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Kyungmi Shin

Kyungmi Shin - Artists - Sperone Westwater

love's paradise, 2022

Kyungmi Shin was born in South Korea (1963) and lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. She received an MFA from the University of California, Berkeley (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 Sperone Westwater (2024); Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (2023); Various Small Fires (2023; 2021-22); Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles (2022); Galerie Marguo, Paris (2022); Orange County Museum of Art, CA (2020-21); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (2021); Japanese American National Art Museum, Los Angeles (2008-09); Torrance Art Museum, CA (2008); The Berkeley Art Museum, CA (2007); and Art Sonje Center, Seoul (2000). Currently, Kalamazoo Institue of Arts is presenting the solo exhibition, “Kyungmi Shin: A Story of Finding Us,” on view through 12 May 2024. Shin has received numerous grants including California Community Foundation Grant, City of Los Angeles Master Artist Grant (COLA), Durfee Grant and Pasadena City Individual Artist Fellowship. Her work is part of the permanent collections at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, J. Paul Getty Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She has completed over 20 public artworks, and her most recent public video sculpture was installed at the Netflix headquarters in Hollywood, CA (2018). Shin is represented by Various Small Fires, Los Angeles / Dallas / Seoul.

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Canvas split by scene of Korean shaman tiger on one side and group of male figures in suits on the other.

Kyungmi Shin

Plato and the rococo, 2023

photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel

60 x 60 x 1 5/8 inches (152,4 x 152,4 x 4,1 cm)

SW 23172

Loose figurative image of woman behind a leopard and a half man half horse hybrid human gripping a snake.

Kyungmi Shin

The Invisible Woman #4, 2023

photo and acrylic on rice paper mounted on wood panel, walnut frame

41 1/4 x 31 x 2 1/8 inches (104,8 x 78,7 x 5,4 cm) frame

SW 23165

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A canvas split by a scene in a predominantly blue palette of a woman seated at a table atop a scene of a woman seated on the barrier of a patio smiling and facing the viewer.

Kyungmi Shin

The Invisible Woman #6, 2023

photo and acrylic on rice paper mounted on wood panel, walnut frame

41 1/4 x 31 x 2 1/8 inches (104,8 x 78,7 x 5,4 cm) frame

SW 23166

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A heavily pink scene surrounded by water lillies and featuring a mythical figure in a grey box on one side of the canvas, a group of vases in a box on the other, both set in front of a box of grey sitting between them.

Kyungmi Shin

between a thing and a person, 2023

photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel

60 x 80 1/4 x 1 5/8 inches (152,4 x 203,8 x 4,1 cm)

SW 23168

The golden outline of a vase and its details set against an image with three distinct registers of color, one blue and white featuring flora and fauna, one black and white featuring a seated figure, and one in the middle with a translucent overlay of the blue and white over the black and white photograph.

Kyungmi Shin

The Invisible Woman #5, 2023

photo and acrylic on rice paper mounted on wood panel, walnut frame

41 1/4 x 31 x 2 1/8 inches (104,8 x 78,7 x 5,4 cm) frame

SW 23163

The translusent image of a pagoda with three figures in suits seated in front, with medieval European painted figures in the foreground and mythical figures and flora surrounding the photo on the mixed media canvas.

Kyungmi Shin

continental curiosities, 2023

photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel

59 3/4 x 59 3/4 x 1 5/8 inches (151,8 x 151,8 x 4,1 cm)

SW 23171

A translucent photograph of several figures against the painting of a man being tended to by servants under a tent and against the backdrop of assorted architecture.

Kyungmi Shin

Bitter Oriental, 2023

photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel

60 x 48 x 1 5/8 inches (152,4 x 121,9 x 4,1 cm)

SW 23169

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A bowl of fruit with centered in a scene with a white outline of vases and assorted boxes on the proper left, overlay an image of a table with men and children in the background.

Kyungmi Shin

superfluity of things, 2023

photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel

48 x 59 3/4 x 1 5/8 inches (121,9 x 151,8 x 4,1 cm)

SW 23167

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a group of translucent male figures in front of a building andflora overlay a painting featuring extensive plant life in a predominantly purple palette, behind a white outline of a traditional Korean god on one side, and a medieval-type woman encircled by a dragon.

Kyungmi Shin

excess of synthesized dream, 2023

photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel

60 x 108 x 1 5/8 inches (152,4 x 274,3 x 4,1 cm)

SW 23174

Mixed media on wood panel featuring a translucent woman surrounded by flora, architecture, and mythical creatures in the foreground.

Kyungmi Shin

The Invisible Woman #1, 2023

photo and acrylic on rice paper mounted on wood panel, walnut frame

41 1/4 x 31 x 2 1/8 inches (104,8 x 78,7 x 5,4 cm) frame

SW 23164

Diptych executed with two separate wood panels featuring a combination of images, mythical figures, plant life, and images overlay or on top of drawing and painting

Kyungmi Shin

the tropical other, 2023

photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel

diptych; 59 3/4 x 40 x 1 5/8 inches (151,8 x 101,6 x 4,1 cm) each
59 3/4 x 82 x 1 5/8 inches (151,8 x 208,3 x 4,1 cm) overall

SW 23173

A translucent photograph of two women on two wood panels with a predominantly blue palette surrounded by assorted flora and fauna, predominantly birds

Kyungmi Shin

the ornamental, 2023

photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel

diptych; 59 3/4 x 40 x 1 5/8 inches (151,8 x 101,6 x 4,1 cm) each
59 3/4 x 80 x 1 5/8 inches (151,8 x 203,2 x 4,1 cm) overall

SW 23170

diptych with a woman standing beside a large bird monument behind painted Chinoiserie-style tree branches with birds on the left and the winged Chinese god of thunder on the right panel

Kyungmi Shin
The Invisible Woman #7, 2023
photo and acrylic on rice paper mounted on wood panel, walnut frame
diptych; 62 x 47 1/4 x 2 1/8 inches (157,5 x 104,8 x 5,4 cm) overall
SW 23137

Canvas split by scene of Korean shaman tiger on one side and group of male figures in suits on the other.

