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Heejung Shin

heejungshin.com


Education

2018 (BFA) University of Waterloo, Honours Fine Arts with Distinction, Studio Practice,          

                Intensive Studio Specialization, Waterloo, ON. Canada

1995   (BFA) Kaywon University of Art and Design, Dramatic Space Creation, Korea

 

Solo Exhibition

2025 Gill68 Gallery, Korea, Invited by Director Mijin Cho (upcoming)

2024     Echoes in the Silences, Red Brick, Guelph, ON. Canada

2023    Á la Recherche du Temps Perdu, Ashlar Gallery, Guelph, ON. Canada


Selected Group Exhibition

2025    Internal Voice, Etobicoke Civic Center, Toronto, ON. Canada (upcoming)

2025 155,578, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, ON. Canada, Juried and Curated by Erin Szikora

2025 Art Sur Papier 2025, Galeriee ERGA, Montreal, Quebec, Juried

2025   64th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Curated by Collective 919, Online Exhibition, Toronto, ON. 

Juried

2025    Unbound, Richmond Hill Center for the Performing Arts, Richmond Hill, ON.

          (upcoming)

2025  Artist Project, Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON. Juried. Selected by curators/directors/instructors  

            Tessar Lo, Odessa Paloma Parker, Kristofer Sakamoto-Marshall 

2025  Paper Stories, Heejung Shin, Dominique Prévost, Susan Ruptash, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, ON.   

             Juried

2025    Paper Stories, Heejung Shin, Dominique Prévost, Susan Ruptash, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto,

             ON. Canada

2025     Sounds Across Landscape, Clark Center for the Arts, Scarborough, ON.

2024   Get Noticed, Annual Juried Exhibition, Curated by Na’ama Freeman and Erin Szikora, Red Head 

Gallery, Toronto, ON. Canada

2024    Square Show, White Galleon Gallery, Thorold, ON Juried

2024   Salon 18, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, Juried

2024    From aFar, Heejung Shin, Kyoungmin Kate Lee, Kyungsun Kim, Sungmi Kong, Ryu Art Museum, 

Jeon-Ju, Korea

2024    KASC Korean Artist Society of Canada, Annual Exhibition, Joshep D. Carrier Art Gallery, Toronto

2024   Artist Project, Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON

2024   Together 2024 Peace and Prosperity, QEPCCC, Oakville, ON

2024   Back to the Grimoire, Juried Exhibition, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto

2024  Art Intelligence, The Near Future of Art in Canada, Design TO Festival,     

            Gallery 1313, Toronto, Juried

2023     Collective Momentum, Virtual Reality Show, ICC’s Contemporary Hub

2023   KASC Korean Artist Society of Canada, Annual Exhibition, Papermill Gallery, 

            Toronto    

2023   Guelph Arts Council Member Show, Annual Juried Exhibition , Guelph

2023    KASC Korean Artist Society of Canada, Annual Exhibition, Papermill Gallery, Toronto, ON.

2023   GAC Members show, artBar, Guelph, Juried

2023    Together, Group Exhibition 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of

      Korea Canada, Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, Oakville 

2023   Untapped, Artist Project, Exhibition Place 

2023   Biennial Juried Exhibition, Glenhyrst Gallery 

2023   Collective Momentum, Riverdale Hub Art Gallery 

2022   KASC Korean Artist Society of Canada) Annual Exhibition, Papermill Gallery, Toronto

2022   Annual Juried Exhibition, Homer Watson House and Gallery 

2022   TOAF 2022, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Juried Exhibition

2022   Art on the Street, Juried Exhibition

2018   Displaced, Group Exhibition at BRIDGE Center for Architecture + Design

2017   Nuit Blanche Winnipeg, Juried Exhibition

2017   TOAF 2017, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON. Canada

   Chosen through a competitive juried process for the student booth.

2017   Ignite, Graduate Exhibition of University of Waterloo, UWAG, Waterloo, ON. Canada

2017   Now, Gangwon Contemporary Art, Group Exhibition, Gangneung Museum of Art, Gangneung,

Korea, Invited by Gangwon Contemporary Art Society.

2016   Transition, Group Exhibition, Artery Gallery, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON. Canada

2016   REversion, Group Exhibition, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON. Canada

2015   Identity, Group Exhibition, Artery Gallery, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON. Canada


Grant | Awards

2023 Ontario Arts Council: Visual Artists Creation Projects 

2023 Ontario Arts Council: Skills and Career Development: Indigenous Arts

Professional and Arts Professional of colours

2023 Untapped, Artist Project, Selected for Emerging Artist, Exhibition Place, Toronto 

2017    Vern Hocking Fine Arts Memorial Award, Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo 

2014     Printing Special Award, Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo 

2013  Helen L. Cross Memorial Scholarship (Fine Arts Department, University of  Warterloo)

 


Artist Talk

2025   Propeller Art Gallery

2025   Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas

2024   Korean Artists Society of Canada, Toronto


Press/Media

2025 Featured article, Art Toronto

2025  The Ontarion, Newspaper published by University of Guelph

2025   Echoes of Home, New Vista

2024   Featured and broadcasted in News, JTV, Korea

2024   Featured and Published about the exhibition “From aFar”, JB Post, Korea  

2022   Featured and Published in Curated Collection “Land &Body As Memory”        

            curated by Zachary Logan,TOAF61, Toronto