Artist Bio
Sujin Shin is an artist known for her interactive print installation and painterly printmaking works alluding to repetition and intersubjectivity. Korean, Shin was born in Seoul in 1972 and has lived and worked in Seoul. She achieved a PhD in Fine Arts from Seoul National University, Korea and a MFA in printmaking from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She had 13 times of her solo exhibitions in Seoul (Korea), Tokyo (Japan), and Several Cities in U.S. She has also curated exhibitions including Crossing Gene: American and Korean Printmaking Exchange Exhibition. She received the First Place of the Show from Frameless 99: National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper and several kinds of fund from Korean government. Her works are collected by Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art (Utah), Madison Art Center (Wisconsin), Seoul National University Museum of Art (Korea), the Art Bank at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Korea, (Korea) and others. Shin has also taught drawing, painting and printmaking in Seoul National University, Kookmin University, and so on.
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Education
- 2011
- PhD in Fine Art (painting & printmaking), Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- 2001
- MFA in art (printmaking), University of Wisconsin at Madison, WI, U.S.A.
- 1997
- MFA in painting, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- 1995
- BFA in painting, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Awards & Honors
- 2014
- Visiting Artist in Residence,Youngeun Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea
- 2014
- Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture Fund
- 2014
- Excellence Prize of Thesis at Korean Society of Basic Design & Art
- 2012
- Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture Fund
- 2010
- Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation Fund
- 2009
- Visiting Artist, Northern Illinois University, U.S.A.
- 2008
- Korean Cultural and Arts Promotion Fund
- 2006
- Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture Fund
- 2006
- Korean Cultural and Arts Promotion Fund
- 2005
- Visiting Artist in Residence, Utah State University, U.S.A.
- 2005
- Visiting Artist, University of Redlands, U.S.A.
- 2001
- Madison Print Club Award for printmaker, U.S.A.
- 2000
- Representative Work for UW-Madison, Big Ten Show, U.S.A.
- 2000
- Tamarind Institute Summer Workshop, New Mexico, U.S.A.
- 2000
- Marie Christine Kohler Fellowship, U.S.A.
- 2000
- Vilas Fellowship, U.S.A.
- 2000
- Alfred Sessler Memorial Scholarship for printmaker, U.S.A.
- 1999
- First Place of the Show (Frameless 99: A National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper), U.S.A.
Public Collections
- Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah, U.S.A.
- Madison Art Center, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
- Museum of Art Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- Jincheon Printmaking Museum, Jincheon, Korea
- Park Soo Keun Museum, Yanggu, Korea
- Hill Memorial Library, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.
- LSU Printworkshop Print Collection, Louisiana State University, U.S.A.
- University of Texas-Austin, U.S.A.
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A.
- Daemyung Resort Vivaldi Park, HongCheon, Korea
- Alpensia Resort, Korea
- Jeju Phoenix Island, Korea
- Dongwon Center, Seoul National University, Korea
- Seoul National University Library
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
- Gyeonggi Museum of Art, Korea
- Art Bank, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
Solo Exhibitions
- 2019
- Gallery Sein, Seoul, Korea
- 2016
- Gallery DOS, Seoul, Korea
- 2014
- Youngeun Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea
- 2014
- Kimreeaa Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- 2012
- Gallery Viva, Hongcheon, Korea
- 2012
- Gallery Grimson, Seoul, Korea
- 2012
- Gallery Grimson, Seoul, Korea
- 2010
- Gallery Cha, Seoul, Korea
- 2008
- Bukchon Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
- 2007
- Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
- 2005
- Twain Tippets Gallery, Logan, Utah, U.S.A.
- 2005
- Peppers Art Gallery, Redlands, California, U.S. A.
