Jihye Han
Jihye Han is currently an MFA candidate at the University of North Texas. Her work primarily consists of ceramics but she has also experimented with sculpture and painting. Her research has made her work very versatile, incorporating different methods and processes. Her ceramic and mixed media work draws from themes and memories of her experience in Asian culture.
Artist Statement
Are people distancing themselves from nature because technology has interrupted how we connect with objects? I want my work to bridge the gap between people and nature, and reflect on the abstract qualities between organic material and human interaction. Creating ceramics is a gateway for imagination and emotion; it is a material I use to expresses narratives. I strive for my work to speak to me as well as the individuals who use it. Today, people manufacture ceramics more easily as technology develops. On the other hand, many people appreciate and find joy from looking and using original ceramic pieces that are made by hand. I am more intrigued in combining traditional methods of ceramics whilst using digital fabrication.
My recent works have had an idea based on a Korean tradition of images being stacked on each other, and being compressed. The piece is based more on sculpture than functionality, and the focus is on the space and surface. While it is still functional, I am trying to blur the lines between the two. The etching on the surface is my attempt at fusing the past and future together, using ceramics traditionally, and laser etching to use technology that we have now to add to that.
To breathe life into an inanimate object is an idea I seek to visualize. I am interested to transfer my thoughts into shape. I want to make an object from invisible to visible based on personal experiences. Formally, using organic lines and abstract forms hope to represent the duality between tangible and the intangible. For example, sorrow is a part of the installation describing the intricacies of the brain. Anger can affect how the heart pumps blood, and the veins and blood vessels fluctuating at different levels.
My work has primarily consisted of ceramics but I also have been experimented in sculpture and painting. This has made me more versatile, providing different methods, and this process has given me the ability to incorporate different ideas into my work.
CV
Education
University of North Texas, MFA Candidate of 2021
Concentration: Ceramic
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, BFA 2016
Major: Sculpture and Ceramic
Experience
Teaching Assistant in Design2 2019
Conduct studio lab course, holding office hours, grading student’s work, instructor of each project with full responsibility
Teaching Assistant in Design1 2018
Conduct studio lab course, holding office hours, grading student’s work, instructor of each project with full responsibility
Lab Technician in CVAD Digital Fabrication Lab 2018
Safety training, schedules and reschedules appointments, assists students and professors with instructions, directions, and information for the machines.
Hyundai Digitech INC 2017 March – 2018 May
Job Title: HR Manager
Human resources management and accounting, account processing and resource distribution, Inventory and future supply management, price book management and alteration, payable accounts and depositing of important business expenditures
Williamsburg Elementary School 2011-2012
Under the University of North Carolina at Greensboro – Education Department
Curriculum and Instruction/ Teacher education-higher education
Related Activities & Skills
Exhibitions
Chaos 7 : 7th Annual Small Works in Ro2art
ASSEMBLY : 22nd Annual Members Show in The MAC
6th Annual Artspace 111 Regional Juried Exhibition 2019
Serve it up 2019 in Clay Arts Vegas
500X College Expo 2019 – won an award for the best work
59th Annual Voertman competition 2019 - won an honorable mention Voertman award
The North Texas Review published artists 2019 – presenting artist statement
Full Harvest 2018
Temporary Waterloo park proposal in city of Denison 2018
Dunnalia exhibition 2016
Senior exhibition 2016
Scholarship
College of Visual Arts and Design 2019-2020
TGS TBP Base - Fall and Spring 2018-2019
CVAD Voertman-Ardoin Fellow 2018-2019
Certificate
Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Program
Computer & Network Skills
Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, and CNC Software
Jihye Han is currently an MFA candidate at the University of North Texas. Her work primarily consists of ceramics but she has also experimented with sculpture and painting. Her research has made her work very versatile, incorporating different methods and processes. Her ceramic and mixed media work draws from themes and memories of her experience in Asian culture.
Artist Statement
Are people distancing themselves from nature because technology has interrupted how we connect with objects? I want my work to bridge the gap between people and nature, and reflect on the abstract qualities between organic material and human interaction. Creating ceramics is a gateway for imagination and emotion; it is a material I use to expresses narratives. I strive for my work to speak to me as well as the individuals who use it. Today, people manufacture ceramics more easily as technology develops. On the other hand, many people appreciate and find joy from looking and using original ceramic pieces that are made by hand. I am more intrigued in combining traditional methods of ceramics whilst using digital fabrication.
My recent works have had an idea based on a Korean tradition of images being stacked on each other, and being compressed. The piece is based more on sculpture than functionality, and the focus is on the space and surface. While it is still functional, I am trying to blur the lines between the two. The etching on the surface is my attempt at fusing the past and future together, using ceramics traditionally, and laser etching to use technology that we have now to add to that.
To breathe life into an inanimate object is an idea I seek to visualize. I am interested to transfer my thoughts into shape. I want to make an object from invisible to visible based on personal experiences. Formally, using organic lines and abstract forms hope to represent the duality between tangible and the intangible. For example, sorrow is a part of the installation describing the intricacies of the brain. Anger can affect how the heart pumps blood, and the veins and blood vessels fluctuating at different levels.
My work has primarily consisted of ceramics but I also have been experimented in sculpture and painting. This has made me more versatile, providing different methods, and this process has given me the ability to incorporate different ideas into my work.
CV
Education
University of North Texas, MFA Candidate of 2021
Concentration: Ceramic
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, BFA 2016
Major: Sculpture and Ceramic
Experience
Teaching Assistant in Design2 2019
Conduct studio lab course, holding office hours, grading student’s work, instructor of each project with full responsibility
Teaching Assistant in Design1 2018
Conduct studio lab course, holding office hours, grading student’s work, instructor of each project with full responsibility
Lab Technician in CVAD Digital Fabrication Lab 2018
Safety training, schedules and reschedules appointments, assists students and professors with instructions, directions, and information for the machines.
Hyundai Digitech INC 2017 March – 2018 May
Job Title: HR Manager
Human resources management and accounting, account processing and resource distribution, Inventory and future supply management, price book management and alteration, payable accounts and depositing of important business expenditures
Williamsburg Elementary School 2011-2012
Under the University of North Carolina at Greensboro – Education Department
Curriculum and Instruction/ Teacher education-higher education
Related Activities & Skills
Exhibitions
Chaos 7 : 7th Annual Small Works in Ro2art
ASSEMBLY : 22nd Annual Members Show in The MAC
6th Annual Artspace 111 Regional Juried Exhibition 2019
Serve it up 2019 in Clay Arts Vegas
500X College Expo 2019 – won an award for the best work
59th Annual Voertman competition 2019 - won an honorable mention Voertman award
The North Texas Review published artists 2019 – presenting artist statement
Full Harvest 2018
Temporary Waterloo park proposal in city of Denison 2018
Dunnalia exhibition 2016
Senior exhibition 2016
Scholarship
College of Visual Arts and Design 2019-2020
TGS TBP Base - Fall and Spring 2018-2019
CVAD Voertman-Ardoin Fellow 2018-2019
Certificate
Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Program
Computer & Network Skills
Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, and CNC Software
