Jess Xiaoyi Han (b. 1997, Dalian) is an artist who lives and works in New York. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a BA in Illustration in 2019. Her practice explores her innermost feelings and experiences, visualized through the streams of string-like elements that swim across the canvas.
Han began her career creating portraiture using color pencil, markers, and watercolor before gradually shifting to abstract paintings during her education. Moving from China to the United States, Han’s works express the different phases of her life. Inspired by Kandinsky and Tanguy, Han believed abstraction best expressed her personal experiences, allowing her to spontaneously create works that are simultaneously calm yet chaotic.
Her works have been featured in solo shows such as ‘Implosion’ at Ross + Kramer Gallery (New York, 2023), ‘Something within the lines of love’ at the Ross + Kramer Gallery (New York, 2022) and ‘Moon & Alien Love / 是月亮嗎’ at Bridge Gallery (Sanya, China, 2021). Han has also participated in group shows including ‘Quiet Storm’ at Long Story Short (Paris, 2023), ‘TRANSCENDENCE’ at Gate45 (Dubai, 2023), ‘Becoming’ at Col Gallery (San Francisco, 2023), ‘Hat Trick’ at Rusha & Co. (Los Angeles, 2023), ‘The Dreamers’ at Sotheby’s Institute (New York, 2023), ‘Narratives in Blossoming Vigor’ at SENS Gallery (Hong Kong, 2022), ‘Gembox’ (Latitude Gallery, New York, 2022), ‘The More the Merrier’ (The Himalayan Center, Shanghai, 2021), ‘Non-Existent Boundary’ (Zero-Art Space, Zhengzhou, China, 2021), ‘Being and Nothingness’ (Tasso Gallery, Nanjing, 2021), ‘Glasshouse’ (Brooklyn, NY, 2020) and ‘Not Better but Equal’ (Miami, FL, 2017).
Her work has been featured at art fairs including Art021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair (Shanghai, 2023) and Art Central Hong Kong (Hong Kong, 2023).