Education:
2001 M.F.A. The New York Academy of Art
2005 The Art Students League of New York, U.S.A
Awards and Grants (Brief):
2001~2018 Ms. An received approximately 32 awards on painting including a 2011 Fellowship grant from the
New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Anna Hyatt Huntington Bronze Medal Award-110th
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art of NY in 2006, Best of Show in 2005 for Focus on the Figure from
Hopper House of NY, Best of Show in 2004 from Hartland Artist exhibition, the City of Merriam, Kansas,
Xavier Gonzalez & Ethel Edwards Grant in 2003 from the artists League of NY, Len G. Everett Memorial
Award for the Advancement of American Art from Allied Artists of America in 2002 & 2008, etc.
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 Sept 1 - Oct 14 Hutchins Galleries Lawrenceville, NJ
2017 Apr 2 - 30 Winds of Hope, 1351 Amsterdam Ave provided by Chashama.org, NY
Mar 1 - Apr 30 Encouraging Impact, BELSKE ART WALL Closter Public Library, Closter, NJ
2014 Sep 4 - 30 Passion for Truth & Beauty : The Intermezzo Gallery in the Bergen Performing Arts Center, NJ
2013 Feb 25-Mar 24 Winds of Change : Alzarian McCullough Art Gallery at St. Thomas Aquinas College, NY
2010 Feb 1 - 26 Reflections : The M. Christina Geis Gallery at Georgian Court University, NJ
2009 Jul 10 - Aug 9 NJ Emerging Artists Series–Oil Paintings, The Monmouth Museum, NJ
Invitational Two Person Exhibitions:
2015 Jan 20 - Mar 28 Journey : The Stockton Art Gallery / The Richard Stockton University, NJ
2011 May 2 - 26 Facing Reality : The Intermezzo Gallery / The Bergen Performing Art Center in Englewood, NJ
Group Exhibitions (Brief):
2001~2020 ShinYoung has participated in more than 120 invitational and selected group exhibitions throughout
the U.S., Italy, Spain, Japan, and South Korea, including the New Jersey State Museum, the Newark Museum in NJ,
the Noyes Museum in NJ, the Trenton City Museum in NJ, the Monmouth Museum in NJ, the Kupferberg Holocaust
Museum in NY, the Houston Museum of Natural Science, and the Cork Gallery in Lincoln Center, NY
Arts-related Activity:
2022 Post Graduate Teaching Assistant for Technical Narrative class with Vincent Desiderio
at the Graduate School of Figurative Art of the New York Academy of Art
2022 Artist talk at the NJ State Museum - NJ Arts Annual Exhibition: Reemergence
2019 Lecture, Workshop, Demonstration at East Carolina University, NC
2015 Artist talk for the two-person exhibition at the Stockton University Art Gallery, NJ
2015, 2014, 2012 Lectures & workshops: 32nd, 31st, 30th Scientific Conventions by Seoul National University College
of Medicine - Alumni Association of N. America, Inc.
2007 Director for Sculptor Group in American Division and a participant in the International Sculpture Symposium,
Geochang, South Korea
1986-1995 An Art Instructor for students of various ages and levels of experience
Publications (Brief):
Ms. An's work has been reviewed and published in more than 50 critical articles throughout the U.S, Spain, South
Korea, the U.K, Italy, Germany, and Australia. She was invited to be the figurative artist of New Jersey by “figure 50.”
Her Face series, “Winds of Hope,” was featured in Creator.VICE in 2017
Awards and Grants:
