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The Columns Gallery is pleased to present Hello Human, an exhibition about the relationship between human form and virtual space, featuring the artist Han Yajuan. The exhibition invites you to explore a future scenario where unprecedented technological transformations facilitate the mass migration of humans to virtual worlds - a crossing of a threshold that will inevitably rupture the fabric of society - and the likely consequences of this change on our metaphysical experience of reality.

Han Yajuan (b.1980, China) is a contemporary artist based in Beijing, China. She is a prolific multimedia artist whose oeuvre encompasses paintings, 3D animations, videos, installations, VR, and game art. Through these mediums, Han Yajuan explores the relationship between women and virtual space, integrating the complex dynamics between agency, avatar, community, and the virtual system.

Yajuan has held numerous solo exhibitions worldwide, including: China, USA, UK, Japan, Netherlands, Italy, Australia, Spain and Turkey. Her works have also participated in over a hundred national and international group exhibitions, such as Hua-Yuan, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China; Art Takes over public art project, at Phoenix Metropolis Media, Shanghai, China; III Bienal del Sur, at Ciudad Bol.var, Venezuela; Bienal de Curitiba 2017: Vibrations: China – Pais Homenageado, at Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil; Across Art and Fashion, at the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum & Marino Marini Museum, Piazza San Pancrazio, Florence, Italy; The Art of Humanity, at the Pratt Institute, New York, USA. She was ranked 7th in Reuters’ The Hot-Young-Artists League Table, and can be counted amongst some of the worlds’ most prestigious private and institutional art collections, such as The Uli Sigg Collection, CAA, and M+Museum. private and institutional art collections, such as The Uli Sigg Collection, CAA, and M+Museum.

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About the Artist

Han Yajuan belongs to the new Chinese Contemporary Art movement. Her work encompasses oil paintings, VR and video installations. As part of the post-1978 generation, Han is concerned with China’s socio-cultural transformations and new materialistic trends.

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About the Gallery
Originally established in New York, The Columns Gallery came to bear its current name in 2005 after its operations moved to Seoul. Over the last 26 years, The Columns has cemented its reputation as one of the most powerful contemporary art galleries in Asia. Its overarching vision lies in bridging connections between emerging and established Korean artists and the global market by increasing their presence on the international art fair and biennial circuit. Since the addition of a new space in Singapore in 2019, The Columns has expanded its mission to include the promotion of Southeast Asian artists to a broader public. With far-reaching roots in Korea and Singapore, The Columns Gallery is perfectly positioned to seamlessly navigate the global market, as well as to tap the limitless potential for cross-cultural exchange between East and Southeast Asia.
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Sunday
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