Myung-Ok Han

Myung-Ok Han
Born
South Korea
Education1990
Known forInstallations, performances, drawings
MovementInstallation art, Performance art, Drawing
WebsiteOfficial website

Myung-Ok Han is a visual artist and performance artist born in 1958 in South Korea. She lives and works at La Ruche in Paris, France.[1]

Biography

Born in 1958 in South Korea, Myung-Ok Han moved to France in 1986 and continued her studies at the École nationale supérieure d'art de Dijon.[2]

There she discovered the Arte Povera movement as well as the Gutai group.[3][4]

Her installations feature materials such as cotton thread, reflecting her Korean heritage,[5] as well as everyday objects from the kitchen (bowls, plates, spoons).[6]

Her approach with thread explores the notion of time: she patiently winds cotton into bowls, in a simple and repetitive gesture.[7]

In 1996, the magazine Ninety: Art in the 90s devoted its issue 20[2] to her, alongside Jean Le Gac. In this issue, Olivier Kaeppelin[8] wrote an article about her entitled “A Line”.[9]

In 1997, her work *Neuf cuillères* was acquired by the Fonds national d'art contemporain (FNAC).[10]

Her work has been exhibited in France, notably at the Musée d'Art moderne de Paris during the exhibition "Paris pour escale" in 2000,[7] in Switzerland at the Kunsthalle Bern in 2001,[5] in South Korea during the exhibition "At the Groove of Time" at the Busan Museum of Modern Art in 2007,[11][12] as well as in Australia, as part of the 3rd Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT3) in Brisbane in 1999.[13]

Quotes

" When I set to work, I think of nothing, I can see nothing, I have an acute perception of movement, noises and even silences. While observing everything, I gradually let myself go".[14]

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1996 – 3 Drawings, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
  • 1996 – Lost Time, Édouard Manet Municipal Gallery, Gennevilliers; Claude Samuel Gallery, Paris, France[15]
  • 2001 – Oubliettes, Projekt Raum, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland[16]
  • 2001 – When All We Have Is Love, Guy Bärtschi Gallery, Art Brussels, Belgium
  • 2003 – Guy Bärtschi Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland[17] ISBN 2940287112
  • 2005 – Time Against Time, Korean Cultural Center, Paris, France[18]
  • 2008 – Good Luck Charm, Project Room, Guy Bärtschi Gallery (Wilde Gallery), Geneva, Switzerland[19]
  • 2009 – Good Luck Charm, Municipal Gallery of the City of Vitry-sur-Seine, France[20][21]
  • 2013 – From There, Galerie Grand E’terna, Paris, France[22][23][24]

Group exhibitions (selection)

  • 1995 – Salon de Montrouge[25]
  • 1996 – Choice of 6 Artists, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea
  • 1997 – Gwangju Biennale, South Korea
  • 1998 – Poetics of Time, Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
  • 1998 – Interlacing & the Envelope, Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France[26]
  • 1999 – Ars Aevi, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina[27]
  • 1999 – 3rd Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia[28]
  • 2000 – Paris Escale, Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris[7]
  • 2000 – Zero In, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan[29]
  • 2004 – France – Land of Welcome, Jerusalem, Israel[30]
  • 2005 – Interweaving Cultures, Jim Thompson Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand[31]
  • 2005 – Emergency Biennale in Chechnya, Palais de Tokyo, Paris / Brussels, Belgium / Bolzano, Italy[32]
  • 2006 – At the Groove of Time, Museum of Modern Art, Busan, South Korea[33]
  • 2006 – Performance Biennale Infr’action, Sète, France[34]
  • 2006 – Korean Suites, Passage de Retz, Paris[35]
  • 2008 – Emergency Biennale in Chechnya / World Tour, stop 10 San Francisco (CA), United States / stop 11 Bialystok, Poland[32]
  • 2008 – Drawing Woman, Johyun Gallery, Seoul and Busan, South Korea[36]
  • 2008 – Contemporary Korean Artists in Paris, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea[37]
  • 2009 – Fragile, Lands of Empathy, Musée d'art moderne (Saint-Étienne), France – Accademia d’Ungheria, Palazzo Falconieri, Rome, Italy – Fragile, Daejeon Museum of Art, South Korea[38]
  • 2010 – The Soul of the Line, Ungno Lee Art Museum, Daejeon, South Korea ISBN 9788992017510
  • 2011 – Reliefs, Fondation Espace Écureuil for Contemporary Art, Toulouse, France[39]
  • 2012 – 10 Years of the Jean Brolly Gallery, Jean Brolly Gallery[40]
  • 2013 – Drawings and Works on Paper, Jean Brolly Gallery[41]
  • 2014 – Wooson Gallery, Art Stage Singapore[42]
  • 2016 – SAM, Galerie des grands bains douches de la plaine, Marseille[4][43]

International Art Fairs

  • FIAC, Paris (1998–2005), with Guy Bärtschi Gallery
  • ARCO (art fair), Madrid (2004), with Guy Bärtschi Gallery
  • Art Brussels , Belgium (2002–2004), with Guy Bärtschi Gallery[44]
  • Art Cologne, Cologne (2002), with Guy Bärtschi Gallery

