Junghye Han (Eileen Han)

Artist, Junghye Han 

Junghye Han, b, 1963, Seoul, Korea 

@jhhan_design www.jhdesign.kr needlelover@naver.com 

 address: #304, Hyundai Riverstel 130-9 Chungdam-dong Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea Pre. Konkuk University, Department of Living design, textile design major, Ph.D.

Originally dreaming of becoming a pianist, Han, Junghye fell in love with the beauty of a red embroidered pouch she saw one day. She went to learn the embroidery because she wanted to gift her first born daughter one she made herself. That was the beginning of her ties with Korean embroidery and time only deepened the relationship sparked by the red pouch. Later in 2005, she had an opportunity to exhibit at Korean Culture Center in Washington D.C. under the name  of < Gallery Korea> while she was living in U.S.A. Her passion to spread Korean embroidery grew with this experience. 

 After coming back to Korea, she continued her studies at Konkuk University Graduate School of Art and Design, and received her M.F.A. with the thesis, 『Study of the embroidery patterns and techniques of the Hwarot of Princess Bokon』. Since then, she has opened Needle Studio and has been constantly producing work whilst endeavoring to modernize Korean embroidery.

“Opening a New Prospect for Modern Embroidery”

Collaborating embroidery with painting is an extraordinary way of establishing her world of art. Fascinated with the exquisiteness of embroidery and flexibility of colorful paints working together, she constantly repeats the works to exquisitely project the beauty of each field. Han creates a new form of art by harmonizing accidental gradation formed by layers of paints on linen with the strands of embroidery thread. Han sets a simple yet dreamlike gradation as the abstract background. Butterflies, created on the screen by stitch drawings, flutters the world of infinite freedom singing ’songs without words’ for us.    

SOLO SHOWS 

2021 “Songs without Words” (TOPOHAUS, Seoul) 

2018 “Songs without Words” (TOPOHAUS, Seoul) 

2006 “Beauty of Korea” (The Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington D.C) 

GROUP SHOWS

2022 The 49th Korean Crafts Council Exhibition(Kimboseong Artcenter, Seoul, Korea) 

2022 Korea-Japan Exchange Exhibition(Literatire House, Seoul, Korea) 

2022 2022Korea Craft Week (Dangjin Culture&Art Center, Dangjin, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea) 

2022 Pure Garden(Ilbaekheun Gallery, Seoul, Korea) 

2022 “Spring & Hope” (Space U, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggido, Korea) 

2022 Rejoice (Gwangju Lotte Gallery, Jeollanam-do, Korea) 

2022 Embroidery Odyssey (Incheon Lotte Gallery, Incheon Metropolitan, Korea) 

2021 The 28th Seisin (Nagoya, Japan) 2021 Embroidery Salon 

2021 Korea Craft Week (Space Omae Gallery, Seoul, Korea) 

2021 “No more plastic" Mega- Exhibition, Co-hosted by MBC Brodcasting Network & Korea Green 

         Foundation (Understand Avenue, Seongdong-gu, Korea) 

2020 Embroidery Janchi (Coex, Seoul, Korea) 2020 Embroidery Space 

2020 Korea Craft Week,(Onyang Museum, Onyang, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea) 

2019 “World of New Embroidery” (Space Omae Gallery, Seoul, Korea) 

2019 “Embroidered Chaekgeori” by Jung Hye Han (Topohaus. Seoul, Korea) 

2015 Embroidered woman’s heart (KCDF Gallery, Seoul, Korea) 

2010 Han Sangsoo Master Embroidery ‘Reproduction of modern and contemporary embroidery“

        (Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation Center, Seoul, Korea) 

2010 World Costumes-Cultures Federation Exhibition (Ankara, Turkey) 

2006 Festival des Artistes (The Embassy of Haiti, Washington D.C. USA) 

2005 “Needlework Journey” (Korean Cultural Center, Washington D.C. USA)

FAIRBOOTH

2022 The 4th KMINAF (Setec, Seoul, Korea) 

2022 “KASS 2022”(Suwon Convention Cemter, Sewon, Gyeonggido) 2020 Craft Trend fair 

2020 (Coex, Seoul, Korea)