Woo Hannah 우한나

Thinking of my studio visit to @hannah.flashed.that in Seoul. Woo Hannah lives with her sculptures before she complete them. They stand half-formed in her living space for 3-4 months, sharing the same air, the same passing hours. She does not rush to impose intention. Instead, she waits for the piece to begin speaking back. “Who are you, really?” she asks, and only when its temperament, its voice, has revealed itself over time does she give it the form it has been asking for. Her work is born from this long coexistence. Each piece feels like a being that has finally found the right way to exist, by her gentlest care and attention. Her material is fabric. Considered domestic, feminine, laboursome. We expect it to be quiet. And then it doesn’t. Standing before many fabric works, I often feel something I did not anticipate, monumental force, an earthshaking presence. And with Hannah's cotton-filled fabric sculptures there is an uncanny tactility of human being. The softness, it turns out, is not a limitation, but it is exactly what makes the impact so complete. Fabric holds the memory of the body in a way metal never could. Hannah shared with me the deep sorrow she felt seeing her work installed in a way that didn’t fit its character. She said, “The work must have felt so uncomfortable in such a site.” To her, it wasn’t just an object, it was a misplaced soul. This sensitivity to how a work feels in space is not sentimentality, it is a kind of ethics, the belief that even an object deserves the dignity of the right conditions in which to be itself. There is, in her practice, a gentle insistence on the time of acquaintance. Before we decode and interpret to understand, we are asked simply to remain with the work, to notice how it meets the artist, and how the artist meets it. In this, her sculptures suggest another way of being with what we care about. Allowing things or each other, to become themselves without haste. Ultimately, this is also an essence of a curator’s role. To become the guardian of the 'rightful place' for works to breathe. @ggallery.kr @daaplatform

🪡 《Off the White: Fold and Watchtower》 May 1, 2026 (Fri) ― July 12, 2026 (Sun) For the installation Fallingwater, you are invited to take off your shoes, step inside, and spend some time in the space. The sound work ‘Sewing Machine’ will gradually become audible. The exhibition reveals itself differently from where I stand. Wearing a beautiful pair of socks may make the experience even more delightful. Fallingwater, 2026 Carpet, sponge, sewing machine, sound dimensions variable Sound: Sewing Machine by Song Youngnam @songyoungnam123 《오프 더 화이트: 주름과 망루》 2026.5.1.(금) ― 2026.7.12.(일) 설치 작업 ‘Fallingwater 낙수장’은 신발 벗고 들어오셔서 앉아 시간을 보내다 가시기를 권합니다. ‘Sewing Machine’ 사운드 작업도 어느새 들릴거에요. 제가 서 있는 곳에서 보는 전시장이 사뭇 색다릅니다. 예쁜 양말을 신고 오시면 더욱 기분이 좋습니다. 낙수장, 2026 카펫, 스펀지, 재봉틀, 사운드 가변 크기 사운드: 송영남 ‘Sewing Machine’

With you, everywhere🤍

I’m currently participating in a group exhibition in Shanghai, on view through April 30. Three sculptural works are on display, continuing the trajectory of my early Bag with you series, exploring fragmented forms of the body. I remember working on them as if I were shaping stars one by one with my hands. Frozen Cortex, 2026 fabric, stuffing, beads, silicon 15 x 15 x 7 cm, 5 7_8 x 5 7_8 x 2 3_4 in Spiral Core, 2026, fabric, stuffing, aluminum, beads (with threaded bolt hanger) 60 x 27 x 22 cm, 23 5_8 x 10 5_8 x 8 5_8 in

Short clips of ‘Cloak’ Preserving Me at Home 2 (24 sec) Bag with you_ Preserving me Cloak 은신, 2026 Fabric, stuffing, steel pipe, beads 170×200×200cm Creative Director Seoh Kim 김세오 @seohkimeow Film Director Jaehyun Kim 김재현 @kimjannii Seoh Kim 김세오 @seohkimeow Photographer Jaehyun Kim 김재현 @kimjannii Dancer Jung Ui Young 정의영 @juy3441 Stylist Seoh Kim 김세오 @seohkimeow Hair Artist Yeo Miae 여미애 @yeo_miae_ Make-Up Artist Kim Minji 김민지 @minnjeekim Assistant of Camera Seong U Choi 최성우 octoloo Ha Neul Kang 강하늘 @neulyks_ Commissioned by Incheon Art Platform @incheonartplatform ° Incheon Art Platform Gallery (B) + Outdoor Space March 26 - June 7, 2026 Tue-Sun, 11:00-18:00 (Closed Mondays)

