Brown | RISD Dual Degree Program
  • Justin Rui Han at a podium in front of a painting.

    Justin Rui Han

    Fine Artist
    Class of 2022
    RISD Major Painting
    Brown Concentration Archaeology & the Ancient World

Since graduating from the Brown|RISD Dual Degree Program in 2022 with a BFA in Painting and an AB in Archaeology & the Ancient World, Justin Rui Han has worked full-time as a fine artist in Brooklyn, NY. In 2024 he received the Philip Pearlstein Painter Award - which identifies and awards a residency to an outstanding representational painter - and spent the year in residency at the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program.

Mehek Vohra (BRDD 2024, Graphic Design, Cognitive Neuroscience) interviews Han about his practice of making paintings deeply rooted in history and culture.

MV: How has your study of Archaeology & the Ancient World informed your painting practice?

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