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CV

 

 

Meekyoung Shin (*1967 in South Korea) lives and works in London & Seoul  

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Education

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2017    MA Glass and Ceramic, Royal College of Art, London 

1998    MFA Sculpture, Slade School of Fine Art in University College London, London 

1993    MA Sculpture, Seoul National University, Seoul 

1990    BA Sculpture, Seoul National University, Seoul 

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Solo Exhibitions and Projects 

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2025    Afterimages of Presence, M & Song Art/Song Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea  

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2024    Chronicles of Collapse, WWNN Gallery, Seoul, South Korea 

            Celestial Whisper, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea  

            New Flower Grow Old Branches, Art Chosun Space, Seoul, South Korea  

            History of fragrance, Lee-Bauwens Gallery, Brussels 

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2023    Time/Material: Performing Museology, Space*C, Seoul, South Korea  

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2022    VANITAS, Art Project Co, Seoul, South Korea 

            Megalith, Keramiek Museum Princesshoff, Netherlands 

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2021    Abstract Matters, CR Collective, Seoul, South Korea 

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2020    In the Shadow of Time, Art' Loft, Leebauwens Gallery, Brussels ​

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2019    Weather, Barakat London, London, U.K. 

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2018    Ancient Future, Wooyang Museum of Art, Gyeongju 

            The Abyss of Time, Arko Art Centre, Seoul 

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2016    Meekyoung Shin Solo Show, Space K, Gwachun  

            Cabinet of Curiosities, Hakgojae Gallery, Shanghai 

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2015    Painting series, Asia House, London 

            Painting Series, Hada Contemporary, London 

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2014    Made in China: An imperial Ming Vase, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol 

            A Cabinet of Curiosities: Meekyoung Shin, The National Centre of Craft & Design, Lincoln  

            A Cabinet of Curiosities: Meekyoung Shin @ Belton House, Belton House  

            Toilet project @ Sketch, Sketch, London 

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2013    Written in Soap: A Plinth Project, Taipei MOCA, Taipei 

            Archetype: Meekyoung Shin, Sumarria lunn Gallery, London 

            Unfixed: A solo exhibition by Meekyoung Shin, Korean Cultural Centre UK, London 

            Translation: The Epic Archive, 2013 Korea Artist Prize, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon  

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2012    In between Translation, MOT/Arts, Taipei  

            Written in Soap: A Plinth Project, Cavendish Square, London 

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2011    Translation, Art Club 1563, Seoul  

            Translation, Haunch of Venison Gallery, London 

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2009    Translation, Kukje Gallery, Seoul 

            Translation, Lefebvre & Fils Gallery, Paris 

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2008    Translation, Museum of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul 

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2007    Translation, Mongin Art Centre, Seoul 

            Translation – Moon Jar, Korean Gallery, British Museum, London 

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2004    Performance & Show, British Museum, London  

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2002    Translation, Tokyo Humanité Gallery, Tokyo   

            Translation, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul 

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1995    Shell, Namu Gallery, Seoul 

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1994    Meekyoung Shin, Seokyoung Gallery, Seoul 

 

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Selected Exhibitions 

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2022    Trace, Gallery JJ, Seoul, South Korea 

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2021    Sensory Garden: Night Falls Light Falls, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, South Korea

            The Chronicle of Lost Time, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea

            Utterly Separate, Gallery Planet, Seoul, South Korea 

            Everything that happened to me, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, South Korea

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2020    Say the Unsayable: 10th Yeosu International Art Festival, Yeosu Expo, Yeosu

            Unbreakable: Women in Glass, Fondazione Berengo Art Space, Venice

            Inspiration - Contemporary Art and Classics, ATENEUM Finnish National Gallery, Finland

            Inspiration-Iconic works, National Museum, Stockholm 

            Between creativity and daydream, The State Hermitage Museum, Russia

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2019    Start x Roland Mouret, Saatchi Gallery, U.K  

