Sally J. Han
Gazing
Lee Art Gallery in Seoul, Korea
Opening
1 September 2026
Sally J. Han has cultivated a distinctive artistic practice that merges the quiet intimacy of everyday life with subtle yet incisive cultural commentary.
Her work explores the intersections of personal memory, diasporic identity, and the timelessness of human ritual, often recontextualizing traditional Korean aesthetics within contemporary settings. Through her meticulously rendered paintings, Han invites viewers into moments of stillness, where the ordinary – whether a solitary moment on a park bench or gazing into a mirror—becomes a site of poetic resonance.
Born in Shenyang, China, in 1993 and raised in South Korea, Han moved to New York to pursue her artistic education. She earned a BFA from the School of Visual Arts (2016) as a Silas H. Rhodes Scholar and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art (2019). Han currently lives and works in New York.
