Artist Reception: Friday, April 2, 5 to 7 PM

Virtual Artist Talk: Wednesday, April 7, 5:30pm

“Seeking Serenade” is YoAhn Han’s second solo show at Chase Young Gallery. Referencing traditions and symbols from his Korean culture, the exhibition comprises a collection of new mixed-media works where Han employs materials such as watercolor, gouache, inks, and Yupo (a synthetic mylar-like paper) onto painted wood panels. These collaged works, ranging in size, depict floral motifs, layered and interwoven with recognizable human forms, that explore the contrasted union of life and death and the line between pleasure and pain. 

Han received his MFA at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and obtained a Bachelors of Fine Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Han’s work has been shown internationally, in the United States, South Korea, and the Netherlands. Recent solo shows include “Botanical Rhapsody” at Chase Young Gallery, “Metamorphic Desire” at Essex Art Center (Jan, 2018), “My Princess, Bari” at ARTMORA Gallery in New York,  “Alluring Confinement” at the Artlery 160 in Boston, and 매혹적 가두어짐 (Enchanting Box) in Seoul, Korea. His work has also been exhibited in several group shows including “Summer Palette” at Chase Young Gallery in Boston, Seventh Juried Exhibition at Prince Street Gallery in New York, ART BLOSSM Exhibition at ARTMORA NJ, and Sanqtuary at Distillery Gallery in Boston. He has been featured in publications such as Harper’s Magazine and New England Home.