2025 Art Basel Paris: Duyi Han

ART BASEL PARIS

21-26 OCT 2025

Le Grand Palais, Paris

Gallery: BANK (Shanghai, New York)

Solo booth: 1.M10 (Emergence section, first floor balcony)

Artist: Duyi Han

BANK is pleased to present Duyi Han’s installation Ordinance of the Subconscious Treatment (2021) and Visions of Bloom (2024) at Art Basel Paris 2025.

The practice of Duyi Han (1994, China) synthesizes design, art and architecture into emotionally charged, culturally intelligent experiences. His work draws from visual strategies of fashion, the experimental logic of pharmaceutical science, and the speculative potential of belief systems. He integrates Asian philosophies, especially Taoist ideas of impermanence, with a research-based approach that engages design as “neuroaesthetic prescription”—remixing and transforming diverse cultural references to evoke feeling, memory, and altered states of perception. He positions art and design not only as emotional catalysts but also as research tools for reimagining visual heritage and its future.

In Ordinance of the Subconscious Treatment, Han explores mental health and cultural heritage through architecture and furniture. Using traditional Chinese motifs from Buddhist and Taoist temples, the silk-embroidered symbols recall both religious icons as well as chemical symbols and texts associated with mental health, reflecting a contemporary belief system in pursuing happiness.

In Visions of Bloom, Han creates a treasure gallery with wallpaper, embroidered furniture and 3D animation, exploring the universal mechanisms behind visual culture and nature. He updates Qing dynasty’s hundred-antique décor system with 3D protein molecule models and presents human architecture history as science discovery videos. As fragments from disparate cultural and biological sources coalesce into a living diagram of interconnectedness and transformation, the installation invites reflection on visual culture on a higher dimension, celebrating the splendor of life.

This is the second time Ordinance of the Subconscious Treatment is exhibited in Europe (once at Milan Design Week, 2022), and first time for Visions of Bloom in Europe. 

Duyi Han (1994) holds a B. Arch from Cornell University and has worked at Herzog & de Meuron and other architecture studios in Switzerland, China, and the US. Duyi Han’s work has been recognized by multidisciplinary awards including Créateurs Design Award, Design Anthology Award, Architizer A+ Award, Aesthetica Art Prize, AZ Awards, and Dezeen awards. His work has appeared on media platforms in more than 20 languages, including Architectural Digest, Vogue, CNN, Elledeco, IDEAT, Dezeen, Vice, and US National Academies of Science, Technology, and Medicine Magazine. In 2024, He collaborated with Dior on the Lady Dior As Seen By handbag. Duyi Han’s work has been exhibited in Venice TSE Architecture Biennial, Venice Design Biennial, Asia Now (Paris), Vienna Design Week, Collectible (Brussels), Lake Como Design Festival, Suhe Haus (Shanghai), Hebei Museum (China), Sifang Art Museum (Nanjing), World Trade Center (New York), and Meta ZiWU (China). Duyi Han’s work is in the permanent collection of institutions including San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), White Rabbit Gallery (Australia), etc.