Soo Shin (b.1981, Seoul) is a conceptual artist & sculptor who lives and works in Chicago, IL. She is the recipient of the fellowship at Djerassi Artist Residency, Woodside, CA; the individual artist grant at the Illinois Arts Council; and the Vilcek foundation fellowship at MacDowell artist residency. Shin’s work has been presented at Patron Gallery, Chicago, IL; Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago, IL; Chicago Manual Style, Chicago, IL; LVL3, Chicago, IL; and Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL among others. She has completed residences at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center; Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams; Vermont Studio Center; Art Farm, Marquette, NE; and Ox-box, Saugatuck, MI. She earned a Master in Fine Arts from School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a Master in Fine Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.