            Pick Me, Gyeonggi Museum of Morden Art, Ansan 

            King Sejong and Music Chiwhapyeong, Presidential Archives, Sejong City 

            Age of Classics!, Le Musee Saint-Raymond, Toulouse 

            Welcome, Welcome Centre, Seoul 

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2018    Material, Cob Gallery, London 

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2017    In Motion: Ceramic Reflections in Contemporary art, Keramic Museum Princessehof, Leeuwarden 

            Korean eye: Perceptual Trace, Saatchi Gallery, London 

            Korean’s Spirit, Artveras Contemporary, Geneva 

            Korea Contemporary Ceramic, Victoria & Albert Museum, London 

            The emerging and the established, Christie’s, London 

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2016    Club Monster, Asian Culture Center, Gwangju  

            Changwon Sculpture Biennale, Sungsan Art Hall, Changwon 

            As the moon waxes and wanes, MMCA Gwacheon 30 years 1986-2016, MMCA, Gwacheon 

            La Terre Le Feu L’esprit, Grand Palais, Paris 

            Please return to Busan Port, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway 

            Ceramique Contemporaine Coreenne, Bernardaud Foundation, Limoges 

            Retrospect, Gallery Skape, South Korea

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2015    Rain doesn’t fall for nothing, Kingston College Art& Design, Surrey 

            ‘Have a Good day, Mr. Kim!’ Michael-Horbach Foundation, Cologne 

            Probebühne 7, Museen Dahlem, Berlin 

            How to construct a Time Machine, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes 

            Prudential Eye Awards, ArtScience Museum, Singapore 

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2013    Art for not making, Summaria Lunn Gallery, London 

            Glasstress 2013 White Light/ White heat, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Berengo Centre for Contemporary Art and Glass, Venice  

            Couriers of Taste, Dason House, Bexley Heritage Trust, Kent 

            DNA, Daegue City Museum, Daegue  

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2012    Fabricated Object, Sumarria Lunn Gallery, London 

            Recasting the Gods, Sumarria Lunn Gallery, London 

            Korean Eye, Saatchi Gallery, London  

            The Diverse Spectrum: 600 years of Korean Ceramics, MASP, San     Paulo 

            Synopticon-Contemporary Chinoiserie, Plymouth Museum/Saltram House, Plymouth 

            Material and Energy, Korean Eye, Abu Dhabi  

            Ceramic Commune, Art Sonje, Seoul  

            Material Matter, East Wing X, Courtauld Institute, London 

            As Small As a World and Large as Alone, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul 

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2011    Korean Eye: Energy and Matter, Museum of Art and Design, New York  

            NyLon, Korea Culture Centre London/Korea Culture Service New York 

            Poetry of in Clay: Korean Buncheong Ceramics from Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

            Art to Wear, Plateau Museum, Seoul 

            Mr. Rabbit in Art World, Gyounggi Art Museum, Ansan 

            TRA: Edge of Becoming, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice 

            TEFAF, Maastricht 

            Convergence, OCI Museum, Seoul 

            38°N Snow South: Korean Contemporary Art, Charlotte Lund Gallery, Stockholm 

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2010    Memories from the Past, LEEUM, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul 

            Fantastic Ordinary, Saatchi Gallery, London 

            Present from the Past, Korean Cultural Centre UK, London 

            Moon is the Oldest Clock, National Museum of Art, Deoksugung, Seoul 

            The Alchemists, Edel Assanti Project Space, London 

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2009    Art & Synesthesia, Seoul City Museum, Seoul 

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2008    Art n Play, Hangaram Museum, Seoul 

            Nanjing Triennale, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing 

            Art in Action, Waterparry House, Oxfordshire 

            Meme Trackers, Song Zhuang Art Center, Beijing  

            Good Morning, Mr. Namjun Paik, Korea Cultural Centre in London 

            Awardees, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul  

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2007    Beauty, Desire and Evanescence, Space DA, Beijing 

