KYUNGAH HAM

b. 1966, South Korea

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Kyungah Ham Biography

Kyungah Ham was born in Seoul in 1966. Her work has been exhibited in solo shows including Room with a View, Gallery Loop, Seoul (1999), Such Games, Ssamzie Space, Seoul (2008), and Desire and Anesthesia, Artsonje Center, Seoul (2009). She has participated in selected group shows held at: British Museum, London (2005), Musee Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2010), Stiftung Ludwig Wein, Vienna (2010), National Museum of Moder and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea (travelled to Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2013), and Kunsthalle Dusseldorf (2014). She also participated in the 9th Guangdong Triennial (2012) and 7th Liverpool Biennial (2012).

Kyungah Ham works across installation, video, performance and traditional media. The legacy of war is a recurring motif in Kyungah Ham’s art, in particular the division of the Korean peninsula and related government propaganda. Ham’s paintings and sculptures often conceal political messages, which may initially be eclipsed by the colorful and luscious style in which they are rendered. Ham enacts a dialogue that extends across the barriers of ideology and physical distance that mark South Korea relations with its northern neighbor. Ham’s work reflects both historical and contemporary episodes of conflict, and construct a strange and compelling mixture of propaganda, social activism, and personal memory.

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Needling Whisper Needle Country SMS Series in Camouflage Are you lonely too R 01-01-02 by Kyungah Ham contemporary artwork mixed media

Kyungah Ham Needling Whisper, Needle Country / SMS Series in Camouflage / Are you lonely too? R 01-01-02, 2015 North Korean hand embroidery, silk threads on cotton, middle man, smuggling, bribe, tension, anxiety, censorship, ideology, wooden frame, approx. 1000hrs/1person
146 x 146 cm
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Phantom and A Map The lines curved along the winding valley and returned to the story. 03YBXS01V1 05YBXS01V1 by Kyungah Ham contemporary artwork sculpture textile

Kyungah Ham Phantom and A Map / The lines curved along the winding valley and returned to the story. 03YBXS01V1, 05YBXS01V1, 2025 Hand embroidery with silk threads, machine embroidery with cotton threads, wooden canvas, aluminium frame
40 x 40 x5.2 cm
41.9 x 41.9 x5.2 cm (incl frame) Kukje Gallery Request Price & Availability

Phantom and a Map Did you come by photograph or train 2408S03 by Kyungah Ham contemporary artwork sculpture textile

Kyungah Ham Phantom and a Map / “Did you come by photograph or train?” 2408S03, 2024 Velvet, rayon, cotton, polyester grosgrain, herringbone grosgrain ribbon tape, adhesive, wooden canvas
116.8 x 91 cm
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Sorrow Series 032408 by Kyungah Ham contemporary artwork textile

Kyungah Ham Sorrow Series 032408, 2024 Jacquard woven tapestry with cotton, wool, and synthetic, magnolia edition, steel bracket, steel string
131 x 182 cm
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Phantom and A Map Poetry 06WBXS01V2 by Kyungah Ham contemporary artwork sculpture textile

Kyungah Ham Phantom and A Map / Poetry 06WBXS01V2, 2018–2024 North Korean hand embroidery, silk threads on cotton, middle man, smuggling, bribe, tension, anxiety, censorship, ideology, wooden canvas, aluminium frame
52 x 69 cm
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Abstract Weave Morris Louis Alpha Upsilon 1960 SS03 by Kyungah Ham contemporary artwork textile

Kyungah Ham Abstract Weave / Morris Louis Alpha Upsilon 1960 SS03, 2019 Machine embroidery on cotton, collected internet world news and stories, rayon and cotton threads, tassel, wooden frame
148 x 191 cm
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Phantom and A Map Did you come by photograph or train 2408SS013T by Kyungah Ham contemporary artwork mixed media textile

Kyungah Ham Phantom and A Map / “Did you come by photograph or train?” 2408SS013T, 2024 Velvet, rayon, cotton, polyester grosgrain, herringbone grosgrain ribbon tape, adhesive, wooden canvas
185.4 x 72.8 x2.7 cm
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Abstract Weave Morris Louis Delta Kappa 1960 SS02 by Kyungah Ham contemporary artwork mixed media textile

Kyungah Ham Abstract Weave / Morris Louis Delta Kappa 1960 SS02, 2019 Machine embroidery on cotton, collected internet world news, tassel, wooden frame
112 x 150 cm
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Contemporary art exhibition Kyungah Ham Phantom and A Map at Kukje Gallery Seoul South Korea

Kyungah Ham Phantom and A Map Kukje Gallery 30 August–3 November 2024
Seoul

Contemporary art exhibition Group Exhibition kukje ON at Kukje Gallery Online Only South Korea

Group Exhibition kukje ON Kukje Gallery 22 April–31 May 2020
Online Only

Contemporary art exhibition Kyungah Ham Phantom Footsteps at Kukje Gallery Seoul South Korea

Kyungah Ham Phantom Footsteps Kukje Gallery 4 June–5 July 2015
Seoul

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Conversation Kyungah Ham Diana d'Arenberg If politics, systems, and rules are based on some sort of ideology, I think that art is something that lies on the edge where it can transcend, translate, and express one’s experience.

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