MFA: New York Academy of Art 2006

Han Jong Shin was born in Seoul, Korea in 1964, where he studied oil painting at Hong Ik University and moved to the USA in 2004. He has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in England, USA, and Korea. He is a member of the Seoul Academy of Art, The Korean Association of Figurative painting, Fédération Internationale de la Medaille (FIDEM), and American Medallic Sculpture Association.

Han Jong Shin makes his statements through figurative expression. They are punctuated by his rich study of linear perspective, materials and techniques, chromatics, anatomical drawing, composition and design, écorché, technical figure structure and drawing, painting, history of art, and art and culture critics.

"My devotion to traditional technique is important because I believe this to be fundamental. I progress technically and intellectually by studying not only the completed work of a diverse group of artists, but the processes by which they achieve their outcome. As I do so, I feel my work is enhanced creatively and technically, and I am able to approach more profound concepts."

-Han Jong Shin

In the exhibition, TRUE OR NOT, Shin creates mysterious atmospheres through ordinarily non-artistic objects, as well as traditional portraiture. The haunting imagery consists of subject matter in which the viewer participates. The viewer is left to decide whether the subject matter is veiled, or the veil itself is the subject matter.