Jean Shin is nationally recognized for her monumental installations that transform everyday objects into elegant expressions of identity and community. Distinguished by her meticulous, labor-intensive process, and her engagement of community, Shin’s arresting installations reflect individuals’ personal lives as well as collective issues that we face as a society. Her work has been widely exhibited in major museums, including in solo exhibitions at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Arizona (2010), Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC (2009), the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia (2006), and The Museum of Modern Art in New York (2004).Other venues have been the New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Art and Design, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Asia Society and Museum, The Brooklyn Museum, Sculpture Center, Socrates Sculpture Park, and Frederieke Taylor Gallery in New York City. Site-specific permanent installations have been commissioned by the US General Services Administration Art in Architecture Award, New York City’s Percent for the Arts and MTA Art for Transit. She has received numerous awards, including the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Architecture/Environmental Structures (2008) and Sculpture (2003), Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, and Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Art Award. Her works have been featured in many publications, including Frieze Art, Flash Art, Tema Celeste, Art in America, Sculpture Magazine, Artnews, and The New York Times. Born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in the United States, Shin attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 1999 and received a BFA and MS from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. She lives and works in New York City.
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Art CommissionsPublic Art 2008 - PresentUnited States2015 MTA, Arts for Transit Commission, 63rd Street Station, Second Ave Subway, New York City 2015 City of Seattle, North Transfer Station Public Art, WA2014 Maimonides Medical Center Courtyard Lobby, Brooklyn, NY2010 Settings, New York City, Percent for Art Commission, PS/IS 276, Battery Park City, NY2008 Celadon Remnants, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Arts for Transit Commission, LIRR Broadway Station, Queens, NY2008 Dress Code, US General Services Administration Art in Architecture Award, George Fallon Federal Building, Baltimore, MD
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Solo ExhibitionsMuseums And Galleries 1999 - Present2021 Jean Shin: Fallen, Olana State Historic Site, Hudson, NY2020 Jean Shin: Pause, Asian Art Museum San Francisco, CA2020 Jean Shin: Floating MAiZE, Brookfield Arts and LMCC2019 Outlooks: Jean Shin, Storm King Art Center, NY 2018 Jean Shin: Collections, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA2016 Jean Shin: Surface Tension, Cristin Tierney Gallery, NYC2015 Jean Shin: Inclusions, Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, TX2015 Jean Shin: Domesticated Landscapes, Mark Moore Gallery, LA2013 Jean Shin: Host, Montclair Art Museum, curator Alexandra Schwartz2013 Jean Shin: Interval, Korean Cultural Center, LA2013 Jean Shin: Recall, Pratt Institute2012 Jean Shin & Brian Ripel: Retreat, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park2010 Jean Shin & Brian Ripel: Unlocking, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, curator Cassandra Coblentz2010 Jean Shin: Pattern Folds, Calvin Klein Collection, New York2009 Jean Shin: Common Threads, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C., curator Joanna Marsh2008 Jean Shin: And we move, Location One, New York City, curator Natalie Angles2007 Jean Shin: Key Promises, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York City2006 Jean Shin: TEXTile, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA2005 Jean Shin: Glasscape, Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris2005 Jean Shin: Accumulations, University Art Museum, Albany, NY, curator Janet Riker2004 Projects 81: Jean Shin, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, curator Eva Respini2004 Jean Shin: Recent Works, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York City2004 Hide, Ulrich Museum of Art, KS, curator Elizabeth Dunbar2003 Penumbra, Socrates Sculpture Park, LIC, New York City1999 444, Apex Art, New York City, curator Susan Harris
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Adjunct Professor Cce Tenture, Department Of Fine ArtsPratt Institute 1998 - PresentBrooklyn, New YorkI currently teach courses in MFA program: Integrated Practices, Project in Public Realm, Professional PracticeCourses I have taught previously include: Symposium, Sculpture, Fine Arts Seminar, Drawing Expanded Field, Internship Course, General and Figure Drawing, Light/Color/Design.2018-present SVA MFA program faculty2019-present Chautauqua Institute, School of Art, Visual Arts Summer Residency Program--Core mentor2008-09 Parsons MFA program, Core Graduate Faculty2018-2015 Committee on Women in the Arts, College Art Association (3 year term) -
