
private collection

In Feast or Famine
January 20–April 7, 2024

Palo Alto Art Center
1313 Newell Road
Palo Alto, CA

We think about food every day; it is necessary for life and central to our daily routines, commerce, and culture. Throughout history, communities have worked together to forage, hunt, and grow food. In good times and bad, feast or famine, food connects people. It is no wonder that food is a prominent subject in art. "In Feast or Famine" explores food as a story\, symbol, and sustenance. Works in the exhibition consider our relationship with food within the contexts of identity and community; history and memory; food equity, agriculture and our environment to present unique interpretations of meaning and connection.

The exhibition is guest curated by Marianne K. McGrath.

 

Embers /  by Kim Cogan

 

Kim Cogan | Embers

October 7 - 28th, 2023

Hashimoto Contemporary SF

Minnesota Street Project
1275 Minnesota Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
Tuesday - Saturday 10AM to 6PM

EMBERS | Solo Exhibition of New Artworks /  by Kim Cogan

Slice of life
32" X 48"
oil on canvas

Kim Cogan | Embers

October 7th - November 4th, 2023

Opens Saturday October 7th 11 - 6pm

Hashimoto Contemporary

Minnesota Street Project
1275 Minnesota St.
San Francisco, CA 94107

Embers

New Works By Kim Cogan

Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco

October 2023

SAN FRANCISCO—For the past two decades, artist Kim Cogan has chronicled the ever-shifting landscapes of urban life through his careful attention to what might otherwise be easily forgotten: quiet alleyways, vacant corner stores, and nondescript city blocks. Titled Embers, the painter’s fourth solo show with Hashimoto Contemporary features new oil paintings that encapsulate the beauty in isolation and the harmony in change. 

Marking this new body of work by the Korean-American artist are the massive social and economic changes to his surroundings. As his home town of San Francisco grapples with a post-pandemic existential crisis and as its old economies decline to make way for the next boom, Cogan continues to shine a light on the city’s seemingly static, fixed relics of the past. Local establishments like the Motel Capri (in operation since 1957) or the Philosopher’s Club (a neighborhood bar since 1960) have witnessed tremendous change over the years, and Cogan’s familiar and inviting depictions suggest these places have new stories to tell.

Light and warmth in Cogan’s work signify life — even as these new works are devoid of people. Streets are bathed in lamplight; skies smolder from the haze. Houses made anonymous by subtle, muted tones draw viewers in with a glow from a window. Although his calculated framing and composition direct the viewer’s experience of a scene, the loose brushwork, evident only when seen up close, conveys the artist’s spontaneity. A profound sense of connection between the artist and his environment radiates in Cogan’s work. Amidst a city in constant change, Cogan’s vision stands as one that is honed over time, by slowing down and digging deep to find meaning beneath the surface.