2018 Juror: Jean Shin
Born in South Korea and raised in the United States, Jean Shin attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and received a BFA in Painting and an MS in Theory, Criticism and History of Art, Design and Architecture from Pratt Institute, New York. Her works have been exhibited at more than 150 museums and cultural institutions, including solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.
Jean Shin is nationally recognized for her monumental installations that transform castoff materials into elegant expressions of identity and community.听Working in a variety of mediums, she collects vast accumulations of singular objects鈥攑rescription pill bottles, sports trophies, sweaters鈥攚hich she alters into conceptually rich sculptures, videos and site-specific installations.听Distinguished by her meticulous, labor intensive process of amassing her materials from various communities, her arresting installations reflect the individuals鈥� personal lives as well as collective issues that we face as a society.
Her work has been widely exhibited in major national and international museums, including 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.听Site-specific permanent installations have been commissioned by the US General Services Administration Art in Architecture Award, New York City鈥檚 Percent for the Arts and MTA Art for Transit.听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.听Her works have been featured in several publications, including听Frieze Art,听Flash Art,听Tema Celeste, Art in America,听Sculpture Magazine,听Artnews, and听The New York Times.
Jean Shin currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Learn more about the artist on.
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