
Artist Bio
Nayeon Han is a South Korean artist based in Seoul and London who expands her artmaking by finding a way to transcend her artform from textile design into fine art. Nayeon holds a bachelor’s degree in international studies with first-class honors from Yonsei University in South Korea, and she graduated with a master’s degree in textiles at the Royal College of Art. She has been awarded the Deputy Vice Chancellor’s International Bursary at the Royal College of Art.
Her works are primarily based on her own experiences and storytelling. Through her work, she explores the nature of memories and remembers them by reinterpreting them creatively. She derives her work from specific moments in her life because she believes those were the source of pure inspiration. Her practice involves the processes of layering, collaging, and accumulation because they are like the transient and cumulative properties of memories.
Education
2023 - 2024
MA Royal College of Art
Textile
2013 - 2016
BA Yonsei University
International Studies (First Class Honor)
Publish / Award
January 2026
Published in
Art World News
October 2025
Published in
Korea-Greece Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition Catalogue
October 2025
Published in
Korea Art News
May 2025
Interviewed with
The Squares Gallery
March 2025
Published in
Athinorama
March 2025
Published in
Fad Magazine
March 2025
Published in
Something Curated Magazine
November 2024
Interviewed with
Insistrum
July 2024
Published in
Textile Festival Catalogue
May 2024
Published in
Artist Talk Magazine #31
March 2023
The Deputy Vice Chancellor’s International Bursary,
Royal College of Art
August 2016
UIC Creative Writing Certificate,
Yonsei University
February 2015
Yonsei 130th Anniversary Essay Excellence Award,
Yonsei University
August 2012
Certificate of Award for EXPO 2012 UNESCO Essay Contest,
UNESCO
Exhibition
January 2026
MOMENT OF IGNITION
Maru Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
October 2025
REVEAL
Melina Mercouri Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece
May 2025
BEYOND BOUNDARIES
The Squares Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
March 2025
WASTELAND TO WONDERLAND:
ART IN THE AGE OF SUSTAINABILITY
T.A.F., Athens, Greece
March 2025
BLOOMING ON PAPER
Somerset House, London, UK
October 2024
FOCUS ART FAIR LONDON 2024
Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
September 2024
METAMORPHOSIS: MORROW IN THE WORKS
50 De Beauvoir Cres, London, UK
July 2024
INTERROGATING THE UNSEEN
RCA Battersea, London, UK
July 2024
ELEPHANT IN THE SAFE?
Asylum Chapel, London, UK
June 2024
ECHOES OF ENTANGLEMENT
Lart, London, UK
May 2024
TEXTILES IN THE MAKING
Upper Gulbenkian Gallery, London, UK
April 2024
WE ARE ROOTING FOR YOU
Hockney Gallery, London, UK
March 2024
BODY AS VESSEL
Four Corners, London, UK
February 2024
SB ART
SB Art Gallery, London, UK
January 2024
GRADIENT
The Holy Art Gallery, London, UK
Artist Statement
Through her work, Nayeon revisits her memories, transforms them into something tangible, and reinterprets them, often in the form of a sculpture or installation. She recreates the objects from her memories using various materials, mainly organza and cotton fabric, as an act of memorialization and imaginative transformation. She also explores the fleeting nature of memories by integrating form and content through her creative practice.
She is especially interested in ‘surreally’ excavating her experience by distorting the shapes and colors. The vibrant colors she uses deliver the sense of playfulness that she has felt in those specific moments. Although she visualizes her artwork from her memories, they are mostly open-ended for the viewers. Her aim is to provide viewers with comfort while reminding them of their own memories.
Nayeon asks the question, “What is the value of revisiting one’s memories and reinterpreting them?” She believes that personal memories, whether good or bad, can be a driving force for growth if we reinterpret and remember them as a necessary nutrient for each of us living in the present. She hopes that her works will serve as an opportunity for the viewers to look back on their memories and provide a positive impetus to their daily lives. One step further, Nayeon would also like to reveal the dynamism lying at the heart of the human experience, as we are all entangled with the external world and interact with it every moment.