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White Picket Chair (2026). The components that make up the chair are the same modular, mass-manufactured parts that make up the fences and the railings. While the chair’s decorative finials and arched, emblemed rails resemble the familiar fence, the additional posts at the front and ribbed tubes connecting to the back add unlikely dimensionality.

Photography by @genehan by @sonny.han

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White Picket Chair (2026). Assembled from the flashy, ready-made stainless steel components found on the fences and gates across New York City’s Asian and West Indian neighborhoods, White Picket Chair challenges the idyllic image of the “American Dream” from an immigrant perspective.

Stainless steel

For inquiries, go to hanseungmin.com or DM taken in Brooklyn, New York by @sonny.han

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One of our ‘Up In Smoke’ alumni @sonny.han recently released the second version of the ‘The White Picket chair’ series, inspired by the stainless steel fences and gates found throughout New York City’s Asian and West Indian neighborhoods. the White Picket Chair series challenges the idyllic notion of the “American Dream” from an immigrant’s perspective. These architectural elements first emerged in China in the 1980s, then quickly spread to neighboring countries before arriving in New York City, where they became iconic features of many immigrant neighborhoods. Assembled from the same polished stainless steel components used in these architectural elements, White Picket Chair 1.0 and 2.0 combine the iconic fence with the quintessential form of a simple chair. Its second iteration, 2.0, draws from the artist’s own experience with these same components, where tightly spaced vertical spindles form the gates of many homes on residential streets in Korea.

Chair 1.0 and 2.0 are available for purchase online and during showroom hours at our Ridgewood location. by @sonny.han

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stainless steeeeeeel ✨🌫🌫🌫🌫✨

got to chat with @mistywhitesidell for a @wsj article this weekend on the growing popularity of stainless steel furniture

+ some critical globe protection taken in NYC by @sonny.han

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Han “Sonny” Seungmin is a Korean furniture and object artist based in Brooklyn. His practice draws from the everyday—childhood memories, inherited rituals, the overlooked textures of the built environment—and reshapes them into sculptural furniture. For Han,
furniture is both medium and message: not necessarily a study in comfort, but a vessel for narrative. Familiar forms are pushed toward the unfamiliar, asking what a chair or a table can hold besides its function.

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Han “Sonny” Seungmin is a Korean furniture and object artist based in Brooklyn. His practice draws from the everyday—childhood memories, inherited rituals, the overlooked textures of the built environment—and reshapes them into sculptural furniture. For Han,
furniture is both medium and message: not necessarily a study in comfort, but a vessel for narrative. Familiar forms are pushed toward the unfamiliar, asking what a chair or a table can hold besides its function.

@sonny.han

THE FREEDOM TO PLANT FLOWERS

A group exhibition featuring 12 Korean and Korean diasporic artists working across painting, sculpture, animation, installation, and mixed media.

Opening Reception
Aug 1 · 6–8 PM

Exhibition
Aug 1–15

COSMOS Gallery, Chelsea
547 W 27th St #428 New York, NY 10001
Monday - Saturday, 1:00 – 6:00 pm by appointment

Presented by gong & Eight Times @gong_g0ng_gong | @eighttimes.nyc

Co-presented with COSMOS Gallery & pump up the jam @cosmosgallery.ny | @pumpupthejam

In partnership with Korea Art Forum, KANA & Jin Broth @koreaartforum | @newyorkkana | @jinbroth.nyc

Spatial consultation by Beomest Studio @jbeomm @beomest_studio

RSVP & tickets in bio.

Aug 1 — Opening Reception
Aug 8 — Creatives Social
Aug 15 — Main Gathering

MANSE 2026: Resonating with Heritage

A Korean art and culture series carrying the spirit of Korean Liberation Day forward through exhibition, sound, performance, market, food, and community.

#koreanartists #groupexhibition #nycevent #openingreception #nycartists taken in NYC by @sonny.han

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열리지 않는 보석함, 2026

Jewelry Box, 2026

Presented earlier this month at MANSE 2026 @shoutoutmanse @eighttimes.nyc by @sonny.han

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by @sonny.han

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For NYCxDESIGN @nycxdesign this year, I was incredibly honored to be included as one of the new voices in New York alongside ten other amazing artists and designers on the official guide, GRID.

Thank you for taking interest in my work, putting everything together, and allowing me to share with more folks @ben_dreith @eeelleneee.

I've had so much fun sharing my work this month at various shows alongside so many exceptional artists and designers. You can still come check out some of my things at @allenstreetgallery until June 16th, and a preview of some new stuff at 35 Allen St with @oneofone.works.

More to come! taken in New York, N.Y. by @sonny.han

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OneOfOne presents a preview of Bu Tables by Han Seungmin (@sonny.han).   Han Seungmin is a Brooklyn-based artist and designer known for the White Picket Chair — a seat built from the mass-produced stainless steel fencing found outside immigrant households across New York City. His practice draws from the overlooked materials and visual languages of everyday urban life, reconfiguring them into objects that exist in the tension between the familiar and the strange. 
To close out NYCxDesign, we are presenting an unreleased preview of his Bu Tables at 35 Allen Street in Bowery — a satellite exhibition inside UU creative space (@uubyunisecon), powered by UNISECON (@unisecongarments). On view this week and next.

Thank you for the overwhelming support at our open house this past weekend. Our doors reopen Sundays starting May 31st. Book your visit via link in bio 🔗

-ooo-

#nycgallery #homegallery #homedecor #westvillagenyc #collectibledesign taken in New York, New York by @sonny.han

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Sometimes safety is physical. Sometimes it’s emotional, cultural, spiritual, or shaped by memory, ritual, and repetition.

Meet the final six architect-makers in Safe & Sound — our @nycxdesign exhibition with @leroystreetstudio exploring refuge through furniture, photography, sculpture, and domestic objects:

▸ Randy Armas Moreno (@r.armas.art), using polaroid photography as an act of grounding, self-love, and resistance during moments of uncertainty and unrest.

▸ Rohan Cherayil (@rjcherayil), drawing from Indian miniature traditions to explore home as something carried through stories, memory, and migration.

▸ Stephen Muir, merging the comfort of a bed with the structure of a chair to create a place of softness, support, and rest.

▸ Han Seungmin (@sonny.han), transforming the iconic stainless steel fences of immigrant New York neighborhoods into furniture that questions safety, aspiration, and belonging.

▸ Vanessa Tai (@__lintel__), hand-stitching leather vessels that hold personal objects while reflecting on the difference between “home” and “house.”

▸ Yinqing Zhu (@itch_chin), reimagining Chinese ceramic traditions through digitally embossed metal forms where ornament becomes protective structure.

May 15 · Opening Reception · 6–9pm @allenstreetgallery · RSVP link in bio. taken in Manhattan, New York by @sonny.han

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Excited to announce I'll be showing my Hwa, Mok incense burner at @lichennyc for @nycxdesign in a group show titled "Up in Smoke."

The opening reception will be held from 6 pm to 9 pm this Friday, 5/15, and the show will continue throughout the weekend. Come by and check out mine and other cool incense burners! taken in Ridgewood - Queens NY by @sonny.han

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May 15 - June 16, Allen Street Gallery @allenstreetgallery

Please come by to check out my original White Picket Chair as well as a slew of beautiful furniture by an amazing group of artists/designers at the Safe & Sound group show, hosted by @slowconstruct @leroystreetstudio

This show is part of NYCxDESIGN @nycxdesign, and was recently featured on @dezeen as one of the 19 Essential Exhibitions to see.

The opening reception will be held 6 - 9 pm. Hope to see you there! taken in New York City by @sonny.han

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