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Artist Profiles

Education
1999	M.F.A. New Forms, Pratt Institute, New York, USA
1993	B.A. Art, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

Solo Exhibitions
2012	B E I N G: Debbie Han 1985-2011, Sungkok Art Museum
2011	The Eye of Perception, Santa Monica College Pete and Susan Barrett Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
2010	The Eye of Perception, Mbf-kunstprojekte, Munich, Germany
	The Eye of Perception, The Cat Street Contemporary Space, Hong Kong, China
	The Eye of Perception, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2009	Hybrid Graces, LA Contemporary, Los Angeles, USA
2008	Hybrid Graces, TouchART Gallery, Heiri Art Valley, Korea
2007	Debbie Han, Galeria Punto, Valencia, Spain
2006	Visions of Beauty, Freddie Fong Gallery, San Francisco, USA
	DEBBIEHAN, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul, Korea
2005	Terms of Beauty, Gallery Ssamzie, Seoul, Korea
2004	Idealistic Oddity, Brain Factory Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2002	Condom Series, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, USA
1999	Sweet World, Steuben East Gallery, New York, USA

Group Exhibitions
2010	The Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, The Rotunda Gallery, Hong Kong, China
	The Lamp of the East, Lalit Kala Academi, Mumbai, India
	Remind, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, Korea
	Everyday Realities, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, USA
	Forming a Language of Art, The Sotheby’s Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009	Cluster, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, USA
	Dissonant Visions, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
	Korean Eye: Moon Generation, The Saatchi Gallery, London, England
	New Digital Age, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
	The Body Speaks, TouchART Gallery, Heiri Art Valley, Korea
2008	Stands Off 08, Galleria Punto, Valencia, Spain
	Daegu Photo Biennale: Memories of the Future, Daegu, Korea
	Of Origin and Future, I-MY Project, London, England
	Todd Williamson/ Debbie Han, LA Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
	The Border of Virtuality, Hanjiyun Contemporary Space, Beijing, China
	A’s Paradise, Songgok Museum, Seoul, Korea
	Good Morning Mr. Nam June Paik, The Korean Cultural Center UK, London, England
2007	ARCUS Project Open Studio Exhibition, Ibaraki, Japan
	In Touch of the Present, Wada Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
	Reality Crossings, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
	Gegen den Strich, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
	Reconstructing Masterpieces, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
	To the Furthest Verge, I – MYU Projects, London, England
	ARCO, Madrid, Spain
2006	Spotlight Thirty Women, Papertainer Museum, Seoul, Korea
	Media City Special Exhibition: Mertz’s Room, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
	Urban Legend: Blurring Spaces, Sasmzie space, Seoul, Korea
	Made in Korea, Gallerie Martine et Thibault de la Chartre, Paris, France
	Hybrid Trend, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2005	Reinventing Heritage, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
	Media in ‘F”, Ewha Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
	Gourmet, Cais Gallery, Seoul, Korea
	Open Studio Exhibition, Ssamzie Space, Seoul, Korea
2004	Composition and Center, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2003	Pillars, Leband Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2002	Juried Alumni Exhibition, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, USA
	Winter Group Show, BGH Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
	L.A. Portraits, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California, USA
	Santa Monica College Faculty Exhibition, Madison Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
	Relative Objects, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2001	$99 SHOW, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvin, , USA
	KAFA Award for Visual Arts Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, Pulp, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, USA
2000	ART2000: Applauding Revolutionary Talent, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, , USA
	Contemporary Art 2000, Korean Cultural Center Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1999	Apocalypse 1999, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, New York, USA
	National Juried Exhibition, Cinque Gallery, New York, USA
	New Art ’99, Kingston Gallery, Boston, USA
1997	Spirituality in Art, Freddie Fong Contemporary Art Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1994	Indigenous People, T. Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
	Downtown Lives, Downtown Arts Development Association, Los Angeles, USA

Residency
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, Nebraska, USA
	Schinkel Progressive Residency, Artist-in-Residence, Berlin, Germany
2004	Ssamzie Space, Artist-in-Residence, Seoul, Korea
2003	Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, International Artist Residency, Gwangju, Korea
2001	Vermont Studio Center, Artist-in-Residence, Vermont, USA

Awards
2009	The Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong, China
2007	The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA
2001	Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowship Award, Vermont, USA
	Korea Arts Foundation of America Visual Arts Award, Los Angeles, USA
1991	UCLA Lilian Levinson Art Fellowship, Los Angeles, USA