            Soft Power, Korea Foundation, W Hotel, Seoul 

            Particules Libres, nouvelle génération d’artistes Coréens en Europe, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris  

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2006    Looking through Glass, Asia House, London  

            Softness, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul 

            On, Cover Up, London 

            Wunderkammer-Artificial Kingdom, Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire  

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2005    Twenty-One: New Work by Student, Slade School of Fine Art, London  

            Telltale, Museum of Ehwa University, Seoul 

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2004    Gwang-ju Biennale-Korea Express, Gwang-ju 

            Do Again! Insa Art Center, Seoul 

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2003    Chemical Art, Gallery Sagan, Seoul 

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2002    Eleven & Eleven-Korea Japan Contemporary Art 2002, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul 

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2001    Alchemy, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul 

            Detached House, British Embassy, Seoul 

            The 5th Moran Sculpture Grand Prix, Moran Museum of Art, Masuk 

            The 5th Galerie BHAK Contest of the Young & Remarkable Artist, Galerie BHAK, Seoul 

            Soft Outside/Solid Inside-Softness Crossing Over Solidness, POSCO Art Museum, Seoul 

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1999    Fin de Siècle, Riverside Studios Gallery, London 

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1998    Addressing the Century-100 Years of Art & Fashion, Hayward Gallery, London 

            Summer Show, Slade School of Fine Art, London 

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1997    Korean Young Artist in London, Sacvill Gallery, London 

            All Changes, Harvey Nichols Department Store (Show Window), London 

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1994    The Korean Variation and Aim, Seokyoung Gallery, Seoul 

            Namu Academy, Namu Gallery, Seoul 

            The Woman & Reality, 21C Gallery, Seoul 

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1992    The Korean Variation and Aim, Duckwon Gallery, Seoul 

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1990    The 3rd Space, The 3rd Gallery, Seoul 

 

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Awards 

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2024    Haindoo Art Award, Seoul 

            Seoul Cultural Foundation Award, Seoul 

2023    Seoul Cultural Foundation Fund, Seoul 

2019    Korean Art Council Fund, Arko, Seoul ​

2017    Korean Art Council Fund, Arko, Seoul ​

2016    Seoul Cultural Foundation Fund, Seoul ​

2015    Prudential Eye Award, Best Emerging Artist Using Sculpture 

            Research & Development Fund, Art Council England, London ​

2012    GFA, Art Council England, London 

            Korean Art Council Fund, ARKO, Seoul ​

2001    The 5thGalerie BHAK Contest of Young & Remarkable Artist, Galerie BAHK, Seoul ​

1998    ACAVA 98, The First Base Award, ACAVA London ​

1995    Namu Academy Competition, Namu Gallery, Seoul ​

1994    Contemporary Sculpture Competition, Seoul Press Center, Seoul ​

1993    Korean Grand Annual Competition, Seoul 

 

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Commission Works 

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2014    Bristol Museum & Art Gallery ​

2009    Yongsan Council, Seoul ​

1999    Memorial Sculpture for Margaret Powell, Commissioned by Margaret Powell Foundation 

 

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Attended Residence Programs 

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2024    Cite International des Arts, Paris, France

2021    Sundaymorning@European Keramic Work Centre, Oisterwijk, Netherlands

2019    Sundaymorning@European Keramic Work Centre, Oisterwijk, Netherlands

2009    Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea 

2004    West Dean College, West Sussex, UK

2002-3 Ssamzie Artist Residency Program, Seoul

 

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Collections 

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Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol, UK 

British Art Council, London 

Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea 

Keramiekmuseum Princessehof, Leeuwarden, Netherlands 

Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul 

Mongin Art Centre, Seoul 

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea 

Painting Studio, Tokyo 

Seoul City Museum, Seoul 

Seoul National University Museum of Art 

Suwon Museum of Art, Korea 

Yongsan Council, Seoul 

Coreana Museum, Seoul 

 

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