2018 The Spring Residency Program of the ESKFF at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ.
2011 A Fellowship Grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
2010 6th 2010 Artslant Showcase Juried winner
2009 Third Place Award-Art Kudos International Exhibition www.artkudos.com/2009/558_1.html
2008 Len G. Everett Memorial Award -95th Annual Exhibition-the Allied Artists of America Inc (NY)
Colonel George J. Morales Memorial Award 80th of the American Artists Professional League(NY)
Colonel George J. Morales Memorial Award-112th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art club (NY)
Honorable Mention Award in Figure & Portrait Category December 2008 Issue of The Artist’s Magazine
Honorable Mention in the Faces of Winter-Bendheim Gallery-Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists (CT)
Marsha Holst Memorial Award-28th Annual Juried Exhibition-Ridgewood Art Institute (NJ)
2007 Dorothy Barberies Memorial Award-11th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art club (NY)
Art Students League Award-65th Audubon Artists Inc. Salmagundi Club (NY)
The Art Students League Award-76th Annual Exhibition of Hudson Valley Art Association (NY)
Honorable Mention-Ellarslie Open XXV Trenton City Museum, Trenton (NJ)
Honorable Mention & Merit Awards-Faces of Spring 07-Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists (CT)
2006 Anna Hyatt Huntington Bronze Medal Award-110th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Inc (NY)
Merit Award, Faces of Winter 06-Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists & Bendheim Gallery (CT)
Jerry’s Artarama Gift Certificate Award-26th Juried Show-Ridgewood Art Institute (NJ)
2005 Best of Show for Focus on the Figure, Hopper House (NY)
The Nancy Sloan Scholarship-the Art Students League of NY
Best of New York Artists & Artisans 2005, Third place, Kennedy Promotions
The Hudson Valley Art Association Award-25th Juried Show-Ridgewood Art Institute(NJ)
2004 The American Artists Fund Award-26th American Artists Professional League (NY)
The Winsor & Newton Materials Award-Audubon Artists (NY)
Third Place for Oils/Acrylics, The New Rochelle Art Association (NY)
Best of Show & Award of Merit-Hartland Artist Exhibition-City of Merriam (Kansas)
The Moshe Bahiri Award-24th Juried Show-Ridgewood Art Institute (NJ)
2003 Xavier Gonzalez & Ethel Edwards Grant-9 months Travel and Study in Spain-The Art Students League of NY.
Juror’s Second Place Award-Halpert Biennial-Turchin Center of Visual Arts, Appalachian State University (NC)
Award of Excellence-“Healing Power of Art”-Manhattan Art International (NY)
2002 Len G. Everett Memorial Award for the Advancement of American Art-Allied Artists of America Inc (NY)
1999-2001 Merit Scholarships from Graduate School of Figurative Art of the New York Academy of Art (NY)
Publications (News Links & Interviews):
2022 New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence: the digital exhibition catalog by the New Jersey State Museum
2021 New Jersey Arts Annual: Revision & Respond exhibition catalog by the Newark Museum of Art
2020 100greatest women artists of All Time... So Far by Thomas Arthur Smith, June 26
2017 ON ART AND AESTHETICS Exploring creativity and beauty across different media. Scholarly and journalistic.
Lushly illustrated. Passionately global. Published by TULIKA B. London
Face series, "Winds of Hope," is featured in Creator.VICE, published by Diana Shi. NY
2015 July 24 News sitters ShinYoung An buff.ly/1VDK9UL by Mila Abbey/Jose L. College, Rome, Italy
Enlarged the Screen Featured in 60americans.com by Noah Becker, Terrence Sanders & Alexander Venet
Interview: http://m-u-s-e-u-m.org/shinyoung-an/ by Shabnam Piryaei
Interview: https://thenewspro.org/?p=10648 NewsPro
2014 Live Interview: TBS eFM, Korea's leading English-only radio station, S. Korea
NewsPro - September 17 http://thenewspro.org/?p=7424
featured in the New This Week 7-14-2014 Collection on Saatchi Art's homepage by Rebecca Wilson.
Art2day http://www.art2day.co.uk/artist-search.html - face series of Shin-Young An's work Keywords: Media-
Newspaper-Portrait-Shock-Power-Women -Social Issues-Narrative-Imagination by Jamie Rogers, Croydon, UK
