16 Facts About Han Hsiang-ning

Han Hsiang-ning emigrated to New York from Taiwan in 1967.

Han Hsiang-ning often uses spray painting and paints photo-realistic street scenes.

Han Hsiang-ning graduated from the Department of Fine Arts of the National Taiwan Normal University in 1960; his graduation Exhibition featured surrealistic oil paintings.

Han Hsiang-ning began abstract form oil painting, such as "Worship", "Affair", and his works first appeared in the magazine Pen Review.

In 1962, Han was visited by New York gallery owner Poindexter.

Han Hsiang-ning moved to a loft in New York Downtown on West Broadway in 1968.

Whitney Museum curator Marcia Tucker arranged for Han Hsiang-ning to join the "Invisible Image Exhibition" at School of Visual Arts, New York.

Han Hsiang-ning completed a series of "Subtle New York Cityscape" works in 1971, such as "Brooklyn Bridge", and held a one-man exhibition at OK.

Han Hsiang-ning made his first trip to Europe and held one-man exhibition in Germany at Galerie Thelan, Cologne.

Han Hsiang-ning returned to China, and visited the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and re-visited Chungchin.

Han Hsiang-ning held his first group exhibition in Shanghai, China, "Artists from Shanghai and Taiwan", and visited Souzhou, Woxi, Honzhou and the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts.

Han Hsiang-ning returned to New York and painted the "Tiananmem Square" series.

Han Hsiang-ning began with abstract form oil painting, and in 1963 he began working with roller and stencils on rice paper, still abstract, emphasizing form and space structure.

Han Hsiang-ning served as a visiting artist for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1979.

Han Hsiang-ning was born in 1939 in Chongqing, China; Han Hsiang-ning's family originally came from Xiangtan, Hunan.

Han Hsiang-ning's works have been exhibited at the Museu de Arte Moderna, Sao Paulo, Musee d'Arte Moderne, Paris, Museum of Recklinghausen, Germany, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, the 1996 Taipei Biennial organized by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan, The Brooklyn Museum, NY, The Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Hirshhorn Museum, DC.