Auguries of Innocence — Teng Yung Han

Solo Exhibition
Auguries of Innocence
_{2022

Whaam! Gallery

New York}
_{Inspired by the idea of dreams and their meaning in our universe, Teng Yung Han navigates a made-up world in
which her drawings exist in the peripheral. She critiques her own persona that she’s cultivated, nuanced by the
notion of innocence in a space in which creation is intentional. Similar to the William Blake poem, Teng’s auguries
of innocence is the physical embodiment of her own hyper awareness of how she is perceived externally. She
curates her own subconscious thoughts through her gel figurines and intricate drawings as time passes and
perceptions stay the same.

Teng utilizes the concept of Heta-Uma, which derives from the Japanese idea of being both skillful and unskillful,
having taste and a lack thereof simultaneously. She basks in the notion that her work has a quality that makes the
viewer itch, despite not exactly understanding what they are seeing in a literal sense. Her collaborative use of
illustration and technology give her colorful images and characters a distinctive idiosyncratic look which causes
the viewer to question even their own perception of reality, bringing Teng’s to life.}