{"id":15232,"date":"2026-05-15T15:16:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/?post_type=artist&p=15232"},"modified":"2026-06-25T16:28:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:28:02","slug":"han-mengyun","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/en\/artistes\/han-mengyun\/","title":{"rendered":"Han Mengyun"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/td>\nArtist featured in The Heart’s Desire<\/a> (October 3, 2026, to September 12, 2027)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Han Mengyun (b. 1989 in Wuhan, raised in Shenzhen, China) is an interdisciplinary and multimedia artist, filmmaker, poet and mother currently based in London and China. Han Mengyun\u2019s practice unfolds in two modes she calls \u201cDay\u201d and \u201cNight.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Day, she works primarily in painting, departing from Eurocentric art histories to explore Eurasia\u2019s intertwined cultural pasts. Initially trained in Western oil painting, she now draws on Sanskrit, Persian, and Arabic intellectual and poetic history, as well as the visual traditions of Indian and Islamicate miniature painting. Inspired by ancient Chinese innovations in paper and print, she conceives paintings as book pages\u2014spaces where cultures meet while retaining distinct voices. Her work engages religion, philosophy, vernacular craftsmanship such as textile and bookmaking, foregrounding intercultural exchange and the hybrid nature of world history.<\/p>\n

The Night turns inward, shaped by Han\u2019s experiences as a woman and mother. Writing poetry during postpartum depression sparked her \u00e9criture f\u00e9minine and a feminist practice informed by Gayatri Spivak\u2019s critique of colonialism and subalternity. Through writing, film, painting, and textile installation, she examines intersectionality, imperial legacies, and alternative solidarities, situating women\u2019s voices within transgenerational, transcultural, and inter-religious contexts.<\/p>\n

She received BA in Studio Art from Bard College and has pursued the study of Sanskrit at various institutions such as Kyoto University before she completed her MFA at the University of Oxford with a research focus on Classical Indology and Indian aesthetic theories.<\/p>\n

Selected commissions include the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation; Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile, Hong Kong; Busan Biennale Organizing Committee, South Korea; Diriyah Biennale Foundation, Saudi Arabia; and Arts AlUla, Saudi Arabia. Her work has been presented at Bukhara Biennial, Uzbekistan (2025); Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile, Hong Kong (2025); AlUla Arts Festival, Saudi Arabia (2025); Busan Biennale, South Korea (2024); Goethe Institute, Shanghai (2025); Delfina Foundation, London (2024); Zhi Art Museum, China (2024); ShanghART Singapore (2025); ShanghART Shanghai (2023); SONGEUN, Seoul (2023); UCCA Edge, Shanghai (2023); Yuz Museum, Shanghai (2023); Power Station of Art, Shanghai (2021); Diriyah Biennale, Saudi Arabia (2021); ESEA Contemporary, Manchester (2021); Today Art Museum, Beijing (2013) among others.<\/p>\n

Han was selected as one of the Artists of the Year by ArtAsiaPacific Almanac (2026) and is the recipient of Robb Report Young Artist Award (2024) and 30 Forbes Artists (2023) and was shortlist for K11 Art Foundation Artist Prize (2023). Recent residencies include AlUla Visual Arts Residency, AlUla, Saudi Arabia (2025); Delfina Foundation, London (2024); ESEA Contemporary, Manchester, UK (2022).<\/p>\n

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Image: Han Mengyun, courtesy of the artist.<\/span><\/p>\n

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