Beah SHIN
Born in 1983 in Seoul, Korea
Lives and works in Paris, France
I create imaginary natural scenes which are simultaneously real and unreal, exploring the tensions between conflicting cultural or political ideologies. Growing up in Korea, a country divided by an untraversable physical and political border, I was inspired to interrogate our perspective and perception of the world through time and physical space.
Beginning with pictorial elements such as gesture in historical paintings, I use Korean and Western art as both a formal reference of space and landscape composition. My work examines social, political, and emotional experiences in physical spaces, both real and imagined.
The concept of landscape painting in Western culture, which can be defined as a finite area as seen from a single viewpoint, is combined in my work with Korean Pungkyeong 풍경, which approaches landscapes not from the perspective of a human viewer, but from a larger compositional balance that signifies the vast power of the universe. The question that I ask through my paintings is can we perceive a landscape outside of ideological framworks or is our vision inevitably shape by them.
2017-2024
Ph.D, Fine Arts, Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis University, Saint-Denis, France
2016
Master, Fine Arts, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris, France
2013/2008
M.F.A / B.F.A, East Asian Traditional Art, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Un paysage hybridé à travers la fenêtre coréenne, La Volonté 93, Saint-Ouen, France
2022 When the northwestern wind blows, La Volonté 93, Saint-Ouen, France
2019 A ray of sunshine, private house, Combs-La-Ville, France
2016 In the memory of the forest, Paris 1 University St.Charles Center, Paris, France
Group Exhibitions
(selected)2024 Une Saison En Rer, Gratadou Gallery, Paris, France
2024 De la lumière à la lumière, La Volonté 93, Saint-Ouen, France
2024 Guilty Pleasure 6, Lørenveien 68, Oslo, Norway
2024 Hommage à Bang Hai Ja, Guillaume gallery, Paris, France
2024 En Route, HDM gallery, Beijing, China
2024 Abstraction (re)creation - 20 under 40, Consortium museum, Dijon, France
2024 Un Horizon d’Amour, La Volonté 93, St.Ouen, France
2024 Grosse Victime Magazine, Arts Factory gallery, Paris, France
2023 No title, La maison bruneau, Paris, France
2022 The Church of School Dunes, 59 Rivoli contemporary art space, Paris, France