Kim Yun Shin received her B.F.A. from Hongik University in Seoul, South Ko-rea, in 1959 and studied sculpture and lithography at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France, in 1964. Returning to Seoul in 1969, she worked with artists to establish the Korea Sculptress Association while teaching sculpture at Sangmyung University. Despite having a successful career, the artist decided to move to Argentina in 1984 to expand her artistic practice. In 2008, Kim founded the Museo Kim Yun Shin in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Read MoreSelect recent solo exhibitions of Kim's work have been organized by Nam-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea (2023); Whitewave Art Center, Seoul, South Korea (2022, 2015); Gallery Banditrazos, Seoul, South Korea (2022), E2Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2022); Korean Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2022, 2021, 2018); Korean Cultural Center, Warsaw, Poland (2019); Korean Cultural Center, Madrid, Spain (2019); Centro Cultural Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2017); Ca-bildo, Córdoba, Argentina (2016); Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina (2015); Hanwon Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea (2015); María Elena Kravetz Gallery, Córdoba, Argenti-na (2010); and Museo de Arte López Claro, Azul, Argentina (2009).
Select group exhibitions featuring her work include Past and Present: 15 Korean Abstract Painters, Ahn Sang Chul Museum, Yangju, South Korea (2015); Green Life, Korean Cultural Center, Washington, D.C. (2012); STONE LAND, Iksan International Stone Culture Project, Iksan, South Korea (2012); Encuentro, Korean Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2011); International Sculpture Symposium, Rosario, Argentina (2007); Exhibition of Korean Artists in South America, São Paulo, Brazil (2006); Korean-Spanish Sculpture Symposium, Icheon, South Korea (2003); Beijing International Sculpture Symposium, Bei-jing, China (2002);The 7th International Sculpture Symposium, Ro-sario, Argentina (2001); The 3rd International Sculpture Symposium, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2000); Exposición Grupal de la Asociación Artes Plásticas Coreana, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1998); Galería de Arte La Candelaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1995); '95 Korean Wom-en Artist Festival, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea (1995); and Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico (1992, 1991).
Kim's work is in numerous international public and private collec-tions, including Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico; Mu-seo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museo de Arte López Claro, Azul, Argentina; Central Post Office, Rosario, Argentina; Beijing International Sculpture Park, Beijing, China; National Mu-seum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea; Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea; Hanwon Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea; Korea Land and Housing Corporation, Seoul, South Korea; Asan Social Welfare Foundation, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea; Korean-Spanish Sculpture Park, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea; and Central Sports Park, Iksan, South Korea.
Text courtesy Lehmann Maupin.
