As the firstborn son of a gifted designer, he was thrust into creative environments quite literally from birth, which patently nurtured his artistic birthright. Equally, his work is the result of an arcane perspective shaped by his years immersed in different cultures around the world. Whilst traversing the spiritual landscape of a traumatized world, Han takes on the role of a countercultural translator, wielding the finite to express the infinite, challenging viewers to take time to go deeper, to revel in that which is less obvious, and to recognize the necessity of contrarianism. It is visual poetry with the goal of digesting beauty, engendering hope, and renewing your mind.

New to Encore 2024

My work fuzes fiber and photography by composing specific images on distinct textiles to best express the story. I use living fibers to endow life to the piece, which in turn gives life to the viewer. It's about composing work that highlights the importance of fiber and its role in our lives by creating an image you can all but touch with your eyes. Its ubiquity paradoxically hinders common understanding from being reached.

All textiles are composed of fibers and not all fibers are created equal. All living things possess an energetic charge, unlike synthetic fibers which do not. These often go against the grain of our body’s native frequency and since all human beings are possessed of frequencies, prolonged wear or use of synthetic fibers can promote and/or exacerbate illness in the system.

Linen on the other hand is used for internal sutures for surgery because the human body accepts it without discord. In this increasingly synthetic world, my goal is for you to spend more time in and around natural fibers. I’ve always been moved by art’s ability to heal. It reaches into you with a beautiful story or sensation and reorients your framework so that you can process information more resourcefully. Great art can literally increase life. Even as it mirrors life, it reveals the hidden chapters you may have skimmed over.