My Exhibition & Activities History

EDUCATION M.F.A., Sculpture & Installation, University of California, Berkeley, 1995 GRANTS, PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS, RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS Washington Blvd Improvement Project, Culver City Cultural Affairs, 2006-7, Art In Residence Grant, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs, Children’s Art Workshop at Baldwin Hills Library, 2006-7, La Fayette Park Gymnasium & Community Center, Public Art Commission, City of Los Angeles, 2005-7, Pasadena Cultural Affairs Individual Artist Grant, 2003-4, award California Community Foundation Emerging Artist Grant, 2001-2,, award Chancellor’s Eisner Prize for Creative Achievement, UC Berkeley, 1995 EXHIBITION HISTORY 2007 Pillow Talk, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, curated by Mery Lynn McCorkle, Los Angeles, CA P/A/P Institute Gallery, New York University, “Exquisite Crisis and Encounters”, curated by Yongsoon Min, New York, NY Torrance Art Museum, “Drawing Residency”, curated by Marcy Freedman, Torrance, CA 2006 Palos Verdes Art Center, “Photography”, curated by Scott Canty & Phil Lohmann, Palos Verdes, CA Kristi Engles Gallery, “Photodisruption” curated by Meg Madison & Kristi Engles, LA, CA Arena Gallery, “Watermark”, curated by Angela Diamos, Santa Monica, CA Winslow Garage, “Kyungmi Shin”, Echo Park, CA 2005 Vox Populi, “Passerby”, curated by Cassandra Coblentz, Philadelphia, PA Korean American Museum, curated by Yongsoon Min and Susan Choi, catalogue essay by Malik Gaines, Los Angeles, CA 2004 Virginia University Art Museum, “Whiteness”, curated by Tyler Stallings, Charllotesville, VA Carl Berg Gallery, “Digital”, Los Angeles, CA Pasadena Public Library, "Chewing Gums and Candy", One Person Show, Pasadena, CA Scott White Gallery, “ Optic Nerves “, San Diego, CA Headlands Center for the Arts, “Close Calls”, Sausalito, CA Pasadena City College Library, “Blue Eyes: Kyungmi Shin”, Pasadena, CA 2003 Laguna Art Museum, “Whiteness: A Wayward Construction”, curated by Tyler Stallings, Laguna Beach, CA Festival Forfest Kromeriz, curated by Louise Lewis, Kromeriz, Czech republic Art Church, performances organized by Todd Gray, “Pink Sisters”, performance, Los Angeles, CA Saint Mary’ College Art Gallery, “Shouts, Whispers and Cheers”, curated by Irina Costache, Los Angeles, CA 2002 Art Affairs, “West Coast”, curated by Carl Berg, Amsterdam, Netherlands Kausaustralis, "LA/ Amsterdam" curated by Carl Berg, Rotterdam, Netherlands At the Brewery Project, "MEDIA", exhibit of video art, curated by Joe Santarommano, Los Angeles, CA “The Game”, curated by Christine Kim, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA Exit Art, "Reactions", New York, NY I-1 Gallery, “I-Camera”, curated by Dimitri, Los Angeles, CA Cal State Long Beach Art Museum, “Faculty Bienniel”, Long Beach, CA Seoul Arts Center, “Beauty of Diversity: Young Korean Diaspora”, curated by Sung Moon Cho, Seoul, South Korea 2001 At the Brewery Project, "Saturation", curated by Kyungmi Shin and Ryan Hill, Los Angeles, CA JP Getty Museum, Harold Williams Auditorium, California Community Foundation Grant Award Reception and Exhibit, Los Angeles, CA Irvine Art Center, "99 Dollars and 99 Cents", curated by Carl Berg, Irvine, CA Newspace, "LA-CA", curated by Dimitri Vorvolakos, Los Angeles, CA Irvine Art Center, "The Mural Show", curated by Carl Berg, Irvine, CA Gallery 207, "On s'en fout!", West Hollywood, CA 2000 Asian American Art Center "Carpooling from LA", curated by Tam Tran, November, New York, NY Pasadena City College, "The Cake Show", curated by Jeoffrey Allen, Pasadena, CA Artsonje Museum, "Koreamericakorea", curated by David Ross of San Francisco Museum of Art, July - Sept, Kyungjoo South Korea Artsonje Center, "Koreamericakorea", curated by David Ross, May-June, Seoul, South Korea Decmocratic National Convention Committee Show, curated by Davis and Davis, Los Angeles, CA KHEIR CENTER/ Korean American Museum, curated by Yong Soon Min, "Spiritual Practices: Rituals, Icons and Faiths," Los Angeles, CA 1999 George’s, “Daydreaming”, curated by Leonard Bravo, Los Angeles, CA Pasadena City College Art Gallery, “My First Work: Origins and Experiments”, curated by Alex Kritsellis, Pasadena, CA 1998 Museum of Latin American Art at Long Beach, “Day of the Dead Portraits”, Long Beach, CA Magnet 17, Art Exhibit and Auction, Magnet Interactive, Culver City, CA Phillip and Dorothy Lyon Gallery, Wilshire Boulevard Temple, “Thrills and Spiels”, organized by Carrie Ungerman, Los Angeles, CA JP Getty Museum, “Getty Underground”, Los Angeles, CA Hollywood DMV, “License”, curated by Brent Zerger of Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA Hollywood DMV, “While U Wait”, Los Angeles, CA Farmer's Daughter Motel, LA, CA: "One Night Stand", curated by Leonard Bravo, Los Angeles, CA Abel Joseph Gallery, “One Night Stand”, curated by Leonard Bravo, Brussels, Belgium 1997 Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Pasadena, California: “Faculty