Yo Ahn Han

Critic

​YoAhn Han is a visual artist from the Republic of Korea. His work portrays a visual dialogue between suppression and desire, a duality that speaks to both his experience of cerebral arteriovenous malformation and to his bifurcated cultural identity. 

Han’s work has been shown internationally in the United States, South Korea and the Netherlands, with recent solo shows including My Princess, Bari at ART MORA Gallery in New York, and Botanical Rhapsody (2019) and In search of Floral Bodies (2021) at Chase Young Gallery in Boston. In 2020 Han was a juror for Totem, a group exhibition at Beacon Gallery, and received a biannual painting and drawing fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.​

Courses

Fall 2024 Courses

ILLUS - 2024-02 PAINTING I: COLOR PERCEPTION AND EXPRESSION
Level Undergraduate
Unit Illustration
Subject Illustration
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
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PAINTING I: COLOR PERCEPTION AND EXPRESSION

Level Undergraduate
Unit Illustration
Subject Illustration
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: TH | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Yo Ahn Han Location(s): Illustration Studies Building, Room 502 Enrolled / Capacity: 15 Status: Closed

SECTION DESCRIPTION

Students will gain an understanding of basic color characteristics and relationships through observational painting and color mixing exercises. Perceptual phenomena of space and light are directly connected with principles of color organization on the palette, color mixing procedures and adjustment of color interaction in compositions according to properties of hue, value and chromatic intensity. The associative properties of color rooted both in the natural world and in cultural precedent are explored in relation to expressive priorities. Students learn the use of the physical properties of the medium, gaining sensitivity to qualities of volume and depth, the textural character of the artwork and the sense of artistic facture. Painterly precedent from the history of art and contemporary practice will be studied for inspiration and technical insight. The primary medium for the course is oil paint, and students will be introduced to the complex layering and manipulations the medium makes possible. Water-based media such as casein or gouache will play a supporting role as vehicles for color studies and exercises in abstract color theory. The semester ends with an extended project allowing the combination of observed and invented elements and emphasizing compositional color adjustment in connection with the artist's expressive priorities.

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department.

Major Requirement | BFA Illustration