2013 Peeling Garlic is visible on figure50.com and represents the figure artist of the New Jersey State of US 9/25/13.
The first edition of Women in Art Volume 1 (features 512 Great female artists and their works from ancient times
-The earliest work dates back to 1100 - and the Middle Ages to the present. ) - selling on
www.women-in-art.com/shop invited and published on March 15, by Oliver Fuchs, Austria
Interview: Theartzine.WordPress 3/6/13 by Pittrotelli, Italy
DropYourArt & Winds of Change published on Feb 24, by Gemengde technieken, Olieverf, Amsterdam, Dutch
2012 Pondly 12/12/the-printed-word-by-shin-young-an/ By Hyathiz on December 29, in Concept Art
www.junk-culture.com newspaper-art-by-shin-young Posted by Junkculture Tuesday, August 28
junglegymmagazine- newspaper-art-by-shin-young-an/ Aug 2
Interview: Lodown Magazine December 2012 issue by Sven Fortmann in Berlin, Germany
Interview: Empty Kingdom October 12, 2012, posted by the Blind Architect
Interview: The Raw Book November 1, 2012, by Alicia Chon
designalmic.com Posted by Designalmic In EDITOR'S Picks. Paintings
"New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition"-The Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton College
Spanish Press sinembargo.mx By: Editorial / HOWEVER - September 1, 2012, Spain
Art gallery - Hyper-Realism Painting posted on September 1, 2012, by Naver blog, S. Korea
juxtapoz.com Daily Life painted by Shin-Young An posted online Sunday, August 26, 2012
England Press Emptykingdom By Konahrtist - August 25, 2012
flavorwire Intriguing Photo-realistic Paintings on Newspapers by Caroline Stanley. Posted on Aug 31, 2012
APP(Asbury Park Press), NJ "Beyond the printed word" Aug 16, 2012, written by Marie Naples Maber
NewsKann-Korean American New York-New Jersey on 12-03-18 by Minho Lee
2011 KoreaDaily New York Newspaper on Monday, 7. 11.11
AANYAA Blogspot Posted by New York Academy of Art, July 01, 2011
Undo.net “We Can’t Deny Reality” 2.11.2011 by COMUNICATO STAMPA
2010 Village Voice by Robert Shuster, Jul 20, 2010
2009 Independent News Emerging Artist: Shin-Young An 7/23/2009, NJ
Women Paintings of Women The Expedition & Beyond Friday, Nov 20, 2009, by ALIA EL-BERMANI
The Tribeca Trib - July/August 2009 - Clipping the Last Fingernail Art for the Art School's Sake
-The New York Academy of Art's annual summer show
2008 Allied Artists of America-95th Award winner of the Len G, Everett Memorial Award -Tied
2008 Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine www.juxtapoz.com, Nov 6th
The Artist’s Magazine-December, 2008 Issue-The Best Art of 2008-“Honorable Mention Award” for Self-Portrait -Tied
- in Portrait/Figure Category
2007 Audubon - Award Winner of Graphics and Work image Man with Crossed Arms
The Trenton Times, Arts & Leisure "The Best of The Best" April 29, 2007-“Clipping the Third Fingernail”
"Blossom: The Art of Flowers” Published by Susan Kathleen Black Foundation.
-Catalogue Available at http://susanblackfoundation.org/2006finalists.html
2006 “Best of New York Artists & Artisans 2006” Published by Kennedy Promotions -Edited by Adam P. Kennedy and Renee Kennedy
2005 An Invitational Artist for the art book “El Retarto” published by Idea Books in Barcelona, Spain
2004 2003 Grant & Scholarship competition Awards on Linea vol.8, Journal of the Art Students League of NY
“Gallery of Korean” on the Monthly Korean Magazine for the January issue
2001 M.F.A. The New York Academy of Art
2005 The Art Students League of New York, U.S.A
Awards and Grants (Brief):
2001~2018 Ms. An received approximately 32 awards on painting including a 2011 Fellowship grant from the
New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Anna Hyatt Huntington Bronze Medal Award-110th
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art of NY in 2006, Best of Show in 2005 for Focus on the Figure from
Hopper House of NY, Best of Show in 2004 from Hartland Artist exhibition, the City of Merriam, Kansas,
Xavier Gonzalez & Ethel Edwards Grant in 2003 from the artists League of NY, Len G. Everett Memorial
Award for the Advancement of American Art from Allied Artists of America in 2002 & 2008, etc.
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 Sept 1 - Oct 14 Hutchins Galleries Lawrenceville, NJ
2017 Apr 2 - 30 Winds of Hope, 1351 Amsterdam Ave provided by Chashama.org, NY
Mar 1 - Apr 30 Encouraging Impact, BELSKE ART WALL Closter Public Library, Closter, NJ
2014 Sep 4 - 30 Passion for Truth & Beauty : The Intermezzo Gallery in the Bergen Performing Arts Center, NJ
2013 Feb 25-Mar 24 Winds of Change : Alzarian McCullough Art Gallery at St. Thomas Aquinas College, NY
2010 Feb 1 - 26 Reflections : The M. Christina Geis Gallery at Georgian Court University, NJ
2009 Jul 10 - Aug 9 NJ Emerging Artists Series–Oil Paintings, The Monmouth Museum, NJ
Invitational Two Person Exhibitions:
2015 Jan 20 - Mar 28 Journey : The Stockton Art Gallery / The Richard Stockton University, NJ
2011 May 2 - 26 Facing Reality : The Intermezzo Gallery / The Bergen Performing Art Center in Englewood, NJ
Group Exhibitions (Brief):
2001~2020 ShinYoung has participated in more than 120 invitational and selected group exhibitions throughout
the U.S., Italy, Spain, Japan, and South Korea, including the New Jersey State Museum, the Newark Museum in NJ,
the Noyes Museum in NJ, the Trenton City Museum in NJ, the Monmouth Museum in NJ, the Kupferberg Holocaust
Museum in NY, the Houston Museum of Natural Science, and the Cork Gallery in Lincoln Center, NY
Arts-related Activity:
2022 Post Graduate Teaching Assistant for Technical Narrative class with Vincent Desiderio
at the Graduate School of Figurative Art of the New York Academy of Art
2022 Artist talk at the NJ State Museum - NJ Arts Annual Exhibition: Reemergence
2019 Lecture, Workshop, Demonstration at East Carolina University, NC
2015 Artist talk for the two-person exhibition at the Stockton University Art Gallery, NJ
2015, 2014, 2012 Lectures & workshops: 32nd, 31st, 30th Scientific Conventions by Seoul National University College
of Medicine - Alumni Association of N. America, Inc.