Exhibit” Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California: “Prop”, curated by Yong Soon Min, Los Angeles, CA Farmer’s Daughter Motel, LA, CA: “One Night Stand”, curated by Leonard Bravo Watts Towers Arts Center, LA, CA: 1997 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition Korean American Museum, LA, CA: “Scene 97”, juried by Connie Butler of Museum of Contemporary Art, LA, Howard Fox of Los Angeles County Museum, and Yong Soon Min of UC Irvine BIBLIOGRAPHY “A print-off in one kind of ink”, Holly Myers, Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2004 “Nerve' cell, Seven artists play with photography, postmodern-style”, Neil Kendricks, San Diego Union Tribune, April 29, 2004 “The Last White Art Show”, Clayton Campbell, Flash Art, No. 232, October 2003 “Whiteness: A Wayward Construction”, Jennie Klein, LA Weekly, July 2003 , Bridge Magazine, 2003 “’Whiteness: A Wayward Construction’ at the Laguna Art Museum”, Roberta Carasso, ArtWeek, June 2003 “ Whiteness”, Frances DeVuene, ArtWeek, Feb. 2003 “White Noise: Where race meets the sand: Laguna Beach”, LA Weekly, Holly Myers, April 25, 2003 Orange County Register, Sunday, April 06, 2003, Show Section, page 30 "Whiteness, A Wayward Construction", exhibition cataloque essay, Tyler Stallings, March 2003 RIM, “Excerpts from Notes Taken in Preparation for a Serious Article”, Lucy HG, January 2003 New York Arts Magazine, "Mural II, Irvine Fine Arts Center", October, James Scarborough Coagula, "Blood Lust; Orange County likes its vodka too", Rebecca Schoenkopf, September 2001 Los Angeles Times, "As Big as All Outdoors", Vivian Letran, June 18, 2001 Irvine World News, "Artists take to the walls", Peggy Blizzared, June 14, 2001 New York Arts Magazine, "Carpooling from LA at Asian American Arts Center", December, 2000 Downtown News, "Art Imitating Politics: DNC Art Exhibit Paints the Issues", Victoria Looseleaf, June 5, 2000 "Koreamericakorea", David Ross, catalogue essay, 2000 The Art Magazine Wolgan Misool, "Special Feature: Korean American Artists", June 2000 Maison Marie Claire Korea, "Culture/ Art: Koreamericakorea", Hyun-Hee Kim, June 2000 Vogue Korea, "People are Talking About: Koreamericakorea", Chung Gul Lee, June 2000 Hankook Daily, "Finding the Identity, Korean American Artists", Youngjoo Song, May 31, 2000 Los Angeles Times, “Imaginative ‘Daydreaming’ Alters Familiar Narratives”, Cristopher Knight, August 20, 1999 ArtWeek, “’License’ at the Hollywood DMV”, Christopher Miles, October 1998 ArtWeek, “PROP at the Korean Cultural Center”, Christopher Miles, February Korea Times, "Cultural Exchange at Korean Cultural Center", 1997 Los Angeles Times, “Art Review: Juried Exhibition Displays Wit and Elegance of LA”, William Wilson, July 30, 1997 Tsing Tao Daily, "Dare to Be Different at Community Gallery", 1996 Art Issues, “Faxes: San Francisco: Kyungmi Shin, Laura Dufort, Chris Johanson”, Maria Porges, September/October, 1995, number 39 San Francisco Examiner, “Gallery Watch”, David Bonetti, July 14, 1995 SF Weekly, “California Sweet”, Glen Helfand, April 12, 1995 LECTURES, PANELS, & WORKSHOPS Saint Mary’s College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA panel discussion in conjunction with “Shouts, Whispers and Cheers”, March & April 2003 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA MOCA Maniacs, Studio Visit and artmaking workshop, August 2002 Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA Faculty Workshops on Diversity and Art, 2002, 2003 Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA Family Workshop and lecture on my work, March 2002 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA Family Workshop based on Liz Larner Exhibit, December 2001 Cal Arts, Valencia, CA Visiting Artist Lecture, Photography Department, April 2001 JP Getty Education Department: Los Angeles, CA Drawing Workshop for Staff, 1999 U.C. San Diego, San Diego, CA Visiting Artist Lecture, 1998 U.C. Irvine, Irvine, CA Visiting Artist Lecture and Demo, 1997 Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA Panelist, Korean American Art Today, 1996 TEACHING POSITIONS from 1995-2006 from most recent University of California, Irvine California State University, Northridge California State University, Long Beach, Pasadena City College JP Getty Museum Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles COMMUNITY ACTIVITY LA ARTS FOR KATRINA, Chair and Founder, Art auction benefit at LA Design Center, Nov 2005, organized 90 artists & 40 volunteers, raised $19,000 for Katrina victims CURATORIAL ACTIVITY “Public/Private”, Los Angeles Internationl Airport, June-October, 2006 “EarthWaterSky”, Onratio Airport, June-October 2006 “SURFACE TENSION”, Juried Exhibit at Korean Cultural Center, April 2006 “MEDIA”, new media exhibit at Korean Cultural Center, May 2005 “ART CHURCH” Co-curated with Todd Gray, at Women’s Building, Los Angeles November 2002 & April 2003 "DIS-EMBODY", Sculpture exhibit at Korean Cultural Center, December 2001 "Saturation", At the Brewery Project, October 2001 "Peripheral Vision", Juried exhibit at Korean Cultural Center, March 2001