Paintings (2006~2017)
Obama Series
Transformation_36" x 12"
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(2008 ~ Present)
Weeding Out _ 36”x 12”
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 "Sapling" 36x12" |
 "Watering a Plant" 36x12" |
Feeding, 36”x 12”
Hands & Feet Series
Enough is Enough, 48"x 36"
Polishing Toenails, 21"x 26"
A Breaking News, 24"x 24"
 "Clicking" 24x24" |
Cheering, Private Collection
Face Series
The Civil Rights Movement, 36"x 36"
Ocular Trophy, 30"x 30"
Come From Shadow, 30"x 30"
 "Peeking", 24"x 24" _Private Collection |
 "Striking a Match"
20x20"
Private Collection  "Striking a Match for Lighting, 23x20"  "Lighting Candles" 30x24" 
"Lighting Candles Together"
24"x 24"
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 "Candlelit"
30x30"
Private Collection 
A Spring Breeze, 30"x 30"
 "Women History-2" 24x24"  "Unblinking" 30"x 30", Private Collection |
Peeling Garlic, 24"x 30"
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The U.S, Citizen, 36"x 36"
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 "Drinking Ice Coffee", 24"x30" 
Dessert Time, 22"x 28"
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 "Partly Guilty-2"
21x26"
Private Collection 
Partly Guilty-1, Collected by David K. Schafer, NY
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Figurative paintings(2000-2008)
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Shaped, Oil on Linen,
26"x22"
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Repose, Oil on Linen, 32"x26"
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Longing, Oil on Linen, 32x22
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Twilight, Oil On Linen, 28"x 22"
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The Twilight, Oil on Canvas, 16x12
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"Life", 28x22", Oil on Canvas
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Artist's Studio_Oil on Linen_28"x23"
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Profile of Che, Oil on Canvas, 16"x12"
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"A River Breeze", Oil on Linen, 26"x22"
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Self-Portrait in Hanbock, 40"x30"
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A Gypsy Woman, 24"x18"
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Affection, 20x24, Oil on Canvas
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Standing Figure in Green, Oil on Linen 24"x 18" Permanent Collection (Barry H. Wiener CPA, NJ)
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Harmony of Flesh Ochre, 12"x 16"
Permanent Collection
(Sukeshi O’neal, CA)
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Harmony of Green & Purple,
Permanent Collection
(Barry H. Wiener CPA, NJ)
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Drawings
Sculptures(2007)
"Tied", 28"x 22", Oil on Linen
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"Journey" at Stockton University Art Gallery, NJ
Most Recent Group Exhibitions:
2016 ViewPoints 2016 : 19th Annual Juried Exhibition by Studio Montclair at Aljira
- a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark (NJ)
2016 - 2017 Don’t forget the Sewol Ferry Disaster : Library Touring Exhibition for Bergen County (NJ)
2016 Artists Emerged : NJ Emerging Artists Series New Works at the Monmouth Museum (NJ)
2015 Eclectic Junction at Riverside Gallery, NJ
2015 60 Americans at Elga Wimmer Gallery, NY
Past Two Person Exhibition:
Jan 20 - Mar 28, 2015 Journey with Howard Tran at Stockton University Art Gallery, NJ
2010 Facing Reality with Steven Cavalo at the Bergen Performing Arts Center, Englewood , NJ
Past Solo Exhibitions:
April 12 - 30, 2017 Winds of Hope at 1351 Amsterdam Ave (126th St. and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd) supported by Chashama.
Mar 1 - April 30, 2017 Encouraging impact at the Belskie Museum Art Wall, Closter Public Library, NJ
Sept 4 - Sept 30, 2014 Passion for Truth & Beauty - Bergen Performing Arts Center, Englwood, NJ
Feb 25 - Mar 24, 2013 Winds of Change - "Azarian McCullough Art Gallery" at the St. Thomas Aquinas College, NY
Feb 1 – Feb 26, 2010 Reflections–The M. Christina Geis Gallery at Georgian Court University, NJ
July 10 - Aug 9, 2009 The Monmouth Museum, NJ www.monmouthmuseum.org - NJ Emerging Artists Series – Oil Paintings
May 1 - July 31, 2007 Figure with River View Greenwich Village, NY
Mar 20 -Apr 19, 2004 La Bolsa Gallery in Barcelona, Spain
Biography
ShinYoung An is from South Korea and obtained her B.F.A in Korea. She has also studied at the Art Students League of NY and
“Cercle Artistic de Sant Lluc” in Barcelona, Spain after receiving her M.F.A in painting from The Graduate School of Figurative Art of
the New York Academy of Art in 2001.
Her work has been shown at numerous exhibitions throughout the U.S., Italy, Spain, Japan and South Korea
since arriving in the U.S. in 1995.
