Ian Ha
Bio: Ian Ha is from Yong-in, South Korea, and lives and works in New York. He received his BFA in Seoul National University, Seoul and is currently a candidate for his MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University. Ha creates multidimensional spatial illusions where multiple times and spaces overlap, exploring today’s fragmented information and excessive visual stimulation.
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Thesis Exhibition
Artist Statement: Skins, Stains, Residues, Shreds, and Rebirth I make paintings, drawings, and printmak- ing on paper mounted on a structure. I am interested in time and memories, how we receive and store our memoirs, and how we perceive them when we encounter and revisit them. The act of masking the paper, concealing the surface, covering it with paint, tearing it off, revealing it and covering it again, reflects the cycle of memories that accumulate or are washed and disappear.
I use painting as my portal to transcend time and the moments that are unattainable or intangible. It’s as if the past I’ve lived in and the present I dwell in are intertwined, and the thoughts related to them are listed. In my recent paintings, I frequently incor- porate abstract, transcendental spaces into my paintings. These dreamlike realms are depicted as surreal scenery where fragments of space-time coexist in one image. The skins of each reality intend to encourage viewers to consider the infinite possibilities of the mind. While combining both personal and external narratives (often from the images that I took), the paintings are more interested in seducing the viewer than relating plot points. Rather than adhering to a linear chronology, they become emblematic and allegorical.
Ian Ha
BOYS PH-571, 2024
Acrylic, watercolor, ink, gouache, and linocut on jangji paper mounted in a wood panel
Courtesy of the artist
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daydream, 2023
Acrylic, watercolor, ink, gouache, and linocut on jangji paper mounted in a wood panel
Courtesy of the artist
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rose, 2024
Acrylic, watercolor, and charcoal on jangji paper mounted in a wood panel
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sweet spot within riff, 2024
Acrylic, watercolor, ink, gouache, and charcoal on jangji paper mounted in a wood panel
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Twigs, 2024
Acrylic, watercolor, ink, gouache, and linocut on jangji paper mounted in a wood panel
Courtesy of the artist
First Year Exhbiition
Ian Ha
dreams, 2023
Mixed media on Jangi paper
68" x 48" x 1.5"
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