Kyungmi Shin

Plato and the rococo, 2023

photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel

60 x 60 x 1 5/8 inches (152,4 x 152,4 x 4,1 cm)

SW 23172

Loose figurative image of woman behind a leopard and a half man half horse hybrid human gripping a snake.

Kyungmi Shin

The Invisible Woman #4, 2023

photo and acrylic on rice paper mounted on wood panel, walnut frame

41 1/4 x 31 x 2 1/8 inches (104,8 x 78,7 x 5,4 cm) frame

SW 23165

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A canvas split by a scene in a predominantly blue palette of a woman seated at a table atop a scene of a woman seated on the barrier of a patio smiling and facing the viewer.

Kyungmi Shin

The Invisible Woman #6, 2023

photo and acrylic on rice paper mounted on wood panel, walnut frame

41 1/4 x 31 x 2 1/8 inches (104,8 x 78,7 x 5,4 cm) frame

SW 23166

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A heavily pink scene surrounded by water lillies and featuring a mythical figure in a grey box on one side of the canvas, a group of vases in a box on the other, both set in front of a box of grey sitting between them.

Kyungmi Shin

between a thing and a person, 2023

photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel

60 x 80 1/4 x 1 5/8 inches (152,4 x 203,8 x 4,1 cm)

SW 23168

The golden outline of a vase and its details set against an image with three distinct registers of color, one blue and white featuring flora and fauna, one black and white featuring a seated figure, and one in the middle with a translucent overlay of the blue and white over the black and white photograph.

Kyungmi Shin

The Invisible Woman #5, 2023

photo and acrylic on rice paper mounted on wood panel, walnut frame

41 1/4 x 31 x 2 1/8 inches (104,8 x 78,7 x 5,4 cm) frame

SW 23163

The translusent image of a pagoda with three figures in suits seated in front, with medieval European painted figures in the foreground and mythical figures and flora surrounding the photo on the mixed media canvas.

Kyungmi Shin

continental curiosities, 2023

photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel

59 3/4 x 59 3/4 x 1 5/8 inches (151,8 x 151,8 x 4,1 cm)

SW 23171

A translucent photograph of several figures against the painting of a man being tended to by servants under a tent and against the backdrop of assorted architecture.

Kyungmi Shin

Bitter Oriental, 2023

photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel

60 x 48 x 1 5/8 inches (152,4 x 121,9 x 4,1 cm)

SW 23169

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A bowl of fruit with centered in a scene with a white outline of vases and assorted boxes on the proper left, overlay an image of a table with men and children in the background.

Kyungmi Shin

superfluity of things, 2023

photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel

48 x 59 3/4 x 1 5/8 inches (121,9 x 151,8 x 4,1 cm)

SW 23167

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a group of translucent male figures in front of a building andflora overlay a painting featuring extensive plant life in a predominantly purple palette, behind a white outline of a traditional Korean god on one side, and a medieval-type woman encircled by a dragon.

Kyungmi Shin

excess of synthesized dream, 2023

photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel

60 x 108 x 1 5/8 inches (152,4 x 274,3 x 4,1 cm)

SW 23174

Mixed media on wood panel featuring a translucent woman surrounded by flora, architecture, and mythical creatures in the foreground.

Kyungmi Shin

The Invisible Woman #1, 2023

photo and acrylic on rice paper mounted on wood panel, walnut frame

41 1/4 x 31 x 2 1/8 inches (104,8 x 78,7 x 5,4 cm) frame

SW 23164

Diptych executed with two separate wood panels featuring a combination of images, mythical figures, plant life, and images overlay or on top of drawing and painting

Kyungmi Shin

the tropical other, 2023

photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel

diptych; 59 3/4 x 40 x 1 5/8 inches (151,8 x 101,6 x 4,1 cm) each
59 3/4 x 82 x 1 5/8 inches (151,8 x 208,3 x 4,1 cm) overall

SW 23173

A translucent photograph of two women on two wood panels with a predominantly blue palette surrounded by assorted flora and fauna, predominantly birds

Kyungmi Shin

the ornamental, 2023

photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel

diptych; 59 3/4 x 40 x 1 5/8 inches (151,8 x 101,6 x 4,1 cm) each
59 3/4 x 80 x 1 5/8 inches (151,8 x 203,2 x 4,1 cm) overall

SW 23170

diptych with a woman standing beside a large bird monument behind painted Chinoiserie-style tree branches with birds on the left and the winged Chinese god of thunder on the right panel

Kyungmi Shin
The Invisible Woman #7, 2023
photo and acrylic on rice paper mounted on wood panel, walnut frame
diptych; 62 x 47 1/4 x 2 1/8 inches (157,5 x 104,8 x 5,4 cm) overall
SW 23137