Visiting ArtistGraduate And Undergraduate Colleges 2004 - Present2020 RISD Graduate MFA2020 Christie’s Education Program2020 Ringling College, School of Art, FL2019 Penn State, Palmer Museum of Art2019 California College of the Art, Fine Arts, San Francisco2019 Queens College, MFA2018 Brown University, Department of Visual Arts, RI 2018 Art Table, NYC 2018 Philadelphia Museum of Art2017 National Art Education Association’s Convention 2017 Smith Museum, Auburn University, AL2017 University of North Texas, TX2016 Columbia University, NYC2015 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA2015 University of North Texas, Denton, TX 6.152015 SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA2012 School of Art Institute of Chicago, IL2012 Washington State University, Pullman, WA 2011 Baylor University, Waco, TX2011 Vermont Studio Center, VT2011 Syracuse University, NY2010 Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA2010 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA2010 Art Institute of Boston, MA2010 New York Studio Program, NYC2010 Kent State University, OH2010 Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ2010 University of Arizona, School of Art, Tuscon, AZ2010 Vermont Studio Center, VT2009 The Art Institute of Boston, MFA program, MA2007 Parsons, MFA program NYC 2007 School of Visual Arts, MFA program NYC 2007 Fairfield University, Art Department, CT 2006 New York University, MFA Program, NYC2006 Pratt Institute, Sculpture Program, NYC2006 Columbia University, NYC2006 New York University, NYC2005 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY2005 Parson’s School of Art and Design, NYC2005 State University New York, New Paltz, MFA Program,NY2005 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY2005 The New School, Visual and Performing Arts, NYC2004 Hunter College, MFA program, NYC2004 New York Studio Program, NYC
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Foundation Board Service & Selection PanelNon-Profit Arts Organizations And Foundations 2002 - PresentUnited States2017- present Board President (2021), Joan Mitchell Foundation2019-present Board, YoungArts, The National Foundation for the Advancement of Artists2014-2009 Board, Residency Unlimited, NYC2011 Selection Panel, Painting and Sculpture Grant, Joan Mitchell Foundation, NY2011 Selection Panel, New York City Percent for Art Program2010 Selection Panel, New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit, 9th Ave Subway Station2010 Advisory Panel, WNET.org, project with National Endowment for the Humanities 2010 National Selection Panel & Visual Artist Mentor, youngARTS, National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts, Miami, FL2008-09 Selection Panel, New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit, Second Ave Subway line 2008 Selection Panel, Artadia New York Artist Residency, NYC 2009-10 Board of Directors, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY2007 Honorary Committee, New York Foundation for the Arts2006 Program Advisory Committee, Lower East Side Printshop, NYC2001-2004 Visual Artist Panelist, New York State Council on the Arts, NYC2003 Selection Panel, Asian American Arts Center, NYC2002-2003 Advisory Panel, Art in General, NYC
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Lectures And PanelistConferences, Universities & Museums 2004 - Present2021 EcoArt: Grief, Healing & Care in the time of our Enviro Crisis, CAA Diasporic Asian Art Network2020 Asia Art Archive, Art+Feminism: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, New York Public Library2019 Social Justice, Design and Public Art, US Presidential Scholar Conference, Washington, DC, 2018 Addressing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Annual Conference Artist-Endowed Foundation Initiative, The Aspen Institute, NYC2018 Living Legacy, A Landmark at 40: Nevelson Chapel Renewed, Saint Peter’s Church, NYC 2017 Role of Public Art in the City, Pratt Presents2017 The Artist as Culture Producer, 8th Floor Gallery2017 City as Living Laboratory Workshop, Sustainable Made Tangible2015 Public Art and Placemaking Preconference, Chicago, IL2012 National Art Education Annual Conference, NYC 2012 WNYC Leonard Lopate, Green Space, NYC2011 Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC 2010 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, AZ 2010 "Temporary Public Art" Preconference, Fifty Years Americans for the Arts, Baltimore2009 Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC2009 "Jean Shin: Working with Ephemera while Considering Conservation” Winterthur Museum, DE2009 “Mind the Gap: Strategic National Arts Alumni Project—Tracking Results of Intensive Arts Training,” Grantmakers in the Arts Conference, Surdna Foundation and NEA2008 New York Foundation for the Art, Business of Art Professional Seminars: New York University2008 US General Services Administration, Fallon Federal Building, Baltimore MD2008 Baltimore Museum of Art2008 Asian Contemporary Art Week, Korea Gallery, NY2008 Art Table at the Jewish Museum2008 Sculpture Center 2008 New York Foundation for the Arts2006 Museum of Modern Art, NYC2006 Brooklyn Museum, NY2006 Asia Society and Museum, NYC2005 Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA2005 Sculpture Center, LIC, NY2005 New York State Workshop Consortium, NYC2004 Museum of Modern Art, NYC2004 New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC2004 Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
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Artist And EducatorJean Shin Studio 1996 - PresentBrooklyn, New York
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FellowshipsResidency Programs 1992 - Present2019-20 Asia Art Archive in America Fellow: Model Minority and Model Majorities, New York City2018 Wave Hill Winter Studio Residency, New York City2016 Materials for the Arts, NYC2007-08 Location One International Residency Program, New York City2003-06 Fabric Workshop and Museum, Artist Residency, Philadelphia, PA2004-05 Dieu Donne Papermill, Studio Workshop Residency, New York City2004-05 Lower East Side Printshop, Special Editions Fellow, New York City2004 Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation2003 Art Omi International Artists Residency Program, Ghent, NY2003 BCAT/ Rotunda Gallery Residency, Brooklyn, NY2002 Ssamzie Space, International Artist Studio Program, Seoul, South Korea2002 Smack Mellon Studios, Residency Program, Brooklyn, New York1992 Vermont Studio Center, International Residency Program, VT
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Curatorial Research AsisstantWhitney Museum 1996 - 1999Greater New York City AreaI worked in the Permanent Collection as well as special exhibitions: American Century, Art and Technology, New York Dada, Louise Nevelson, etc.
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