- 2005
- Woong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- 2002
- Chuwa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2001
- Gallery Daim, Seoul, Korea
- 2001
- Kings Foot Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- 1999
- Humanities Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- 1996
- Indeco Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Selected Exhibitions
- 2020
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- North and South Korea Special Exhibition : Peace, Wind Blows (Sejong Center)
- 2019
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- Korea International Art Fair (KOEX Exhibition Hall)
- Traveling Flat File (Printing Arts Fair, SCGI, Dallas Texas)
- 2018
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- Do Print! 60 Years of Korean Contemporary Printmaking (Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art)
- 2017
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- Little Prince: Three Stars (Clay Arc Gimhae Museum of Art, Gimhae)
- Painting Sprit, Answer 30 Years (Gallery Dongduk)
- Mirayang Art Center Opening Commemoration Exhibition (Mirayang Art Center, Mirayang)
- 2016
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- Eco-Meet Printmaking (Seolmijae Art Museum)
- Art Works Created on Paper, (Tainan Xinying Cultural Center, 대만)
- Flower Blossom (Shinsegae Gallery)
- Inside Drawing (Ilwoo Space)
- 2015
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- Play with Plate (Jebiri Art Museum)
- SOMA Drawing – Mindful Mindless (SOMA Museum))
- Biennale Internationale De La Gravure De Sarcelles (Mairie de Sarcelles, France)
- 2014
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- So Far, So Close (Muk Gallery, Guangzhou, China)
- Color, come to play to the museum (Aram Art Museum, Goyang)
- Art Edition Hong Kong 2014 (Marco Polo Hong Kong Hotel)
- Making Print : Print Making (Art Space)
- Korean Contemporary Printmaking 2014-2015 in Russia (Togliatti Art Museum etc., Russia)
- 2013
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- Color - Texture (Gallery Sein)
- 2013
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- Makers in Print: International Exhibition (Layton Gallery, Milwaukee, U.S.A.)
- Get in the Park Soo Keun Museum (Park Soo Keun Museum, Yanggu, Korea)
- Pleasant Transformation of Printmaking (Gyeonghuigung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea )
- 2012
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- Fine Arts Department Faculty Exchange Exhibition (Gongpyeong Art Gallery)
- Printmaking & Communication (Gyeonghuigung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea )
- New Year's Planning Exhibition – Dream of Dragon (Shinsegae Gallery)
- 2011
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- Bricoleur of Sensuous (Jincheon Printmaking Museum, Jincheon, Korea)
- International Engraving & Printmaking- The Wind of 1000 Years
(World Exchange Center, Hapcheon, Korea)
- 2010
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- Hear and Now and Then (Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- Convergence: Korean Prints Now (Williams Tower Gallery, Landmark Arts Gallery, Texas, U.S.A.)
- Tool Tool Tool Print (Seoul Museum of Art)
- Seed Storage - 2010 Seo Environment Exhibition (Seo Gallery)
- The Futurity of Contemporary Print Art (The-Chun Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan)
- 2009
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- Print Your Life (Seoul Museum of Art)
- Exposition de Gravure (Espace des Arts Sans Frontieres, Paris, France)
- New Painting of Flowers and Birds (Interalia Gallery)
- Painting Spirit (Light Garden gallery)
- Tolerance in Art (Kookmin Art Gallery)
- 2008
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- Print Your Life (Seoul Museum of Art)
- Exposition de Gravure (Espace des Arts Sans Frontieres, Paris, France)
- New Painting of Flowers and Birds (Interalia Gallery)
- Painting Spirit (Light Garden gallery)
- Tolerance in Art (Kookmin Art Gallery)
- 2007
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- DA Spectrum (Noam Gallery)
- 2007 Seoul Contemporary Art Exhibition-Engraving (Seoul Museum of Art)
- Japan-Korean Contemporary Printmaking (Gallery Mai, Tokyo/ Amano Gallery, Osaka, Japan)
- Spectrum of the Korean Contemporary Print (Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia)
- Busan International Print Art Festival 2005 (Busan City Hall, Busan, Korea)
- GIAF – International Contemporary Multiple Art (Gyeongnam Art Museum)
- Walking above the line (Pyo Gallery Beijing, Beijing, China)
- 2006
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- INKLANDIA: International Print Exhibition (East Gallery, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A.)
