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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