Public collections

  • Fonds national d’Art Contemporain, France (1997)[10]
  • Modern and Contemporary Art Fund of the City of Gennevilliers, France (1998)
  • Samsung Foundation,[45] Seoul, South Korea (1999)
  • Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1999)[46]
  • Claudine and Jean-Marc Salomon Foundation, France (2003)

Bibliography

  • Michel Enrici, “SAM”, Galerie des Grands Bains Douches de la Plaine, Marseille, 2016.[43][4]
  • Lóránd Hegyi, “Fragile. Lands of Empathy”[38]
  • Philippe Piguet,[47] “Myung-Ok Han or the possibility of being in the world”, Municipal Gallery of Vitry-sur-Seine, 2009.[20]
  • Kim Airyung, “Drawing Woman”, Johyun Gallery, Korea, 2008.[36]
  • Kim Airyung, “Korean Suites”, Passage de Retz, Paris, 2006.[48]
  • Kim Young Ho, “Seven Perspectives on Desire”, Espace Sol, Seoul, Korea, 2006.
  • Kang Sun Hak, “At the Groove of Time”, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Korea, 2006.[33]
  • Ann Coxon, “Interweaving Cultures”, Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 2005 ISBN 9789749300213.
  • Catherine Francblin, “Praise of Lost Time”, Korean Cultural Center, Paris, 2005.[49][18]
  • Marie Shek, France Land of Welcome, The New Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel, 2004.[30]
  • Laurence Chauvy, “Wonders of Rice and Cotton in Geneva”, Le Temps, 2003.[17]
  • André Dpraz, “Myung-Ok Han or the Objectification of a Poetics” and Evelyne Jouanno, “Recreating Space and Time”, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland, 2003 ISBN 2940287112.
  • Evelyne Jouanno, “Flower Power or the Creative Strategies of Five Asian Women Artists Based in Paris”, MAKE: The Magazine of Women's Art (Issue 92), 2002.[50]
  • Evelyne Jouanno, “Paris Escale”, Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, 2000.[7]
  • Margueritte De Savran, “Selected Drawings”, General Council of Seine Saint Denis, France, 2000.
  • Soyeon Ahn, “3rd Asia Pacific Triennale of Contemporary Art”, Queensland Art Gallery,[13] Brisbane, Australia, 1999.[51]
  • Sylvaine Van den Esch, “In the Direction of the Thread”, Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France, 1998.
  • Byung Hak Rhu, Kum Ho Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 1998.
  • Seungduk Kim, Sarajevo 2000, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria, 1998 ISBN 3900776776.
  • Kwang Suk Cho, Regard Image, Gwangju Biennale, Korea, 1997.
  • Olivier Kaeppelin, “A Line”, Catherine Flohic, in Ninety: Art of the 90s No. 20, France, 1996 ISBN 978-2908787238.
  • Olivier Kaeppelin, “Perpetual”, Édouard Manet Municipal Gallery, Gennevilliers / Claude Samuel Gallery, Paris, 1996.[15]
  • Nedim Gürsel, “The Thread of Myung-Ok Han”, General Council of Seine Saint Denis, France, 1995.