- Crossing Gene: American and Korean Printmaking Exchange Exhibition (Sun Contemporary Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea & Humanities Gallery, Madison, U.S.A)
- Puzzle Project (Ponkau Art Space, Osaka, Japan)
- After Printmaking (Ian Gallery, Daejeon)
- International Print Network – From Paper to Digital (Keumsan Gallery, Heyri, Korea)
- Media Edge - From the Movable Image (Sadi Space Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
- Print Spectrum (Sun Gallery)
- 2005
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- Novosibirsk International Biennial of Contemporary Graphic Art (Novosibirsk Art Museum, Russia)
- Seoul Print 2005 (Topohaus, Seoul, Korea)
- New Trend of Korean Printmakers (Woorim Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
- Kyungin Invitation Exhibition (Kyungin Museum of Fine Art)
- Busan International Print Art Festival 2005 (Busan City Hall, Busan, Korea)
- 2004
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- Korean Contemporary Printmaker Association Show (Hanjun Gallery, Seoul, Koera)
- Prints Exchange Show (Tokyo Art College, Japan, Joonang Art Center, Chaina, & Seoul National Univ. Korea)
- 2003
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- Songeun Art Great Competition (Gong Pyung Art Center, Seoul, Korea)
- The Scent of Baek-Jae (My Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
- Curtains (Manhattan Graphic Center, New York, U.S.A.)
- 2002
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- Sub Fiction (King's Foot Gallery, Madison, WI, U.S.A.)
- (Re)Meditation (Kim Nae Hyun Gallery, Koyang, Korea)
- Letter from Korea (Chuwa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan)
- Inter Project-Symbiosis (Incheon Art Center, Incheon, Korea)
- 2001
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- International Print Triennial in Kanagawa 2001 (Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan)
- 12th Tallinn Print Triennial: Mutating Image (Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia)
- Curtains: International Exchange Exhibition (Coalition of Artists Gallery, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.)
- The 73rd Annual Art Show (Porter Butts Gallery, Madison, WI, U.S.A.)
- 2000
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- Artlink: Annual National Print Competition (Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A.)
- The Infringers: On Appropriation (734 Gallery, Madison, WI, U.S.A.)
- Laginiappe III (California & Murphy J. Foster Gallery, Louisiana, U.S.A.)
- Mini Millennium: A National Exhibition of Small Works (Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.)
- Artful Women 2000 (Heideman Gallery, Madison, WI, U.S.A.)
- Big Ten Conference Art Show (BTC Atrium, Park Ridge, Illinois, U.S.A.)
- Pointing Fingers 2000: A Digital Fine Art Competition (Vanguard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.)
- 1999
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- Frameless 99 : Works on Paper (SCC Upstairs Gallery, Whiteville, North Carolina, U.S.A.)
- Parkside National Small Print Exhibition (UW-Parkside, Kenosha, WI, U.S.A.)
- Feel My Pain (Humanities Gallery, Madison, WI, U.S.A.)
- Women on the Edge of Time (Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI, U.S.A.)
- 1998
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- 2ND International Triennial of Graphic Art Prague (Old City Hall, Prague, Czechoslovakia)
- Ye-Woo Great Exhibition (Seoul City Museum, Seoul)
- Proclaim Exhibition (63 Gallery, Seoul)
Selected Teaching Experience
- 2000-2001
- Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 2003-
- Lecturer, Seoul National University
- 2004-2014
- Lecturer, Kookmin University
- 2005-2014
- Lecturer, Dankook University
- 2008-2013
- Lecturer, Sungshin Women’s University
- 2011-
- Lecturer, Suwon University
- 2015-2018
- Lecturer, Korea University
