Biography

Yang-ha (b. 1994, KR) is a visual artist working between Amsterdam and Seoul. Her practice addresses the overlap between mediated violence and daily experience, often through controlled irony and measured humour. She works across painting, sculpture and installation. Her pastel-toned compositions combine cartoon-like imagery with abstraction. Recurring motifs such as explosions, clouds and fragments of landscape, produce works that appear light yet carry a persistent unease.

 

Yang-ha received her MFA with Cum Laude from the Frank Mohr Institute, the Netherlands, and her BFA from Ewha Womans University, Seoul. She has presented solo exhibitions at OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, among others. Her work is held in the collections of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, and OCI Museum of Art.

Works
  • Yang-ha, A drawing for blowing up_13, 2022
    Yang-ha
    A drawing for blowing up_13, 2022
    Charcoal, oil and acrylic on canvas
    50 x 60 cm
    19 3/4 x 23 5/8 in
  • Yang-ha, A drawing for blowing up_19, 2022
    Yang-ha
    A drawing for blowing up_19, 2022
    Gouache and acrylic on canvas
    30 x 40 cm
    11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in
  • Yang-ha, Well, It’s a scene made to cry, so I will_60, 2024
    Yang-ha
    Well, It’s a scene made to cry, so I will_60, 2024
    Gouache, oil and acrylic on canvas
    80 x 80 cm
    31 1/2 x 31 1/2 in
  • Yang-ha, Well, It’s a scene made to cry, so I will_61, 2024
    Yang-ha
    Well, It’s a scene made to cry, so I will_61, 2024
    Gouache, oil and acrylic on canvas
    120 x 100 cm
    47 1/4 x 39 3/8 in
  • Yang-ha, A painting for a grit of blowing up_8-1, 2024
    Yang-ha
    A painting for a grit of blowing up_8-1, 2024
    Gouache, oil and acrylic on canvas
    40 x 45 cm
    15 3/4 x 17 3/4 in
  • Yang-ha, Well, it’s a scene made to cry, so I will_22, 2022
    Yang-ha
    Well, it’s a scene made to cry, so I will_22, 2022
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    120 x 100 cm
    47 1/4 x 39 3/8 in
  • Yang-ha, Well, it’s a scene made to cry, so I will_15, 2021
    Yang-ha
    Well, it’s a scene made to cry, so I will_15, 2021
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    180 x 130 cm
    70 7/8 x 51 1/8 in
  • Yang-ha, A Painting for a Grit of Blowing Up_10-1, 2024
    Yang-ha
    A Painting for a Grit of Blowing Up_10-1, 2024
    Gouache, oil and acrylic on canvas
    40 x 45 cm
    15 3/4 x 17 3/4 in
  • Yang-ha, A Painting for a Grit of Blowing Up_2-2, 2024
    Yang-ha
    A Painting for a Grit of Blowing Up_2-2, 2024
    Gouache, oil and acrylic on canvas
    40 x 30 cm
    15 3/4 x 11 3/4 in
  • Yang-ha, A Drawing for Blowing Up_50, 2025
    Yang-ha
    A Drawing for Blowing Up_50, 2025
    Gouache, oil and acrylic on canvas
    36 x 50 cm
    14 1/8 x 19 3/4 in
  • Yang-ha, A Drawing for Blowing Up_54, 2025
    Yang-ha
    A Drawing for Blowing Up_54, 2025
    Gouache, oil and acrylic on canvas
    80 x 45 cm
    31 1/2 x 17 3/4 in
Exhibitions