GUNWOO SHIN

PART I I:
29 JANUARY - 20 FEBRUARY 2010 | Opening Reception: Friday 29th JANUARY 6-8pm

ARTIST STATEMENT:
Based on specific incidents and situations in reality my work portrays mental landscapes on the crossroad between the conscious and the unconscious like in memories or in dreams. I primarily rely on feelings and thoughts that occur in the process of living my day-to-day life by trying to awake my senses that have been dulled by everyday mundane routines. I also freely move beyond the lines of reality and the world of the surreal, giving diverse artistic imaginations to realistic subject matter. I discover and renew my understanding of ‘myself’ by collecting, modifying and presenting differently perceived narratives, going beyond the lines of myself and others. The objects to which my imagination brings life present an expanded alternative, moving beyond boundaries of two-dimensional and three-dimensional spaces.  



Landscape_Myth | Enamel paint on resin on aluminium | 160 x 60 x 5cm | 2009



Triumph of boundarylessness i (middle) | acrylic on resin on wooden board | 150 x 120cm | 2009



Triumph of boundarylessness II (left) | acrylic on resin on wooden board | 75 x 120 cm | 2009



Triumph of boundarylessness III (right) | acrylic on resin on wooden board | 75 x 120cm | 2009




GUNWOO SHIN
Lives and works in London, UK

EDUCATION
1997~2003 BFA Sculpture, College of Fine Art, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2004~2006 MFA Sculpture, College of Fine Art, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2007~2009 MFA Sculpture, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, London, UK

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 The 1st Solo Exhibition / Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

GROUP SHOWS
2009 Defamiliarization / Nolias gallery, London, UK
--------Crossfields / Korean Cultural Centre, London, UK
2008 The 38th parallel / G-spot show room, London, UK
--------4482 / Barge house, Oxo centre, London, UK
2006 EHS Project / Sejong Culture Centre, Seoul, Korea
2005 Surreally Real / Gallery Factory, Seoul, Korea
--------White & Black / Gallery Ant Square, Seoul, Korea
2004 Landscape of Taebaek / Coal Museum, Taebaek, Kangwon-do, Korea
--------Imagination relay in Club / Kwangju Biennale exhibition hall 5, Kwangju, Korea
2003 ‘NO War’ group Exhibition / Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2002 The 11th Street Art Festival ‘a three-cornered relation’ / Hong-ik University, Seoul, Korea

AWARDS
2009 Land Securities Award