2007 Director for Sculptor Group in American Division and a participant in the International Sculpture Symposium,
Geochang, South Korea
1986-1995 An Art Instructor for students of various ages and levels of experience
Publications (Brief):
Ms. An's work has been reviewed and published in more than 50 critical articles throughout the U.S, Spain, South
Korea, the U.K, Italy, Germany, and Australia. She was invited to be the figurative artist of New Jersey by “figure 50.”
Her Face series, “Winds of Hope,” was featured in Creator.VICE in 2017
Awards and Grants:
2018 The Spring Residency Program of the ESKFF at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ.
2011 A Fellowship Grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
2010 6th 2010 Artslant Showcase Juried winner
2009 Third Place Award-Art Kudos International Exhibition www.artkudos.com/2009/558_1.html
2008 Len G. Everett Memorial Award -95th Annual Exhibition-the Allied Artists of America Inc (NY)
Colonel George J. Morales Memorial Award 80th of the American Artists Professional League(NY)
Colonel George J. Morales Memorial Award-112th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art club (NY)
Honorable Mention Award in Figure & Portrait Category December 2008 Issue of The Artist’s Magazine
Honorable Mention in the Faces of Winter-Bendheim Gallery-Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists (CT)
Marsha Holst Memorial Award-28th Annual Juried Exhibition-Ridgewood Art Institute (NJ)
2007 Dorothy Barberies Memorial Award-11th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art club (NY)
Art Students League Award-65th Audubon Artists Inc. Salmagundi Club (NY)
The Art Students League Award-76th Annual Exhibition of Hudson Valley Art Association (NY)
Honorable Mention-Ellarslie Open XXV Trenton City Museum, Trenton (NJ)
Honorable Mention & Merit Awards-Faces of Spring 07-Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists (CT)
2006 Anna Hyatt Huntington Bronze Medal Award-110th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Inc (NY)
Merit Award, Faces of Winter 06-Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists & Bendheim Gallery (CT)
Jerry’s Artarama Gift Certificate Award-26th Juried Show-Ridgewood Art Institute (NJ)
2005 Best of Show for Focus on the Figure, Hopper House (NY)
The Nancy Sloan Scholarship-the Art Students League of NY
Best of New York Artists & Artisans 2005, Third place, Kennedy Promotions
The Hudson Valley Art Association Award-25th Juried Show-Ridgewood Art Institute(NJ)
2004 The American Artists Fund Award-26th American Artists Professional League (NY)
The Winsor & Newton Materials Award-Audubon Artists (NY)
Third Place for Oils/Acrylics, The New Rochelle Art Association (NY)
Best of Show & Award of Merit-Hartland Artist Exhibition-City of Merriam (Kansas)
The Moshe Bahiri Award-24th Juried Show-Ridgewood Art Institute (NJ)
2003 Xavier Gonzalez & Ethel Edwards Grant-9 months Travel and Study in Spain-The Art Students League of NY.
Juror’s Second Place Award-Halpert Biennial-Turchin Center of Visual Arts, Appalachian State University (NC)
Award of Excellence-“Healing Power of Art”-Manhattan Art International (NY)
2002 Len G. Everett Memorial Award for the Advancement of American Art-Allied Artists of America Inc (NY)
1999-2001 Merit Scholarships from Graduate School of Figurative Art of the New York Academy of Art (NY)
Publications (News Links & Interviews):
2022 New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence: the digital exhibition catalog by the New Jersey State Museum
2021 New Jersey Arts Annual: Revision & Respond exhibition catalog by the Newark Museum of Art
2020 100greatest women artists of All Time... So Far by Thomas Arthur Smith, June 26
2017 ON ART AND AESTHETICS Exploring creativity and beauty across different media. Scholarly and journalistic.
Lushly illustrated. Passionately global. Published by TULIKA B. London
Face series, "Winds of Hope," is featured in Creator.VICE, published by Diana Shi. NY
2015 July 24 News sitters ShinYoung An buff.ly/1VDK9UL by Mila Abbey/Jose L. College, Rome, Italy
Enlarged the Screen Featured in 60americans.com by Noah Becker, Terrence Sanders & Alexander Venet
Interview: http://m-u-s-e-u-m.org/shinyoung-an/ by Shabnam Piryaei
Interview: https://thenewspro.org/?p=10648 NewsPro
2014 Live Interview: TBS eFM, Korea's leading English-only radio station, S. Korea
NewsPro - September 17 http://thenewspro.org/?p=7424
featured in the New This Week 7-14-2014 Collection on Saatchi Art's homepage by Rebecca Wilson.
