Lives and works in Los Angeles
EDUCATION
1999 M.F.A., New Forms, Pratt Institute, New York
1993 B.A., Art, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Days of Life, Braun Falco Galerie, Munich
2015 Here and Now, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York
2012 BEING: Debbie Han 1985-2011, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
2011 The Eye of Perception, Santa Monica College Pete and Susan Barrett Gallery, Santa Monica
2010 The Eye of Perception, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2010 The Eye of Perception, Mbf-kunstprojekte, Munich
2010 The Eye of Perception, Trunk Gallery/ aA Design Museum, Seoul
2009 Hybrid Graces, LA Contemporary, Los Angeles
2007 DEBBIE HAN, Galeria Punto, Valencia, Spain
2006 Visions of Beauty, Freddie Fong Gallery, San Francisco
2006 DEBBIEHAN, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul
2004 Idealistic Oddity, Brain Factory Gallery, Seoul
2002 Condom Series, Gallery 825, Los Angeles
1999 Sweet World, Pratt Institute Steuben East Gallery, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 The 8th Daegu Photo Biennale – Missing Agenda: Even Below 37.5
Daegu Art Center, Daegu, Korea
The Chronicle of Lost Time, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Art Trail : The Sovereign Asian Art Prize Winners’ Retrospective Exhibition, The Peninsula Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2020 The 10th Yeosu International Art Festival, Yeosu, Korea
2019 Breath, The good Luck Gallery, Los Angeles
2018 Violated Bodies: New Languages for Justice and Humanity, Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, New York
GMOMA Collection Highlight, Gyeonggi Museum of Art, Kyunggido, Korea
2016 SHE: Deconstructing Female Identity, ArtsWestchester Art Center, New York
KENPOKU ART 2016, Ibaraki, Japan
Changwon Sculpture Biennale, Changwon, Korea
2015: The Second Nanjing International Art Festival, Nanjing, China
Ladies’ Knight: A Female Perspective on Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, Saint Louis, Missouri
Ultimate Contemporary, Phillips de Pury, London
The 70th Independence Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
2014 Shades of Time, Queens Museum, New York
The Armory Show, New York
Private Assembly: A Contemporary Collection, Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Center, Murwillumbah, Austrailia
Time for a Change, Galerie Braun Falco, Munich
Sculpture Installation, Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, New York
2013 30X: Three Decades, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego
Wonder Works, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
Keep Our Planet Alive, Sanskruti Bhavan, Goa, India
The International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art, Chicago
2012 Korean Eye: Energy and Matter, The Saatchi Gallery, London
The Young Masters Art Prize Shortlist Exhibition, Sphinx Gallery, London
Britweek T4C Award Exhibition, Farmers and Merchant Bank, Los Angeles/
The Arch Gallery, London
Thoughts on Body, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
The Moment We Live In, Pin Gallery, Beijing
The International Photography Festival, Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv
2011 Elegance and Grace, Ewha Women’s University Museum, Seoul
New Acquisition, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwachun, Korea
Farrango 2011, mbf-kunstprojekte, Munich
Scope Basel, Basel
2010 Everyday Realities, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara
Forming a Language of Art, The Sotheby’s, Tel Aviv
The Lamp of the East, Lalit Kala Academi, Mumbai
Remind, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, Korea
The Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, The Rotunda Gallery, Hong Kong
2009 Moon Generation, Saatchi Gallery, London
Cluster, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston
Dissonant Visions, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
New Digital Age, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
The Body Speaks, TouchART Gallery, Heiri Art Valley
2008 Daegu Photo Biennale: Memories of the Future, Daegu
The Border of Virtuality, Hanjiyun Contemporary Space, Beijing
Todd Williamson/ Debbie Han, LA Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Of Origin and Future, I-MY Project, London
Stands Off 08, Galleria Punto, Valencia, Spain
2007 Reality Crossings, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Gegen den Strich, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
To the Furthest Verge, I – MYU Projects, London
ARCUS Project Open Studio Exhibition, Ibaraki, Japan
Reconstructing Masterpieces, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
In Touch of the Present, Wada Fine Arts, Tokyo
ARCO, Madrid
2006 Media City Special Exhibition: Mertz’s Room, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Made in Korea, Gallerie Martine et Thibault de la Chartre, Paris
Hybrid Trend, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul
Urban Legend: Blurring Spaces, Sasmzie space, Seoul
2005 Reinventing Heritage, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul
Media in ‘F”, Ewha Arts Center, Seoul
Gourmet, Cais Gallery, Seoul
2004 Composition and Center, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul
2003 Pillars, Leband Art Gallery, Los Angeles
2002 Santa Monica College Faculty Exhibition, Madison Gallery, Santa Monica
Juried Alumni Exhibition, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York
L.A. Portraits, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California
Winter Group Show, BGH Gallery, Santa Monica
Relative Objects, Post Gallery, Los Angeles
2001 KAFA Award for Visual Arts Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center Gallery, Los Angeles
Pulp, Gallery 825, Los Angeles
$99 SHOW, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvin, California
2000 ART2000: Applauding Revolutionary Talent, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, California
Contemporary Art 2000, Korean Cultural Center Gallery, Los Angeles
1999 Apocalypse 1999, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, New York
New Art ’99, Kingston Gallery, Boston
National Juried Exhibition, Cinque Gallery, New York
1997 Spirituality in Art, Freddie Fong Contemporary Art Gallery, San Francisco
1994 Downtown Lives, Downtown Arts Development Association, Los Angeles
Indigenous People, T. Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles
AWARDS
2009 The Sovereign Foundation Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong
2007 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York
1991-1993 UCLA Lilian Levinson Art Fellowship, Los Angeles
RESIDENCIES
2013 Tellus Art International Artist Residency, Goa, India
2009 Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Gyeonggi Creation Center International Residency, Korea
2007 ARCUS Project, Artist-in-Residence, Ibaraki, Japan
2006 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Artist-in-Residence, Omaha, Nebraska
2006 Schinkel Progressive Residency, Artist-in-Residence, Berlin
2004 Ssamzie Space, Artist-in-Residence, Seoul
2003 Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, International Artist Residency, Gwangju, Korea
2001 Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship Artist-in-Residence, Vermont
COLLECTIONS
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia, Spain
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
The Museum of Photography, Seoul
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Gyeonggi, Korea
The Sovereign Art Foundation Collection, Hong Kong
Borusan Holding Foundation, Istanbul
Standard Charter Bank, London