Shin Jungjae
신정재
Buried in glass tombs 展
2014.8.8-8.28
Artist Statement
By Jungjae Shin
If I gathered some of the things that I’ve been dreaming of, and then classified them in the same way according to their appearance, this act alone would reveal the fundamental core of my work. Basically all the world’s living creatures have been given their own scientific designation based on their biological features. These traits have been systematized to further our understanding. In addition, individual species are a subset of a larger Genus which, in turn, is a part of a greater Order. Open as we might be to impartially experiencing the sensory stimulation of our environment, the mind inevitably begins its patterning process in its desire for order. Taxonomy in the field of science takes this need for order to what might seem like an extreme but is the natural outgrowth of our desire to identify, classify and analyze what is in front of us. For example, shoes on store shelves reflect size, color and pattern which are of intense interest for one with a taxonomist’s gaze. For me, the visual impact of a succession of multiple figures with the same patterns, shapes, colors and forms acts as a kind of powerful spell from which there is no release. Likewise, when I stand before a series of objects, I am struck by the effect of the sequence in aggregate, its psychological aspects, powerful vigor, and strangely indefinable definition.
Jungjae Shin
EDUCATION
2013 Ph.D. (Painting) Kookmin University, Korea (Present)
2007 M.F.A. (Painting) The City University of New York, Lehman College, U.S.
2003 B.A. (French Literature) Konkuk University, Korea
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 ‘Buried In Glass Tombs’ Khalifa Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2013 ‘Limbo’ Gallery is, Seoul, Korea
2010 ‘Classification’ Space Womb, New York, U.S.
2009 ‘The Collection’ University of Nebraska, Nebraska, U.S.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 ‘International Drawing interface’ Cyart Space, Seoul, Korea
2014 ‘2014 Good morning Art Collection’ Gallery La Mer, Seoul, Korea
2013 ‘Larva with 3D’ KINTEX, Goyang, Korea
2012 ‘Lines Of Sight-Vision 2012’ Gallery Maum, New York, U.S.
2011 ‘5th FILMIDEO’ Index Art Gallery, New Jersey, U.S.
2010 ‘An Evening of Art & Music’ New Jersey Public Library, New Jersey, U.S.
2010 ‘The Appearance’ Riverside Gallery, New Jersey, U.S.
2010 ‘4th FILMIDEO’ Index Art Gallery, New Jersey, U.S.
2010 ‘Collection’ Satipo, Junín, Peru
2009 ‘The Giant Scarab Collection in Amazonian Peru’ ESA, SOLA meeting, Indiana, U.S.
2008 ‘Mariposa’ Tingo María Museum, Huánuco, Peru
2008 ‘Crane Street Studios 2008’ New York, U.S.
2007 ‘Lehman Graduate Art Exhibition’ Lehman College Art Gallery, New York, U.S.
PROJECT
2007 – Present, Jungjae Shin’s ‘WORLD BEETLES’ with Seungjin Kang
SCIENCE RESEARCH
2010 Peru Collection, February – March, Peru
2009 Indiana Convention Center, Public Lectures, December, U.S.
2009 Georgia Collection, July, U.S.
2009 Panama Collection, June, Panama
2009 University of Nebraska, Team Scarab Interview, April, U.S.
2009 Peru Collection, January, Peru
2008 Bolivia Collection, June, Bolivia
2008 Peru Collection, May – June, Peru
2007 Korea Collection, August, South Korea
2007 Indonesia Collection, June – July, Indonesia
2007 Japan Research, June, Japan
2007 Ecuador Collection, January, Ecuador
2006 Arizona Collection, September, U.S.
2004 New Hampshire Research, July, U.S.
2003 – 2004 New York Collection & Research, July, U.S.
PUBLICATIONS
2013 ‘Jungjae Shin In Larva with 3D’ Yongin-Ilbo, June. 29, Korea
2012 ‘Lines Of Sight – Vision 2012’ Segye-Ilbo, January. 12, U.S.
2010 ‘Korean artists in New York, No. 85’ Korea Daily News, May. 10, U.S.
2010 ‘Chalcosoma chiron in Indonesia’ Econature, October, Korea
2010 ‘Dynastes hercules in Central America’ Insect mania, July, Korea
2010 ‘Collection of Jewel Beetles in Panama’ Insect mania, June, Korea
2010 ‘Team Scarab in University of Nebraska’ Econatrue, May, Korea
2010 ‘Megasoma elaphas in Panama’ Insect mania, May, Korea
2010 ‘Giant Cerambycidae In Amazon Forest’ Insect mania, April, Korea
2010 ‘Megasoma actaeon in Amazon Basin’ Insect mania, March, Korea
2010 ‘Dynastes hercules in Peru’ Insect mania, February, Korea
2009 ‘Collecting giant scarabs in Amazonian Peru’ SOLA Scarab Workers (ESA) December, U.S.
2009 ‘Faculty News’ Hexapod Herald, Volume 21, Number 3, University of Nebraska, May, U.S.
COLLECTIONS
University of Nebraska, Nebraska, U.S.
Tingo María Museum, Huánuco, Peru
web: www. jungjaeshin.net
