Hendrik van Leeuwen wrote about Chung-Hsi Han’s work: ‘The power behind Chung’s intuitive work is the power of nature. He first came into contact with nature when he worked as a suspension bridge builder in Nepal from 1986 to 1991. Educated as a civil engineer at Delft University of Technology, he learned how humanity used the forces of nature, but it did not convey the enormous impact of a harsh landscape like the Himalayas.

For days he walked along goat paths from one construction site to the next. Mentally and physically, the experience was so inspiring that the young man of Chinese descent decided to reconsider the fate that his parents had shaped for him. Only in art did he find that he could explore the creative and destructive power of nature ‘(2005). The start was made at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (1993-1997).

In 2003 he received a basic scholarship, a grant at FVBK based on the quality of his work. It was not until 2006 that his main activity became his work on paper. However, he continues to work on canvas. Hendrik van Leeuwen ends his article: ‘Beneath the complex skin of canvas and paper lies an urgent inner need. As Chung says, his work comes from a ‘black source’ that is both strong and mysterious.‘