Songwon Han
Bio
Songwon Han is an artist and PhD researcher. Her practice-led research explores intergenerational trauma in South Korea through the mother–daughter relationship. She combines moving-image and performance practice with theoretical frameworks from feminist psychoanalysis, cultural theory, and trauma studies, informed by her position as a Korean artist-researcher.
Education
CREAM (Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media), University of Westminster
London
MPhil/PhD Visual Arts (Expected 2028)
September 2024 -
· Research project on “Embodying Intergenerational Trauma and Memory through the Mother-Daughter Relationship within the field of vision” utilising autobiographical film and performance as methods
Slade School of Fine Art, UCL
London
MFA Media
September 2019 – June 2022
· Critical study on “Visualising L'ecriture Feminine: Maya Deren, Clarice Lispector and Louise Bourgeois”
· Developed film and performance art practices.
Hongik University
Seoul
BA Painting
March 2014 – February 2019
· Studied painting, photography, and film with a focus on visual storytelling
· Exchange Studentship to Art University of Bournemouth (2016)
Academic Experience
Peer-Reviewed Articles and Conference Talks
-“Processing Trauma by Moving Image: A Reflection on Three CICC School Screening Events,” Hyphen Journal, Issue 5, (2026), https://hy-phen.space/journal/issue-5/processing-trauma-by-moving-image/
Conference Talks
-2026, July 9–11, “panel: “Affective Borders and Transnational Feminist Politics,” B/Ordering the Global: Transnational Feminist Critiques from Asia, Asian Centre for Women’s Studies Conference, Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul (forthcoming).
-2026, June 25–26, “Embodying Maternal Memory: Intergenerational Trauma and the Mother–Daughter Relationship in Contemporary Korean Artist Moving Image,” 13th Korean Screen Culture Conference (KSCC), Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria (forthcoming).
Postgraduate Teaching Assistant
UCL
September 2025 – December 2025
Module: BASC0060 Reading the Moving Image: Introduction to Film Studies
· Instructing students in two seminars per week by means of presentation, discussion of questions and the solution of problems around the discussion topic.
· Preparation of standard material and questions for discussion about the seminar topic.
· Marking of assignments and essays.
Assistant Editor
Hyphen Journal (UoW)
September 2024 -
· Edited academic articles and liaised with authors on publishing processes.
· Published issue 4 and 5
Exhibitions
Solo
2021 <Stranger than Paradise>, 4log gallery, Seoul
2020 <GiPs>, Okbodan Gallery, Seoul
Group
2025 <Withches>, Space illi, Seoul
2023 <Unknown Screens>, Hypha Studio, London
2023 <Bainbridge Opencall 2023>, ASC Gallery, London
2023 <Sword & Kisses>, Staffordshire St., London
2022 <Prelude to Space>, Stokey Pop up, London
2022 <JUDD>, Barbican Arts Group trust, London
2021 <When was the last time you saw the sea>, Yokobo Art Space, Tokyo
2021 <Drying Time>,Space 100_0 , Seoul
2020 <With unparalyzed eyes>, Okbodan Gallery, Seoul
2019 3rd OffBalance young artist exhibition<NoYes>, Postterritory Ujeongguk, Seoul
2018 11th Hongik Moving Image Festival, Seoul (Artist/ Lead of the Festival)
2018 <Shady Shack>, Space9, Seoul
2018 2nd OffBalance young artist exhibition <ITTA>, Haenghwatang, Seoul
2016 1st OffBalance young artist exhibition <Flow>, Miari the Texas Project, Seoul
2017 23rd Hongik Street Art Festival, Seoul
OffBalance Art Project
Art Director and Performance Artist
Seoul
June 2016 –August 2019
· Curated three exhibitions, designed promotional materials (Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop), and coordinated early-career artist showcases.
Funding Received
2023 Korean Art Council Grant(£1800) for Bodily Fluid Project
2021 Korean Art Council Grant(£1800) for solo show <Stranger than Paradise>