The MassArt Graduate Programs and MFA Fine Arts Low-Residency welcome faculty member, Yo Ahn Han as the first speaker of the MFA Summer 2026 Lecture Series in the Design and Media Center Lecture Hall on Thursday, July 9 at 1:00pm.

Yo Ahn Han is a visual artist from the Republic of Korea. He has received his BFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago and MFA from MassArt. Han is teaching at MassArt as an assistant Professor and RISD as a visiting Lecturer. His work is a visual dialogue between suppression and desire, a duality which speaks to both his experience of cerebral arteriovenous malformation and to his bifurcated cultural identity. His work has been shown internationally in the United States, South Korea, and the Netherlands. Recent solo shows include “My Princess, Bari”(2015) at ART MORA Gallery in New York, “Botanical Rhapsody”(2019), “Seeking Serenade”(2021) at Chase Young Gallery and “Soils of Tinctured Embodiment”(2020) at Berry Group Office in Boston. Yo Ahn Han has recently been appointed as a juror for Beacon Gallery “totem” group exhibition (2020) and biannual painting& Drawing fellowship for Massachusetts Cultural council (2020) Additionally, Han has been featured in Boston – Art Review Issue 01, Eagle Tribune (2018), New England Home, Boston Globe, Tupelo Quarterly, and Arte Realizzata (2021).

In recent years (2021 – 2022), Han has shown in greater Boston area, including solo exhibitions as “Seeking Serenade” at Chase Young Gallery, “In Search of Floral Bodies” at Fitchburg Art Museum alongside several group shows as “Triple Oscillation” at MassArt x SOWA Gallery, “Quotidian Queer” University hall gallery at UMass Boston, and “Line (선)/Seon( Line)”, Fort Point Art Community Gallery. He is also a participant of 32nd MassArt Benefit LIVE auction. Forthcoming event is a new solo show on March 2023 at Chase Young Gallery.

Han has just shown at exhibitions are two persons show at Studio Artego, “Hyperphantasia”, New York (September, 2022) and there are Solo shows, “Spellboound” at Chase Young Gallery (September 2025), “Reves Rococo” at Galerie NeC (March 2024, Paris), “Sculpted Dreamscape” at Zillman Art Museum at Bangor, Maine (2025), “Between thee Layers” at MariiArt Kunst (August 2025, Wiesbaden).

Questions? Contact gradprogram@massart.edu.

This event is free and open to public.

Image: Y. Han, Dokkebi (Korean Goblin) Dance, 2025