ShinYoung An

Medium: Oil on Prepared Newspaper, Mounted on Canvas

Moving Seeding_36 x 12_2012

Striking a Match for Lighting_36x12_2013

"Sapling" 36x12"

"Watering a Plant" 36x12"

Limbs Series

"Clicking" 24x24"

Face Series

"Peeking", 24"x 24"

"Striking a Match" 20x20" Private Collection

"Striking a Match for Lighting, 23x20"

"Candlelit" 30x30" Private Collection

A Spring Breeze, 30x30"

"Lighting Candles" 30x24"

"Women History-2" 24x24"

"Joining Candles for Light" 24x24"

"Women History-1" 24x24"

"Peeling Garlic" 24x30"

"Unblinking" 30x30", Sun Gallery

"Drinking Ice Coffee", 24"x30"

"Partly Guilty-2" 21x26" Private Collection

Eating Dessert, 20x24 at the Atti Gallery

Partly Guilty-2, 24x30 Private Collection

Figurative paintings(2000-2008)

Shaped, Oil on Linen, 26"x22"

Repose, Oil on Linen, 32"x26"

Longing, Oil on Linen, 32x22

Twilight, Oil On Linen, 28"x 22"

The Twilight, Oil on Canvas, 16x12

"Life", 28x22", Oil on Canvas

Artist's Studio_Oil on Linen_28"x23"

Profile of Che, Oil on Canvas, 16"x12"

"A River Breeze", Oil on Linen, 26"x22"

Self-Portrait in Hanbock, 40"x30"

A Gypsy Woman, 24"x18"

Affection, 20x24, Oil on Canvas

Standing Figure in Green, Oil on Linen 24"x18" Private Collection

Harmony of Flesh Ochre, Private Collection

Hamony of Green & Purple, Private Collection

Sculptures(2007)

Drawings

Interviews      Empty Kingdom - 10/12/12 by the blind architect
     The Raw Book - 11/1/12 by Alicia Chon

Solo Exhibition Video   www.youtube.com/user/anpainter

Blog                               Saatchonline
ArtSlant

News Links    BooooooM - 28.09.12 by Jeff
   Spanish Press-sinembargo.mx -2012/9/1
  flavorwire - 2012/8/31
      Beyond the printed word - 2012/8/16 -APP News
  newskann.com - 2012/3/18
  Alumni Spot Light - 2011/7
  Korea daily NY - 중앙일보 2011/7/11

On the APP News - "Beyond the printed word"-Artists 'recycle' newspapers and other materials at two NJ exhibitions
Written by Marie Naples Maber For the Asbury Park Press

Current Solo Exhibition:
Feb 25 - Mar 24, 2013
Invitational Solo Exhibition - "Azarian McCullough Art Gallery" at St. Thomas Aquinas College, NY
Reception: Wednesday, Mar 6th - 4:30~6:30 ( Gallery Talk: 5:30)

Past Solo Exhibitions:
Feb 1 – Feb 26, 2010 “Reflections”–The M. Christina Geis Gallery at Georgian Court University, NJ
July 10 - Aug 9, 2009 The Monmouth Museum, NJ www.monmouthmuseum.org - NJ Emerging Artists Series – Oil Paintings
May 1 - July 31, 2007 "Figure with River View" Greenwich Village, NY
Mar 20 -Apr 19, 2004 "La Bolsa" Gallery in Barcelona, Spain

Past Exhibitions (Most Recent):
Sept 1 - 30, 2012 "Loud Imagery, Quiet Words" Invitational 5 Artists Exhibition at Gallery 1&9, NJ
Jun 8 - Sept 9, 2012 "The New Jersey State Council on Arts Visual-the Fellowship Awards Exhibition"
at the Noyes Museum of Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, NJ
May 17 - 20, 2012 SF Fine Art Fair
April 5 - 27, 2012 John Meagher Rotunda in Jersey City Hall, NJ- "Yesamo USA 2012 Jersey City Invitational Art Exhibition"
Feb 17 - Mar 4, 2012 "The Ones" Reunion Exhibition-Classes of 1991, 2001 & 2011 at Wilkinson Gallery, New York Academy of Art, NY
Jan 4-22, 2012 "Come From the Shadows" - Comfort Women Exhibition - 1 & 9 Gallery, NJ
Nov 3-30, 2011 "Coexistence" - Lanisha Cole Gallery-Santa Monica Museum of Art - Bergamot Station, CA
Nov 4- Dec 4, 2011    "New Jersey Artists Emerged"-Monmouth Museum, NJ
Aug 15 - Dec 20, 2011 "Come From the Shadows" -Kupferberg Holocaust Museum, Queensborough Community College, NY
  http://www.koreanculture.org/?document_srl=17673       http://kavc.org/xe/news_en/7518

Biography
ShinYoung recently creates portraits juxtaposing ordinary, routine tasks against a backdrop of current news
articles featuring a variety of social, political and environmental issues and events.

She began studying art in her home country of South Korea, obtaining a B.F.A from Hyosung Women’s University, Daegu in 1986. She has additionally studied at the Art Students League of NY mostly under Harvey Dinnerstein and Kenneth Mclndoe and “Cercle Artistic de Sant Lluc” in Barcelona, Spain after she received her M.F.A in painting from The Graduate School of Figurative Art of the New York Academy of Art in 2001. Her work influenced by many great artists includes Eric Fischl, Edward Schmidt(Copying Class at the Metropolitan Museum), Patrick Connors and etc.

An’s work had solo exhibitions at the AMAG(Azarian McCullough Art Gallery) of St. Thomas Aquinas College in 2013,
M. Christina Geis Gallery of Georgian Court University in 2010, Monmouth Museum in 2009, Greenwich Village in 2007
and “La Bolsa” gallery in Barcelona, Spain in 2004, and about 80 invitational and juried group exhibitions throughout the
USA, Spain, Japan and S. Korea since she immigrated to the USA in 1995 include at Noyes Museum, New Jersey State Museum, Monmouth Museum, Huston Museum of Natural Science Museum, Trenton City Museum, Cork Gallery in Lincoln Center and etc.

She has been awarded approximately more than 30 awards from national and international competitions include a 2011
Fellowship grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Best of Show in 2004 from Hartland Exhibition of the City of Merriam in Kansas, Best of Show in 2005 for Focus on the Figure at Hopper House in NY, Xavier Gonzalez & Edwards Grant for Painting from the Artists League of NY in 2003. An's work reviewed and published more than
32 press and web media throughout the USA, Spain, S. Korea , UK, Germany and Italy.

Artist Statement
Serious artists are constantly reinventing themselves, as they strive to achieve an illusive vision of
"great art". Often, world and national events impose an emotional response on the artist, who is
otherwise powerless to influence such events. The canvas can become the
artist's vehicle of expression

I am an artist in transition. In the past, I have attempted to faithfully record my subject, with an emotional response limited only to that subject. In portraiture, for example, the challenge has been to produce a work that reflects my response to the personality of the sitter. I can no longer ignore
the effect that outside events are having on me.

I am now attempting to do paintings that convey my emotional response to such events. It is not always easy to move away from that which you are comfortable with to explore a new area. In life, one needs to progress and
let go of the past, in order to achieve something greater.

The main theme of my recent work is exploring the unfortunate reality of our present world. While reading the newspaper, articles began affecting me to the point that I realized I am a somewhat powerless artist and
I wanted this to be reflected in my work. It has given me the opportunity to respond to social and
environmental issues. I depict these reactions through the visual interaction of
limbs and portraits painted against a backdrop of current news articles that have touched me.

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