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Seunghee Shin

Seunghee Shin
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Biography

Seunghee Shin explores the interface where the materiality of nature meets human intervention. With a background in ceramic art (Seoul) and a design diploma from Hochschule Niederrhein, she translates her tactile sensitivity into painting, combining Eastern spiritual traditions with contemporary abstraction.

Shin primes her canvases with earth, stone dust, and sand to create an earthy, clay-like texture. Using a singular cobalt palette and gravity as the primary force, she allows pigments to flow in a state of "Panta Rhei" (everything flows). Her multi-layered "blue landscapes" visualize invisible energies—time, gravity, and the "breath of the soul"—and offer spaces for deep contemplation.

Her work has been recognized by the Gangdong Foundation for Arts & Culture, the Korea Ceramic Foundation, and the Korean Embassy in the Netherlands.
Her works are held in collections such as the Yanggu Porcelain Museum and the law firm Kim & Chang. Most recently, she was selected for the Taunus Art Triennial 2025 and exhibited at the Hofheim City Museum.

Exhibtions

Solo exhibitions
2021 FlowScape of 7 Sence, Gangdong Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2021 Flowcatching, Gallery Sein, Seoul, Korea
2021 Meditation on facing nature, Seongbo Museum, Bojeru, Hwaeomsa Temple, Korea
2020 Flow of Blue mountain, Azit gallery, Seoul, Korea
2019 Variation of Flow II, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Korea
2018 Variation of Flow I, Gyeonggi Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Yeoju, Korea
2013 Everything Flows, Korean Craft & Design Foundation Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2001 Voyage, Korean Craft & Design Foundation Gallery, Seoul, Korea


Group exhibitions (selection)
2025 Taunus Art Triennial 3 “Over Bridges”, City Museum, Hofheim am Taunus
2025 Group Show, Galerie Uhn, Königstein
2025 The Color of Tones, BBK Gallery, Frankfurt
2023 Continuing Reflection, By Fraunberg Art Gallery, Düsseldorf
2022 The beauty of Coexistence, Kunstraub99 Gallery, Cologne
2018 Korean Ceramics:Styling Your Space, Korea Culter Center, Hong Kong
2018 Beauty in everyday life I, Gyeonggi Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Yeoju, Korea
2017 Transmitter, Hendrik Hamel Museum, Gorinchem, Netherlands
2017 Captured Emptiness, Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
2010 Gyeonggi woman Artist Invitation Exhibition, Gyeonggi-do Culture&Art Center, Suwon
2010 20 Hotel Dreams, Sondershausen Castle, Sondershausen, Germany
2009 Ceramic Visions, Hetjens Museum, Duesseldorf, Germany
2009 Korea contemporary Ceramics "The Future Timbre", Ichon Ceramic Hall, Korea
2007 Living Tools, Gallery Korea, Berlin, Germany
2005 The 3rd World Ceramic Biennale (GICB), Icheon World ceramic center, Korea


Art Fair (Selection)
2025 Discovery art fair (Solo Booth), Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt
2024 ARTe Art Fair Wiesbaden (Solo Booth), RheinMain Congress Center, Wiesbaden
2023 LA art show, Convention center, LA, USA
2022 PLAS Contemporary Art Show, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2022 Art shopping fair, Carrousel du Lovre, Paris, France
2020 BAMA Busan Annual Market of Art, BEXCO, Busan, Korea
2020 Daegu Art fair, EXCO, Daegu, Korea
2020 Design Art Fair (Conveyor Booth/Solo Booth), Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Korea
2019 Art Kaohsiung, City Suites Chenai, Kaohsiung, Taiwan


Grants and awards
2021 Project funding (solo exhibition), Gangdong Foundation for Arts & Culture, Seoul, Korea
2020 Artist Grant (Promotion Booth), Design Art Fair 2020, Seoul, Korea
2019 / 2018 Project funding, Ceramic Foundation of Korea (KOCEF)
2017 Exhibition funding & invitation, Korean Embassy, ​​Hamel Museum, Gorinchem,
Netherlands
2007 Recognition, Design Prize Rhineland-Palatinate, Chamber of Skilled Crafts, Koblenz, Germany
2007 / 2005 Recognition, World Ceramic Biennale (GICB), Icheon, Korea
2006 2nd Prize, “Designfektion” competition, Domovari GmbH, Krefeld, Germany


Works in public collections
Yanggu White Porcelain Museum, Yanggu, Korea
Kim & Chang Law Firm, Seoul, Korea
Yulchon Law Firm, Seoul, Korea
Daesung Eco Energy Center Co., Ltd., Dangjin-si, Korea
Charm Space Design Co.Ltd. , Seoul, Korea