Grungy One is the artistic name for Andrew Dong Hee Han, who was born in Seoul,
Korea (1989). He immigrated to Los Angeles in 1999, and has been living in the United
States since. He was greatly influenced by graffiti during his teenage years and he has
been working as an artist since 2008. During his 20's, he explored the styles of
abstraction. From the influences as a street artist, he learned to paint his expressions
through shapes and colors, recording his life through canvases and murals. He started
showing his work around San Francisco and had his first Solo Exhibition in Seoul, Korea.
He has been continuing the subject of anxiety, nightmares and consciousness though his
work and focusing on the behaviors of our human experiences.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

I follow the basic instinctive principles of color and shape to express my psyche. My life
experiences and environments have inspired me to paint. The subject of anxiety and
nightmares has been prominently featured in my paintings as I still struggle with my demons. Painting is a therapeutic release of my unforgettable memories, both
positive and negative. It is my form of meditation and the cultivation of patience. My
process is an intuitive freestyle that is best described as improvisation with a
premeditated vision. I combine seemingly dissonant colors and shapes into something balanced and harmonious to express my current state of mind. My intuition guides my abstraction through a premeditated vision without sketching. I enjoy the mood and atmosphere that colors create and their complexity through the combinations of mundane shapes. My paintings represent my observational study of colors, patterns and balances of shape. My art is the latest replica and reflection of my psyche.