JIHYE HAN / YUNI LEE
MIMI & ANNA
MIMI & ANNA
FEBRUARY 27 - MARCH 20, 2021
RO2 ART | DOWNTOWN
RO2 ART | DOWNTOWN
Ro2 Art is proud to present Mimi & Anna, an exhibition featuring new works by artists Jihye Han and Yuni Lee. The show will run from February 27 through March 20, 2021. The exhibition will open with an artist reception at Ro2 Art in the The Cedars located at 1501 S Ervay St, Dallas, TX and will take place from 12-5pm.
Mimi & Anna is a two-person exhibition featuring artists Jihye Han and Yuni Lee. The exhibition examines the root of feminine power within Korean heritage and American Korean culture by the masculine driven world. Both artists transform quotidian objects to create an immersive installation questioning ideas around social boundaries, heritage and invisibility.
Han is trained in ceramics, and uses these forms to articulate her Korean background and immigrant reality. Lee explores intersectional identity through sculptural objects and painting. Together, Han and Lee transform the gallery space into an environment of deconstructed social signifiers.
Artist Statement
We’ve been exploring the question of "What does it mean to be a woman in the contemporary?" What determines and who controls the line between “right” and “wrong”? In addition, can you see multiple sides of a circumstance at the same time? Through personal perspectives, the artists present abstract spaces using relatable objects and materials to explore the invisible connections we have within our everyday lives. Both artists use fabric, clay and paper to blend traditional processes with contemporary ideas providing the balance and the perspective.
About The Artists
Jihye Han
Jihye Han is currently a Master of Fine Arts candidate in ceramics at the University of North Texas in 2021. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture and ceramics from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2016. Her recent public arts are exhibited in Fort Worth Community Arts Center for 2020-21.
Han has shown her work in multiple galleries including 500x gallery, Ro2art, Artspace 111, Art room, the Greater Denton Arts Council, the CICA museum in South Korea, Clay Arts Vegas and Clay Center of New Orleans. Her work primarily consists of ceramics, but she has also experimented with sculpture and installation. Her research incorporates different methods and processes including ceramic and mixed media work in which draw experience from Korean culture.
Yuni Lee
Yuni Lee is a mixed media artist, born in South Korea. She came to America with high passion, and an eagerness to further her artistic expression. She has a diverse art-making practice and she is committed to making art about color, shape, and pattern. She studies color and pattern to learn about different cultures and nature. Her large-scale paintings and installation works recycle elements of contemporary and traditional visual culture – the bright color-scrapes and simulacra of cities and the materials of mass-production mix their DNA with the forms and palettes of traditional Korean painting.
She graduated the University of Texas at Dallas where she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Art and Performance. She has also received a Masters in Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing at the University of North Texas. She has participated in numerous group and collaborative exhibitions in Texas and is currently a professor at the University of North Texas. Yuni Lee currently resides and lives and works in Denton, Texas.
Mimi & Anna is a two-person exhibition featuring artists Jihye Han and Yuni Lee. The exhibition examines the root of feminine power within Korean heritage and American Korean culture by the masculine driven world. Both artists transform quotidian objects to create an immersive installation questioning ideas around social boundaries, heritage and invisibility.
Han is trained in ceramics, and uses these forms to articulate her Korean background and immigrant reality. Lee explores intersectional identity through sculptural objects and painting. Together, Han and Lee transform the gallery space into an environment of deconstructed social signifiers.
Artist Statement
We’ve been exploring the question of "What does it mean to be a woman in the contemporary?" What determines and who controls the line between “right” and “wrong”? In addition, can you see multiple sides of a circumstance at the same time? Through personal perspectives, the artists present abstract spaces using relatable objects and materials to explore the invisible connections we have within our everyday lives. Both artists use fabric, clay and paper to blend traditional processes with contemporary ideas providing the balance and the perspective.
About The Artists
Jihye Han
Jihye Han is currently a Master of Fine Arts candidate in ceramics at the University of North Texas in 2021. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture and ceramics from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2016. Her recent public arts are exhibited in Fort Worth Community Arts Center for 2020-21.
Han has shown her work in multiple galleries including 500x gallery, Ro2art, Artspace 111, Art room, the Greater Denton Arts Council, the CICA museum in South Korea, Clay Arts Vegas and Clay Center of New Orleans. Her work primarily consists of ceramics, but she has also experimented with sculpture and installation. Her research incorporates different methods and processes including ceramic and mixed media work in which draw experience from Korean culture.
Yuni Lee
Yuni Lee is a mixed media artist, born in South Korea. She came to America with high passion, and an eagerness to further her artistic expression. She has a diverse art-making practice and she is committed to making art about color, shape, and pattern. She studies color and pattern to learn about different cultures and nature. Her large-scale paintings and installation works recycle elements of contemporary and traditional visual culture – the bright color-scrapes and simulacra of cities and the materials of mass-production mix their DNA with the forms and palettes of traditional Korean painting.
She graduated the University of Texas at Dallas where she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Art and Performance. She has also received a Masters in Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing at the University of North Texas. She has participated in numerous group and collaborative exhibitions in Texas and is currently a professor at the University of North Texas. Yuni Lee currently resides and lives and works in Denton, Texas.
