Jeena Shin (born 1973) is a New Zealand painter. Her work is geometric in style, and often monochromatic. Many of her projects are large scale and painted directly on the walls of public galleries.
Early life and education
Shin was born in Seoul, South Korea. Shin received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Auckland in 1997 and a Masters of Fine Arts from RMIT University, Melbourne in 2000. In 2011 she participated in the 'International Residency Exchange Programs' at the Art Studio of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in South Korea.
Shin is resident in Auckland, New Zealand.
Exhibitions In 2016 she was included in the exhibition Necessary Distraction: A Painting Show at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Notable exhibitions at Two Rooms (Auckland) have included Reflection Reflection (2012), Motus (2014), and Over Under Sideways Down (2015–6 with Selina Foote and Jan van de Ploeg). In 2009, she was commissioned to create a large-scale wall painting x at Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
Awards In 2014, Shin was the inaugural winner of the C Art Trust Award.
References
Further reading Artist files for Jeena Shin are held at: Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna Library E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki Robert and Barbara Stewart Library and Archives, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu Fine Arts Library, University of Auckland Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
External links Jeena Shin creating the work 'Movement Image Time. Te Papa'. Jeena Shin website Two Rooms