Kyungmi Shin

Kyungmi Shin

BornNationalityBased In
1963N/ALos Angeles
Biography

Kyungmi Shin is a visual artist who works across painting, sculpture, and photography. Her installation works have been profoundly influenced by her experience of building a studio home in Ghana, West Africa in 2005. Her intention was to build an affordable vacation home in a tropical landscape, which then became an opportunity for her to examine feelings of fear, guilt, and prejudice and also learn about the relationship between developed and underdeveloped parts of the world. She shifted the focus from the investigation of perception and personal identity to the study of the effects of global economic connections in 2007. Through creating photo collages, videos, and sculptural installations, she investigates global connections by examining the rituals, myths, and physical evidence of the inter-connectedness between developed and underdeveloped nations as well as the effects of globalization. Shin's artistic practice extends beyond the visual arts and she has developed a public art practice that involves listening to and learning from the community, history, and nature of a particular site. By conducting thorough research on the natural and cultural history and the current context of a site, she creates artworks that imbue meaning to the location and engage the viewers imagination. ...

Selected Artworks
Head in the Tiger's Mouth
Kyungmi Shin
Head in the Tiger's Mouth, 2021
139.7 x 115.6cm
Ingres on the horizon, silver
Kyungmi Shin
Ingres on the horizon, silver, 2021
101.6 x 101.6cm
When the Birds Sing
Kyungmi Shin
When the Birds Sing, 2021
152.4 x 203.2cm
mirrors of hard distorting glass
Kyungmi Shin
mirrors of hard distorting glass, 2022
154.9 x 230.8cm
tiger with families across the ocean
Kyungmi Shin
tiger with families across the ocean, 2022
152.1 x 114cm
The promised afterlife
Kyungmi Shin
The promised afterlife, 2024
152.5 x 203cm
And full of god, joy and sIns
Kyungmi Shin
And full of god, joy and sIns, 2024
152 x 122cm
What's in your love's eyes
Kyungmi Shin
What's in your love's eyes, 2024
152 x 122cm
The Invisible Women #13
Kyungmi Shin
The Invisible Women #13, 2024
101.5 x 75.5cm
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