Through layering on top of photographs with painting that creates opacity and transparency, I was creating narratives that allude to the complicated stories of the cultural identity, immigration, colonization, and the global economy that drives these movements.
— Kyungmi Shin
Kyungmi Shin is a visual artist working with painting, sculpture, and photography. Shin received an MFA from UC Berkeley, CA (1995). Working with painting, sculpture, and photography, Shin explores various histories, identities and migrations by interrogating colonial, capitalist and religious global expansion and its effect.
Shin has presented works at Orange County Museum of Art, CA; The Berkeley Art Museum, CA; Art Sonje Center, Seoul; Japanese American National Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA; and Torrance Art Museum, CA. Shin has received numerous grants including California Community Foundation Grant, Durfee Grant, Pasadena City Individual Artist Fellowship and Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Artist in Residence Grants. Her work is part of the permanent collections at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA, and the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, CA. She has completed over 20 public artworks, and her most recent public video sculpture was installed at the Netflix headquarters in Hollywood, CA (2018).
Born in Busan, South Korea in 1963
Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA
Education
| 1995 |
MFA, Sculpture & Installation, University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| 1991 |
Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, USA |
| 1986 | BS, Biochemistry, San Jose State University, USA |
| 1983 | Kyungbook National University Medical School, Korea |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2021 |
Various Small Fires, ‘citizen, not barbarian’, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2020 |
Orange County Museum of Art, ‘Father Crosses the Ocean’, Santa Ana, CA |
| 2010 |
See Line Gallery, ‘Spirit Shack’, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2009 | Nichols Gallery, ‘Melancholy of Chaos’, Pitzer College, Pomona, CA |
| Sweeney Art Gallery, ‘Project Room Installation’, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA | |
| 2008 | 18th Street Project, ‘Rich’, solo installation curated by Tyler Stallings, Los Angeles, CA |
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LAX Airport, ‘Blue’, Terminal 3, 200ft wall installation, Los Angeles, CA |
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| 7th&Figueroa, Brookfield Properties, ‘Many Waters’, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2006 | Winslow Garage, ‘Chewing Gums and Candy’, Echo Park, CA |
| 2004 | Pasadena Public Library, ‘Kyungmi Shin’, Pasadena, CA |
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Pasadena City College Library, ‘Blue Eyes: Kyungmi Shin’, Pasadena, CA |
Group Exhibitions
| 2022 |
Galerie Marguo, ‘The Hearing Trumpet, Part II’, curated by Danielle Shang, Paris, France |
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Barbati Gallery, ‘Imperfect Paradise’, curated by Michele Barbati, Venice, Italy |
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| 2021 |
J. P. Getty Museum, ‘Photo Flux: Unshuttering L.A.’, curated by Jill Moniz, CA |
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Charlie James Gallery, ‘Ni de Aqui, Ni de Alla’, Los Angeles, CA |
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| 2020 | Art Center Gallery, ‘Pseudo Mythologies’, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2019 | Quotidian Gallery, ‘Four Women’, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2018 | Roberts Projects, ‘Holding Up 1/2 the Sky’, Culver City, CA |
| 2017 | Fellows of Contemporary Art Gallery, ‘Aliens of Extraordinary Abilities’, Los Angeles, CA |
| ESXLA at the Brewery, ‘Echo Location’, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2016 | ART LABOR gallery, ‘Teleportation’, Shanghai, China |
| 2015 | Stuart Haaga Gallery, Desconso Gardens, ‘Oasis’, curated by John O’Brien, La Canada Flintridge, CA |
Grants & Awards
2021-2002 California Community Foundation Emerging Artist Grant
2003-2004 Pasadena Cultural Affairs Individual Artist Grant
2006-2007 Art In Residence Grant, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs
2007 Durfee Artist Resource for Completion Grant
2007-2008 Art In Residence Grant, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs
2008-2009 Washington DC, “DC Emerge”, Artwalk, Washington DC
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Kyungmi ShinLe Déjeuner, 2022Acrylic on archival pigment print, UV laminate154.9 x 218.4 cm
61 x 86 in -
Kyungmi ShinPompidour Fantasy, 2022Acrylic on archival pigment print, UV laminate152.1 x 114.3 cm
59 7/8 x 45 in -
Kyungmi ShinAin't I a Woman, Jean d'Arc, 2021Acrylic on archival pigment print, UV laminate104.4 × 104.4 cm
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Kyungmi ShinBecoming One, Yet Many, 2021Acrylic on archival pigment print, UV laminate109.5 × 157.5 cm
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Kyungmi ShinCarry Dreams Over the Mountains, 2021Acrylic on archival pigment print, UV laminate104.4 × 104.4 cm
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Kyungmi ShinComing out of the Fog, 2021Acrylic on archival pigment print, UV laminate104.4 × 104.4 cm
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Kyungmi ShinHead in the Tiger's Mouth, 2021Acrylic on archival pigment print, UV laminate139.7 × 115.6 cm
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Kyungmi ShinLoving the Monster, 2021Acrylic on archival pigment print, UV laminate104.4 × 104.4 cm
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Kyungmi ShinPicnic, 2021Acrylic on archival pigment print, UV laminate157.5 × 193 cm
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Kyungmi ShinLunch on the Grass, 2020Acrylic on archival pigment print, UV laminate152.4 × 203.2 cm
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Kyungmi ShinRiding on that Carriage, 2020Acrylic on archival pigment print, UV laminate150.4 × 199.1 cm
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Kyungmi ShinOZ, 2010Acrylic on archival pigment print, UV laminate121.9 x 109.2 cm