Art2day http://www.art2day.co.uk/artist-search.html - face series of Shin-Young An's work Keywords: Media-
Newspaper-Portrait-Shock-Power-Women -Social Issues-Narrative-Imagination by Jamie Rogers, Croydon, UK
2013 Peeling Garlic is visible on figure50.com and represents the figure artist of the New Jersey State of US 9/25/13.
The first edition of Women in Art Volume 1 (features 512 Great female artists and their works from ancient times
-The earliest work dates back to 1100 - and the Middle Ages to the present. ) - selling on
www.women-in-art.com/shop invited and published on March 15, by Oliver Fuchs, Austria
Interview: Theartzine.WordPress 3/6/13 by Pittrotelli, Italy
DropYourArt & Winds of Change published on Feb 24, by Gemengde technieken, Olieverf, Amsterdam, Dutch
2012 Pondly 12/12/the-printed-word-by-shin-young-an/ By Hyathiz on December 29, in Concept Art
www.junk-culture.com newspaper-art-by-shin-young Posted by Junkculture Tuesday, August 28
junglegymmagazine- newspaper-art-by-shin-young-an/ Aug 2
Interview: Lodown Magazine December 2012 issue by Sven Fortmann in Berlin, Germany
Interview: Empty Kingdom October 12, 2012, posted by the Blind Architect
Interview: The Raw Book November 1, 2012, by Alicia Chon
designalmic.com Posted by Designalmic In EDITOR'S Picks. Paintings
"New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition"-The Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton College
Spanish Press sinembargo.mx By: Editorial / HOWEVER - September 1, 2012, Spain
Art gallery - Hyper-Realism Painting posted on September 1, 2012, by Naver blog, S. Korea
juxtapoz.com Daily Life painted by Shin-Young An posted online Sunday, August 26, 2012
England Press Emptykingdom By Konahrtist - August 25, 2012
flavorwire Intriguing Photo-realistic Paintings on Newspapers by Caroline Stanley. Posted on Aug 31, 2012
APP(Asbury Park Press), NJ "Beyond the printed word" Aug 16, 2012, written by Marie Naples Maber
NewsKann-Korean American New York-New Jersey on 12-03-18 by Minho Lee
2011 KoreaDaily New York Newspaper on Monday, 7. 11.11
AANYAA Blogspot Posted by New York Academy of Art, July 01, 2011
Undo.net “We Can’t Deny Reality” 2.11.2011 by COMUNICATO STAMPA
2010 Village Voice by Robert Shuster, Jul 20, 2010
2009 Independent News Emerging Artist: Shin-Young An 7/23/2009, NJ
Women Paintings of Women The Expedition & Beyond Friday, Nov 20, 2009, by ALIA EL-BERMANI
The Tribeca Trib - July/August 2009 - Clipping the Last Fingernail Art for the Art School's Sake
-The New York Academy of Art's annual summer show
2008 Allied Artists of America-95th Award winner of the Len G, Everett Memorial Award -Tied
2008 Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine www.juxtapoz.com, Nov 6th
The Artist’s Magazine-December, 2008 Issue-The Best Art of 2008-“Honorable Mention Award” for Self-Portrait -Tied
- in Portrait/Figure Category
2007 Audubon - Award Winner of Graphics and Work image Man with Crossed Arms
The Trenton Times, Arts & Leisure "The Best of The Best" April 29, 2007-“Clipping the Third Fingernail”
"Blossom: The Art of Flowers” Published by Susan Kathleen Black Foundation.
-Catalogue Available at http://susanblackfoundation.org/2006finalists.html
2006 “Best of New York Artists & Artisans 2006” Published by Kennedy Promotions -Edited by Adam P. Kennedy and Renee Kennedy
2005 An Invitational Artist for the art book “El Retarto” published by Idea Books in Barcelona, Spain
2004 2003 Grant & Scholarship competition Awards on Linea vol.8, Journal of the Art Students League of NY
“Gallery of Korean” on the Monthly Korean Magazine for the January issue
