Shin Jungkyun majored in fine art and media art at Seoul National University and graduated from the same graduate school. He held 6 solo exhibitions including Acrobat (Art Space BOAN2, Seoul, 2021), Lift & Drift (Songeun Art Space, Seoul, 2021), Last of Us (Sahngup Gallery Euljiro, Seoul, 2023), and participated in several group exhibitions and screenings at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Coreana Museum of Art, Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong, Doosan Gallery, and Amado Art Space.
In addition, he moved to MMCA Goyang Residency (2017), K'arts Studio (2018), and Songeun Artist Studio (2020), and was selected for Korea Art Creation Academy (2020) and Best Video Art at the Film Optico Festival (2021). Currently, his works are in the collections of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Bank, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, SongEun Art & Cultural Foundation, and ARGOS Center for Audiovisual Arts.
Education
2019 M.F.A, The Department of Fine Art, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2012 B.F.A, The Department of Fine Art·Media Art, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 Last of Us, SAHNG-UP Gallery Euljiro, Seoul, Korea
2021 Lift & Drift, SongEun Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2021 Acrobat, Art Space BOAN 2, Seoul, Korea
2018 Re-wind, out_sight, Seoul, Korea
2016 A Closed Book, Art Space O, Seoul, Korea
2013 Uncovered Trace, SongEun ArtCube, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Alchimies Numeriques, I mmix galerie, Paris, France
2022 Past. Present. Future, SONGEUN, Seoul, Korea
2022 Unknown Witness, Art Space BOAN 1, Seoul, Korea
2021 Flat-Tight: Above the Boundaries, Gimpo Art Center, Gimpo, Korea
2021 Korean Young Artists, MMCA, Gwacheon, Korea
2020 Move on Asia_Observing Screen Life, Amado Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2020 Most people are next to the corpse, Space Heem, Busan, Korea
2020 True Colour of the Sun, Art Center Whiteblock, Paju, Korea
2020 When Azalea blooms, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea
2019 Doosan Art lab: Part 2, Doosan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2019 Nevertheless, history continues, Korean Cultural Center, Central, Hongkong
2019 The security has been improved, Space C, Seoul, Korea
2019 Amoebas of a bamboo forest, Amado Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2019 Lies, Seoul National University Museum Of Art, Seoul, Korea
2018 Voices Untraced, OOOJH, Seoul, Korea
2017 Urban Implosion, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea
2016 Private Agora, Wumin Art Center, Chungju, Korea
2016 Mistaken Empathy: Delightful Encounter, Art space Pool, Seoul, Korea
2016 Virtual Politics, Seogyo Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2016 Land Area, Jeju Citizen Center, Jeju, Korea
2015 Summer Love, SongEun Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2013 New Romance, Space K, Seoul, Korea
2012 Unbound Archive, ARKO Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Screening & Projects
2022 Video Bites, Platform-L, Seoul, Korea
2022 Athens Digital Arts Festival, Kotzia Square, Athens, Greece
2022 Wicklow ScreenDance Laboratory, Mermaid County Wicklow Arts Centre, Wicklow, Ireland
2021 OneTake Film Festival, KINO TU？KANAC, Zagreb, Croatia
2021 Non-syntax Experimental Image Festival, CALM & PUNK GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2021 An Ordinary Day Film Festival, Studio 44, Stockholm, Sweden
2019 Perform_Linkin out, Ilmin Museum of art, Seoul, Korea
2019 Reliving the wounds, Open box, Seoul, Korea
2018 Perform_Data pack, Ilmin Museum of art, Seoul, Korea
2012 NEMAF (Seoul International New Media Festival), Korean Film Archive, Seoul, Korea
2011 DOCUTAH (Southern Utah International Documentary Festival), Dixie University, Utah, USA
Residencies
2023 SeMA Nanji Resicency, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2021 EX-UP Studio SAHNG-UP, SAHNG-UP Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2020 SongEun Artist Studio, SongEun Art and Cultural Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2018 K’arts studio, Korea National University of Art, Seoul, Korea
2017 MMCA Residency Goyang, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Goyang, Korea
Awards
2021 Best Video Art Work, FilmOptico Art Visual and Film Festival, Madrid, Spain
2014 ‘Ilhyun Travel Grant’ Best Award, Ulji Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2010 Brighton Award, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