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Myung-ok Han". La Ruche Artistes (in French). Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  2. ^ a b Catherine Flohic. Jean Le Gac, Myung-Ok Han (in French). ISBN 978-2-908787-23-8. Retrieved 19 August 2025. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Myung-Ok Han (2016). "SAM" (in French). Galerie des Grands Bains Douches de la Plaine, Marseille.
  4. ^ a b c Michel Enrici (entretien avec François Bouillon). "SAM : Art-cade, Galerie des Grands Bains Douches de la Plaine, Marseille". Centre national des arts plastiques (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  5. ^ a b Laurence Chauvy (12 March 2003). "Merveilles de riz et de coton à Genève". Le Temps (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  6. ^ Catherine Francblin. "Temps-contre-temps, Paris : Centre culturel coréen, 2005". Archives de la critique d’art (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  7. ^ a b c d Entretien avec Evelyne Jouanno et Hou Hanru (22 February 2023). "Paris pour escale". CCA Islands (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  8. ^ Olivier Kaeppelin. "« Une Ligne : A Line », Ninety, 1996, n°20, p. 41-69". Archives de la critique d’art (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  9. ^ Catherine Flohic. "Jean Le Gac, Myung-Ok Han". BMVR Marseille (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  10. ^ a b Han Myung-Ok. "Neuf cuillères — Collection du Centre national des arts plastiques". Centre national des arts plastiques (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  11. ^ Busan Museum of Modern Art. "Catalogue : At the Groove of Time". WorldCat. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  12. ^ Busan Museum of Modern Art. "At the Groove of Time". Art Busan. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  13. ^ a b Queensland Art Gallery. "The 3rd Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art". QAGOMA. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  14. ^ "Han Myung-Ok". ocula.
  15. ^ a b Olivier Kaeppelin. "Galerie Claude Samuel. Paris, École des beaux-arts–Galerie Édouard Manet. Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, Olivier Kaeppelin". Bnf. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  16. ^ Philippe Mathonnet (13 February 2001). "In Bern, two Korean women transform the Kunsthalle into a space for meditation". LE TEMPS (ch) (in French). Kunsthalle Bern.
  17. ^ a b Laurence Chauvy (12 March 2003). "Wonders of Rice and Cotton in Geneva". LE TEMPS (ch). Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  18. ^ a b Catherine Francblin. "Praise of Lost Time, in Catalogue Han Myung-ok: Time Against Time, Paris: Korean Cultural Center, 2005". archives de la critique d art (in French). Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  19. ^ Myung-Ok Han (18 September 2008). "Good Luck Charm". wildegallery (in French). Geneva.
  20. ^ a b Philippe Piguet. "Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition Porte-Bonheur by Myung-Ok Han, from 15 March to 3 May 2009 at the Municipal Gallery Jean-Collet; text by Philippe Piguet". TRAM: Transmission, Region, Art, Mediation. (in French). Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  21. ^ Philippe Piguet (extracts from the exhibition catalogue text) (5 March 2009). "Good Luck Charm". paris-art.com (in French). Vitry-sur-Seine.
  22. ^ "Galerie Grand E'terna・ギャラリーグランエターナParis". www.gallery-grand-eterna.com.
  23. ^ Myung-Ok Han. "From There – Myung-Ok Han". gallery grand eterna EXHIBITIONS 2014 (in French). Paris.
  24. ^ Myung-Ok Han. "From There – Myung-Ok Han". gallery grand eterna EXHIBITIONS 2014 (in Korean). Paris.
  25. ^ salondemontrouge. "The 1995 Selection". salondemontrouge (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  26. ^ Laurence Chauvy (2 June 1998). "Textiles embroidered on the thread of modernity". LE TEMPS ch (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  27. ^ Ars Aevi. "Museum of Contemporary Art Sarajevo 1997–1999". kandinsky (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  28. ^ QAGOMA. "The 3rd Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT3)". QAGOMA. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  29. ^ Taipei Fine Arts Museum. "Basalaigul: Zero-in". ASIA ART ARCHIVE. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  30. ^ a b Marie Shek. "The New Gallery - France Land of Welcome". National Library of Israel (NLI). Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  31. ^ "Interweaving Cultures: International Contemporary Art Project". ASIA ART ARCHIVE. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  32. ^ a b Organized by Evelyne Jouanno, director and curator of the Emergency Biennale in Chechnya. "EMERGENCY BIENNALE in Chechnya / World Tour". emergency-biennale. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  33. ^ a b Busan Museum of Modern Art. "At the groove of time". worldcat (in Ukrainian).
  34. ^ "International Festival of Performance Art". infraction. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  35. ^ "Korean Suites: Tribute to Eight Korean Artists in France". mac val. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  36. ^ a b Kim Airyung. "Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition held from 11 February to 15 March 2008 at the Johyun Gallery, Seoul, and from 9 May to 8 June 2008 at Johyun Gallery, Busan". Bibliothèque Kandinsky (in French). Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  37. ^ "Catalogue of joint exhibition held at the Seoul Arts Center in 2008. With artist biographies". ASIA ART ARCHIVE. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  38. ^ a b Lóránd Hegyi. "Fragile. Lands of Empathy – Myung-ok Han P22 P80". decitre.fr (in French). Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  39. ^ "Reliefs: This exhibition presents eight artists who use edible materials in their works". paris-art. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  40. ^ "The 10 Years of the Jean Brolly Gallery – Galerie Jean Brolly". CNAP. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  41. ^ "Drawings and Works on Paper – Galerie Jean Brolly". CNAP. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  42. ^ "Wooson Gallery at Art Stage Singapore 2014 | Wooson Gallery | Artsy". Artsy. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  43. ^ a b Michel Enrici. "SAM, « trois » in Korean, three as are the artists exhibiting this spring 2016". artbookmagazine (in French). Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  44. ^ "Home". Art Brussels.
  45. ^ "삼성재단". www.samsungfoundation.org.
  46. ^ "Index of Works (PDF)" (PDF). ARS AEVI Museum of contemporary art. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  47. ^ Philippe Piguet. ""Myung-Ok Han or the possibility of being in the world", in Catalogue Myung-Ok Han: Porte-Bonheur, Vitry-sur-Seine: Galerie municipale, 2009, p.4-5(fre), p.36-37(eng)". archives de la critique d art (in French). Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  48. ^ Kim Airyung. "Korean Suites: Tribute to eight Korean artists in France". Bibliothèque Kandinsky (in French). Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  49. ^ Catherine Francblin. "Han Myung-ok: Time Against Time: Installations: Korean Cultural Center, Paris, from 7 December 2005 to 5 January 2006". mediatheques.saint-etienne (in French). Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  50. ^ Evelyne Jouanno. "The flowers' power ... or the creative strategies of five Asian women artists based in Paris". MAKE: The Magazine of Women's Art (Issue 92). Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  51. ^ AHN Soyeon. "Beyond the Future: The Third Asia-Pacific Triennale of Contemporary Art". ASIA ART ARCHIVE. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
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