Short clips of ‘Ward’ Preserving Me at Home 1 (19sec) Bag with you_ Preserving me Ward 결계, 2026 fabric, stuffing, beads, thread, steel pipe, 160×48×25cm Creative Director Seoh Kim 김세오 @seohkimeow Film Director Jaehyun Kim 김재현 @kimjannii Seoh Kim 김세오 @seohkimeow Photographer Jaehyun Kim 김재현 @kimjannii Dancer Jung Ui Young 정의영 @juy3441 Stylist Seoh Kim 김세오 @seohkimeow Hair Artist Yeo Miae 여미애 @yeo_miae_ Make-Up Artist Kim Minji 김민지 @minnjeekim Assistant of Camera Seong U Choi 최성우 octoloo Ha Neul Kang 강하늘 @neulyks_ Commissioned by Incheon Art Platform @incheonartplatform 📍 Incheon Art Platform Gallery (B) + Outdoor Space 🗓 March 26 – June 7, 2026 🕐 Tue–Sun, 11:00–18:00 (Closed Mondays)

The head is just a habitat. Survival is the only power. Braised Cymothoa Exigua with its Habitat, 2026 3D printed PLA, lacquer paint, silicon, fabric, stuffing, steel 15 x 34 x 23 cm Bag with you_ Cook or be cooked Image courtesy of G Gallery Photo by Seungheon Lee

Stressed enough to grow a deaf ear. Smoked Stress-Induced Tissue with Deaf Ear Growth, 2026 3D printed PLA, lacquer paint, fabric, stuffing, faux feather, beads 17 × 15 × 31cm Bag with you_ Cook or be cooked Image courtesy of G Gallery Photo by Seungheon Lee

My work is included in Rehearsing Transformation, opening March 26, 2026 at Incheon Art Platform. The exhibition brings together KWAK Intan, AHN Taewon, LEE Hyungkoo, and myself to explore the conditions and processes through which transformation takes shape. Transformation is not something that happens in a single moment — it is a long rehearsal in which the body, form, and sensation shift, little by little. For this exhibition, I’m presenting a new body of work commissioned by Incheon Art Platform. 🪡Bag with you_Preserving me Production assistant : JEONG Seohyun Alongside the sculptures, two short videos accompany the work: ‘Cloak’ Preserving Me at Home 2 (24 sec) and ‘Ward’ Preserving Me at Home 1 (19 sec) Video Credits Creative Director: KIM Seoh Film Directors: KIM Seoh, KIM Jaehyun Photographer: KIM Jaehyun Dancer: JUNG Uiyoung Stylist: KIM Seoh Hair Artist: YEO Miae Makeup Artist: KIM Minji Camera Assistants: KANG Haneul, CHOI Seong U Commissioned by Incheon Art Platform. Also on view: 🦇Milk and Honey–11 (2023, 590×300×295cm) — originally commissioned for the Frieze Seoul Artist Award, supported by Bulgari. And a series of 6 pencil drawings (2025) — Toordut, Heaché, Fimmutt, Woven Beings, Savidim and A female✍🏻 In total, 13 works across sculpture, wearable objects, video, and drawing. 📍 Incheon Art Platform Gallery (B) + Outdoor Space 🗓 March 26 – June 7, 2026 🕐 Tue–Sun, 11:00–18:00 (Closed Mondays)

. Fatigued Kimchi, 2026 fabric, stuffing, wire, faux fur, acrylic, lacquer paint, beads 53 × 67 × 59cm Bag with you_ Cook or be cooked Image courtesy of G Gallery Photo by Seungheon Lee

Eats whatever. Whenever it wants. The Gastrosoph, 2026 3D printed PLA, lacquer paint, faux fur 71 × 22 × 64cm Bag with you_ Cook or be cooked Image courtesy of G Gallery Photo by Seungheon Lee

. Jammed the signal. Caught the hunter. Salted. Stored. Cooked. Served. Whole Salted Bat with Ultrasound Soaked Grapes, 2026 3D printed PLA, lacquer paint, fabric, beads, stuffing 19 × 24 × 24cm Bat Meat, Salt-Cured, 2026 3D printed PLA, lacquer paint, fabric, wire, stuffing, string, thread 41 × 38 × 39cm Bag with you_ Cook or be cooked Image courtesy of G Gallery Photo by Seungheon Lee