About Chung-Hsi Han
About Chung
1958 born in The Hague, The Netherlands. Parents from Java, Indonesia.
Education
1970 -1976 Stanislas College Delft, VWO-B
1977-1985 TU Delft Civil Engineering.
1993-1997 Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2008 2nd Degree in Math teaching HU Utrecht
2015 1e Degree in Math teaching HA Amsterdam
Full time job
1986 -1990 Trail bridge Building Programme, Humla, Nepal.
1990 -1991 Save the Children USA Gorkha, Nepal .
Part time job
1993-2004 Kades tutor and math teacher The Hague
2000-2004 Teaching Drawing and painting at Mekelweg 10, Cultural centre TU Delft.
2004-2018 Instituut Blankestijn math teacher Utrecht,
2018-2021 Thorbecke School for Sport & Dance Rotterdam.
2021-now Rotterdam Montessori Lyceum
Fee
2003 Basisstipendium, a grant by FVBK based on quality of work
2015, 2019 Nominated for Pictura Salon Prize
Publications
2020 Metamorphostis by Kadmium, words Hendrik van Leeuwen
2005 Chung Hsi Han by galery Goncourt , words Hendrik van Leeuwen
1997 Shapes & Soul by Renu Thapa & Chung Hsi Han
Exhibitions
Amsterdam (Josine Bokhoven, Affordable Art Fair)
Rotterdam (Deelen Art, WTC Art, Raw Art Fair, Duo Duo)
Haarlem (Annee)
Den Haag (Kádáns, Ariana, Goncourt, Pulchri, Dick de Vries Kunst en Kapper)
Den Bosch (Kunsthal Boschveld, Kruithuis)
Dordrecht (Pictura)
Hengelo (Contemporary Art Fair with Kádáns, Goncourt)
Lochem (AIR) Maastricht (AS/IF)
Delft (38cc, DOK, Kadmium)
Kathmandu Nepal (New Art Circle, Imago Dei, Q-Art, Taragaonmuseum).
About Taragaonmuseum
About charcoal
'Hoogtepunt is de ruimte van Chung-Hsi Han uit Delft. Een kunstenaar die kan toveren met houtskool en krijt. Zijn mystieke landschappen laten de ruimte zinderen'.
'Highlight is Chung-Hsi Han's exhibition room. An artist who is a magician with charcoal and crayon. His mystic landscapes let sizzle space'. (Marc van de Voort, zaterdag 14 jan 2017 Regiokrant artikel 'Landschappen laten Kruithuisruimtes zinderen' curator Jan Radersma)
About nomination Pictura
De blik van de jury heeft ook lang gedwaald over het werk Ontmoetingsplekken/Transitional Stages van Chung-Hsi Han. De titel verwijst naar de belangrijke rol van water in een stad, als een plek waar je kunt mijmeren en wegdromen, jezelf en anderen kunt ontmoeten. Net zoals je bij zulke ontmoetingsplekken in de stad zou doen, hebben wij lang gestaard naar het spel tussen licht en water. Het geheel van deze vaardige tekenaar toont een uitvoerige studie in houtskool naar de verschillende gedaantes van waterrijke landschappen, die ergens doen denken aan romantische landschappen: weerbarstig, dreigend en onmetelijk. De atmosferische diepte – soms unheimisch en beklemmend – in combinatie met de perspectiefwisselingen en gradaties van abstractie, geven het geheel een dynamisch karakter. Dit wordt versterkt door de gedurfde wijze van presenteren wat leidt tot een werk dat beklijft. (Hidde van Greuningen, voorzitter Picturaprijs 2015)
The title refers to an important role of water within the city: a place to dream, a place to meet. The jury's eyes were wandering to the playing of light and water, the study of wetland landscapes within the boundaries of the city. The atmosphere referring to Romantic Times: threatening, unruly, immeasurable. The atmospherical depth sometimes unheinlich and oppressive in combination with changes of perspectives resulting in great dynamics. This is even more emphasised by the daring way of presenting resulting in a work that remains existing (Hidde van Greuningen, chairman jury)
About 'Metamorphosis'
'His landscapes are wide and plain without any reference to human presence. Chung uses an eraser to suggest light. In first instance, the erased parts seem pleasantly tangible. However when looking closer it makes a diffuse and almost uncomfortable impression. For example as we look to Metamorphosis no. 9, small signes can be recognized like figures. Or are these animals? Looking nearby, the signs change into vague spots, leaving you behind puzzled. Where are we looking at, a wide landscape or a micro cosmos?' (Mieke Conijn, director Kunstenlab Deventer, 2013).
About 'Driving force'
'The force driving Chung's intuitive work is the power of nature. He first came into contact with nature when he worked from 1986 till 1991 as suspension bridge builder in Nepal....For days he walked along goat tracks from one construction location to the next. Spiritually and physically the expierience was so inspiring.... Only in the arts he felt he could explore the creative and the destructive power of nature...Under the complex skin of canvas as well as paper resides an urgent inner need. As Chung says, his work originates from a 'Black Source' simultaneously strong and mysterious.' (Hendrik van Leeuwen, writer and artist, 2005).