Han Mengyun (b.1989 in Wuhan, China) is a multimedia artist currently based in London. Initially trained in the tradition of Western oil painting, Mengyun sought alterity in the histories of Chinese, Indian and Islamic art via dedicated study of their intertwined religious, cultural and linguistic discourses. Her work manifests a high degree of transculturalism, through which she seeks to establish a wholeness of self in the wake of fragmentations caused by modernity, globalisation, postcoloniality and diaspora. Mengyun’s current practice looks closely at the art of the book across cultures, from Indian and Persian manuscripts to woodblock-printed books in China and Japan. She received her MFA from the University of Oxford in 2018 after specialising in Classical Indology and Indian aesthetic theories. Prior to this, she completed a BA in Studio Art at Bard College in 2012 and has also pursued Sanskrit studies at Kyoto University.

During her residency at CFCCA, Han Mengyun will further her research into the tradition of woodblock printing, a technique which purportedly originated in China and later developed in India. Her recent work investigates craft as a vehicle for cultural exchange, paying particular attention to the “little” traditions typically neglected in Chinese art history, as well as the ways in which craft connects to her own practice as an artist working across multiple mediums, including painting and installation.