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Katie Han '23
Mimicking the beauty of bioluminescence.
Link to Website
2022
Digital Photography
By Katie Han '23
Video edited from found footage reflecting on the repetition, absurdity, and futility of everyday life. Duration: 05:05
2018
Video Art
A woman in dark clothing sits on the graffitied ruins of Sutro Baths, staring into the soft, ethereal waves illuminated by warm sunlight.
Oil paint on canvas
A series of poems written exclusively with programming keywords. An investigation on language, audience, and dangerous English-centric thinking.
2017
code poems
I painted a woman who is battered but is pushing herself back up with resiliency. She sends a message of hope to those facing difficulties.
acrylic on wood
This series was taken at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s Butterfly Pavilion.
2019
Series of Photographs
Hide my anger behind flowers // my anxiety behind moths // my sadness behind ▓▓▓
Photoshop
A depiction of the Southeast Alaskan landscape, seen from a kayak near the Inian Islands. 25.5″ x 36″
Oil paint on paper
Seeing the majestic elephants in Kenya was one of my favorite memories from my trip, and I loved depicting the different textures of the landscape.
2016
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Past lovers who couldn’t be together grieve over “what was” and “what could have been”, learning each other’s rhythms tenderly for the first time.
2024
Oil on Canvas
In “Buried,” I used collage and layering to express the haunting suspicion of a seemingly ordinary event. The nostalgia oblivious bliss.
2023
Mixed Media: paper collage with ink and watercolor
This piece explores repetition, but also sense of self (or selves). The title is a quote from Michael Pollan’s “Botany of Desire.”
2020
Vector drawing and photography
Using alternative black and white photography techniques, I tried to illustrate the poems of the Persian poet and painter Sohrab Sepehri.
Black and White photography
Roses bloom from her cuts.
Colorful shapes of San Francisco buildings are highlighted by a bright sunny day.
These photographs were taken in Aegina, Greece. During ancient times Aegina was a rival of Athens, the great sea power of the era.
Digital Photographs
A gray tabby cat with timeless, marble-like eyes filled with stories to tell and lessons to share sits near a bush, encapsulating the spirit of Paris.
Colored Pencil
This interactive poem takes the shape of a kimchi jar and symbolizes my separation and recent reunion and celebration of my Korean identity.
3D Arduino installation, interactive poetry
This is a painting of me as a child, my mom, and my grandma at the beach. It symbolizes the treasure that is family and togetherness.
A fantastical city illustrating a water-based transportation system.
Digital painting
Rendering of a modern jazz pavilion, referencing the visual skeleton chord structure of jazz compositions.
Digital Rendering