NuRi Shin

1993 Born in Suncheon, Korea

2016 Graduated from the Sculpture Department of the Pusan National University of Fine Arts with a bachelor´s degree

2016 Currently Studies at the Sculpture Department of the Pusan National University of Fine Arts for a master´s degree

Currently works and lives in Pusan

SOLO EXHIBITION

2017

Discover the world – NURI Shin Solo Exhibition, Jeongsu Gallery, Seoul

GROUP EXHIBITION

2017

AIGAI In the Gray, Hong Ti art center, Pusan, Korea

Speech Reading and Admiring, Seojung art center, Seoul

The Beautiful Bomb - Exhibition of Four People, LeeYeonJu Gallery, Pusan, Korea

2016

Terms of happiness, BNK Art Gallery, Pusan, Korea

OPEN MATCH, Geumjeong Art Center, Pusan, Korea

Young Artist - Artistar Exhibition, SeokdangMA, Pusan, Korea

2015

the 31st Graduate, Pusan Cultural Center, Pusan, Korea

Nuri Shin: As material standards of living improve, people are no longer required to focus all efforts on securing basic needs such as food, shelter and clothing. We are now living in modern times, enjoying luxury and affluence while engaging in acts of conspicuous consumption, a type of lifestyle even recently unimaginable. Yet should we view this current time in history solely based on improved material living standards? Many phenomena are both present and visible, but their true nature is often difficult to comprehend. For example, what becomes of animals whose environment is destroyed by human activity? Is their extinction to be seen as a necessary price to be paid for human success, for “progress”? The chair is designed to be a resting place for both animals and humans alike, yet while we often see animals perched upon the chair, we seldom see people sitting on it. At first glance, it appears to be a comfortable, luxurious sofa-like chair made specifically for these animals. However, upon a closer look, the chair is made up of instruments of death and cruelty to animals; they could never actually feel peaceful upon such a chair. I hope that this work and the contradictory story it tells of comfort and danger will inspire deep introspection in the viewing public.