Han Bing is recognised for her sensitive yet disruptive visual language in paintings that deconstruct pictorial reality and open up new dimensions. Having recently moved to Paris after living in New York, Los Angeles and Shanghai, her practice draws on urban elements, including street scenes and architectural façades. She takes inspiration from the textures and patterns that appear in cities - especially the 'errors' and 'glitches' generated by ripped posters. For the artist, 'painting is a way to resist all the information that is being forced on us', and her observations of city life serve as a starting point for the processing of emotional impressions.
Taking inspiration from various sources, including theatre, science and literature, Han allows the dynamics of the works to guide their compositions. She creates using oil sticks and spray paint, occasionally allowing surprises during the process to introduce an unexpected twist to the work. 'My paintings are representational at times, but it’s more that there is a dynamic where a few patches have met unexpectedly and turned a bewildering situation into something that made sense to me at that particular moment,' says Han. Her works gradually move towards abstraction as figurative elements are filtered and deconstructed into fragments.
Based in Paris, Han Bing was born in China and has lived in New York, Los Angeles and Shanghai. She holds an MFA from Parsons School of Design in New York and a BFA from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. Her first solo exhibition in a French institution took place at CAC Passerelle, Brest, in 2024. Her work has also been shown in exhibitions at institutions including Le Consortium, Dijon (2022 and 2024); UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2020); and the National Art Museum of China, Beijing (2008), among others. She was included in the group exhibition Saturation at Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Pantin, in 2022.
2024
7:77, Passerelle Centre d'art contemporain, Brest, France
2023
Han Bing: got heart, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Han Bing: Crust, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2021
Han Bing: Company, Galerie Marguo, Paris, France
2020
Han Bing: A Labile Boundary at Best, Antenna Space, Shanghai, China
2018
Han Bing: Territory to be tamed ------- if not later then when, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2017
Han Bing: Neighborhood Institutions – Paths, Nodes and Enclaves, Shanghai, China
2016
Han Bing – Facades and Waves, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2015
Han Bing: Best Least Worst Option, D-space & Antenna Space, Beijing, China
2013
Han Bing, Antenna Space, Shanghai, China
2023
Horizons: Is there anybody out there?, Antenna Space, Shanghai, China
Infiltrées – 5 manières d’habiter le monde, Reiffers Art Initiatives, Acacias Art Center, Paris, France
2022
The Drawing Centre Show, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
Saturation, Thaddaeus Ropac Pantin, Paris Pantin, France
2021
Fifteen Painters, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2020
Meditations in an Emergency, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Abstract! Minimalism to Now, Tilton Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2019
They Rise When Vernal Breezes Blow, Make Room, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2018
The Crossing, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
2015
Scenarios of Time, Fourth Art Sanya, Sanya, China
2014
Han Bing and Luka Rayski: Frame, Fou Gallery, New York, NY, US
2013
Homeward Found: 2013 Summer Exhibition, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, USA
2011
The Start of a Long Journey: 2011 CAFA Excellent Graduation Works Exhibition, Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, Beijing, China
2008
Research of Contemporary Oil Paintings in China, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
2016
Artist Residency, Swatch Art Peace Hotel Residency, Shanghai, China
2015
Huayu Youth Award (finalist), Sanya, China