About Huan LaPlante

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Huan grew up on the beaches of North Carolina with an appreciation for art passed down from their mother and grandmother. They graduated from UNC Asheville in 2018 with a BFA in painting and an Undergraduate Research Award for their solo thesis exhibition, “Historically Apathetic”. After graduating, they spent the next two years as a mentor at a residential treatment center for adolescents, also attending artist residencies at Penland School of Craft and Chateau d’Orquevaux. Previously working solely with watercolor, Huan now experiments with a range of ephemeral materials such as charcoal, repurposed fabrics, and handmade recycled paper. Their works have recently been shown at the 701 Contemporary Center for Art South Carolina Biennial, the AXA Art Prize in New York, and their MFA thesis show at Clemson University, "REFIGURING: reclamation of self and space".