Ms. An has had solo exhibitions at the following venues:
2017 The Belskie Museum Art Wall, Closter Public Library, NJ
2014 The Bergen Performing Arts Center, NJ
2013 The Azarian McCullough Art Gallery of St. Thomas Aquinas College, NY
2010 The M. Christina Geis Gallery of Georgian Court University, NJ
2009 The Monmouth Museum, NJ
2007 The Greenwich Cafe Gallery in Greenwich Village, NY
2004 The La Bolsa” Gallery in Barcelona, Spain
Her two person exhibitions: 2015 with Howard Tran(sculptor) lower gallery in Stockton Art Gallery, NJ
2010 with Steven Cavalo at the Bergen Performing Art Center, NJ
She has also participated in about 102 invitational and juried group exhibitions throughout the USA, Italy, Spain, Japan and South Korea
since arriving in the US in 1995. These would include:
The Noyes Museum, NJ
The New Jersey State Museum
The Kupferberg Holocaust Museum, NY
The Monmouth Museum, NJ
The Houston Museum of Natural Science
The Trenton City Museum, NJ
The Cork Gallery in Lincoln Center, NY
The Foundazione Querini Stampalia, Italy:“Exhibition Imago Mundi”-55th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale
She has been awarded more than 31 awards in national competitions including:
2011 A fellowship grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts
2005 Best of Show for Focus on the Figure at Hopper House, New York
2004 Best of Show & Merit from the Hartland Exhibition of the City of Merriam, Kansas
2003 The Xavier Gonzalez & Edwards Grant for Painting from the Artists League of NY
2002 & 2008 Len G. Everett Memorial Award for the Advancement of American Art from Allied Artists of America
Her work has been reviewed and published in more than 40 critical articles throughout the U.S., Spain, South Korea, the UK, Italy, Germany and Australia.
She was invited to represent New Jersey as its figurative artist in "Figure 50" which ran from September 25, 2013 to March 31, 2014.
She was also interviewed by the media numerous times including on eFM English radio in South Korea and on M-U-S-E-U-M.org.
Statement(2016)
I have created my own art form of portraiture juxtaposing ordinary, routine tasks against a backdrop of current news articles
that feature a variety of social, political, environmental issues and events.
While reading about and listening to these issues in the news, the articles and stories began affecting me in such a way
that I wanted this to be reflected in my art. I depict my reactions to these events through the visual interaction of hands, feet and portraits
painted against a backdrop of current news articles that have touched me. I try to collect headlines and photos with the least biased contents
from around world. Not only do I use current news articles that have had an impact on me, but I also use original newspapers
describing historic events in order to preserve those stories on paper for the future.
I am concerned that printed media may cease to be as prevalent in the future due to the rapidly developing technology.
I use gesso, acrylic and oil on a background made up of a collage of original newspapers that are glued on canvas or on top of my previous artwork.
Statement (2006)
Serious artists are constantly reinventing themselves, as they strive to achieve an illusive vision of "great art".
Often, world and national events impose an emotional response on the artist, who is
otherwise powerless to influence such events. The canvas can become the
artist's vehicle of expression
I am an artist in transition. In the past, I have attempted to faithfully record my subject, with an emotional response limited
only to that subject. In portraiture, for example, the challenge has been to produce a work that reflects my response
to the personality of the sitter. I can no longer ignore the effect that outside events are having on me.
I am now attempting to do paintings that convey my emotional response to such events.
It is not always easy to move away from that which you are comfortable with to explore a new area.
In life, one needs to progress and let go of the past, in order to achieve something greater.
The main theme of my recent work is exploring the unfortunate reality of our present world. While reading the newspaper,
articles began affecting me to the point that I realized I am a somewhat powerless artist and I wanted this to be reflected in my work.
It has given me the opportunity to respond to social and environmental issues. I depict these reactions through
the visual interaction of hands and feet, face and flowers painted against a backdrop of current news articles that have provoked me.
I have created my own art form of portraiture juxtaposing ordinary, routine tasks against a backdrop of current news articles
that feature a variety of social, political, environmental issues and events.
While reading about and listening to these issues in the news, the articles and stories began affecting me in such a way
that I wanted this to be reflected in my art. I depict my reactions to these events through the visual interaction of hands, feet and portraits
painted against a backdrop of current news articles that have touched me. I try to collect headlines and photos with the least biased contents
from around world. Not only do I use current news articles that have had an impact on me, but I also use original newspapers
describing historic events in order to preserve those stories on paper for the future.
I am concerned that printed media may cease to be as prevalent in the future due to the rapidly developing technology.
I use gesso, acrylic and oil on a background made up of a collage of original newspapers that are glued on canvas or on top of my previous artwork.
Statement (2006)
Serious artists are constantly reinventing themselves, as they strive to achieve an illusive vision of "great art".
Often, world and national events impose an emotional response on the artist, who is
otherwise powerless to influence such events. The canvas can become the
artist's vehicle of expression
I am an artist in transition. In the past, I have attempted to faithfully record my subject, with an emotional response limited
only to that subject. In portraiture, for example, the challenge has been to produce a work that reflects my response
to the personality of the sitter. I can no longer ignore the effect that outside events are having on me.
I am now attempting to do paintings that convey my emotional response to such events.
It is not always easy to move away from that which you are comfortable with to explore a new area.
In life, one needs to progress and let go of the past, in order to achieve something greater.
The main theme of my recent work is exploring the unfortunate reality of our present world. While reading the newspaper,
articles began affecting me to the point that I realized I am a somewhat powerless artist and I wanted this to be reflected in my work.
It has given me the opportunity to respond to social and environmental issues. I depict these reactions through
the visual interaction of hands and feet, face and flowers painted against a backdrop of current news articles that have provoked me.
New Painting "Peace" Series (2013)
"Peace?" 30"x 30"
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"Peace by War?" 40"x 30"
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