EASTON PRIBBLE LECTURE SERIES
Anna Han
Thursday, Feb.12, noon
Museum of Art | Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium
Artist Bio
Anna Han draws inspiration from given environments, transforming her life experiences and emotions into physical form. Her minimal and formal approach invites viewers to engage with space on both personal and emotional levels.
She has held several solo exhibitions, including Mr. Conjunction is Waiting (Art Center Art Moment, 2023), Pawns in Space 0.5 (Gallery Baton, 2017), The Artists of Tomorrow (Cheongju Museum of Art, 2017), and Da Capo (OCI Museum of Art, 2014). In 2018, she presented a solo booth at Art Basel Hong Kong.
Her work has also been shown at major institutions including SongEun Art Space, Wooyang Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum SAN, and the Busan Biennale. She has participated in international residencies in Cheongju, Goyang, New York, Bad Ems, Tokyo, and Seoul. Her work is part of the collections at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea, the Seoul Museum of Art, and others.
Han studied painting at Pratt Institute and Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture.
Artist Statement
Anna Han draws inspiration from given spaces, locations, and architecture. Her work explores the psychological dimensions of physical space, where rational and emotional responses intersect. This personal connection becomes a starting point for transformation, as she uses various materials to alter and respond to the space. Through this process, she invites viewers to experience space emotionally as well as visually.
Light, color, line, and plane are key formal elements in her practice expressed through geometric forms and minimal qualities. They function as bridges between painting and installation within the architectural space. In her paintings, subtle gradients of light and color create a sense of depth, allowing the works to move beyond flatness. These paintings often suggest the infinite and open nature of space.
In installations, materials such as lighting, fabric, paper, and paint extend two-dimensional elements into three-dimensional environments. Each work responds to the specific characteristics of its location and results in site-specific outcomes. The viewer’s experience becomes an essential part of the relationship between artist, space, and audience.
Her work also considers how narrative qualities can be integrated into visual language to introduce new layers of psychological and cognitive meaning. She explores the connections between emotion and perception as they are embedded in her work. Recently, she has begun incorporating sound and moving images to create a synesthetic experience that enhances spatial engagement.
About the Easton Pribble Lecture Series
Seasoned artists are invited to Utica to give presentations as part of the Easton Pribble Lecture Series at the Museum of Art. Named for a beloved late professor of painting and drawing, the mission of the series is to invite guest artists who represent a variety of creative disciplines and bring a diversity of perspectives to inspire, motivate, and challenge students. A faculty-led committee invites artists to Utica each year who amplify voices and illuminate career pathways historically and presently marginalized within the art and design worlds.