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[CV] - Soorin Shin

Based in Glasgow, Scotland
Born in 1993 in Incheon, South Korea

Website: www.wobblydigital.com
E-mail: wobblydigital@gmail.com
Instagram: @wobbly_digital

[Education]          
2017 - 2020
Sculpture and Environmental Art, BA(Hons), The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

2015 - 2016
Design, Design Academy Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

2011 - 2013
Media Design, Dongduk Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea

[Exhibition]

2024
• (Upcoming) PROCESS, Dundee Design Festival 2024, Dundee
• (Upcoming) Bookends, Dundee Design Festival 2024, Dundee

2023
• The Grit and The Glamour, Bard, Edinburgh
• Maker in Residence, Material Source Studio, Glasgow
• Sadeo Pop-up, DIJONSS, London
• As an invited artist, Hidden Door Festival 2023, the former Scottish Widows complex at 15 Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh 


2022
• As a selected artist, Hidden Door Festival 2022, The Old Royal High, Edinburgh 

2021
• More Space For The People, SaltSpace, Glasgow
• Wretched Light Industry, online exhibition, https://stp.world/pages/wretched-light-industry

2020
• The Glasgow School of Art Graduate Showcase, online exhibition, https://gsashowcase.net/
• Degree Show 2020 Simulator, online exhibition, https://ds2020simulator.com/
• It’s a mess from the Barnes to the Civic House, Civic House, Glasgow

2019
• ‘Your Empty Humanism’ in Anti-Bodies, COLAB, Savoy Centre, Glasgow

2018
• SEA Third Year, Barnes Lecture Theatre, Glasgow
• LAND, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow
• In Residence, 16 Nicholson Street and THE PIPE FACTORY, Glasgow
Press: https://www.theskinny.co.uk/art/emerging-artists/gsa-poc-society-multiple-glasgow-galleries
• Drinks Provided, Barnes building, Glasgow    

2017                         
• Borders, Project space 1, The Art School, Glasgow      

[Award & Residency]
2024
• Creative Lab Residencies 2022-24, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow

2023
• PROCESS: Professional Development Programme 2023, Local Heroes, Edinburgh

2022
• Convention House Residency 2022, East Street Arts, Leeds 

2021
• Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards 2020/21

[Commission]
2024
•  Bookend design for Dundee Design Festival 2024, Dundee

2023
• Trophies and Certificates for the Teaching Award 2023, Glasgow School of Art Students’ Association
• USB pendant necklace, a limited edition for LVRA’s EP release, Soft Like Steel
• Buttons for a knitwear designer, Lydia Morrow (@whatlydiamade)

[Experience]

2022
• Held a 3D printing workshop, engaging with 8 participants, East Street Arts, Leeds

2019  
• Worked in an Exhibition Assistant role for Scotland + Venice – Charlotte Prodger, Venice Biennale 2019, Venice. Participated in the 2019 Professional Development Programme spearheaded by Cove Park. Link: https://scotlandandvenice.com/learning/meet-the-2019-professional-development-programme-participants/

2017  
• Intern for Bastiaan De Nennie, Bastiaan De Nennie Studio, Berlin

2014  
• Participated as an artist in Ohori Ssapjjagae, public art project, Goseong-gun

2011  
• Design and Art tutor in high school students’ class, Plan B Art Academy, Seoul   

[Publication]

2023
• THE SKINNY, May 2023 Issue 208 (page. 62), The Joy of the Impossibile: Soorin Shin's 3D printing, written by Stacey Hunter
• The List, May 2023 Issue 771 (page. 38), Shop Talk, written by Claire Stuart
• The New York Times Style Magazine, February 2023, An Edinburgh Shop That Celebrates Scottish Design, The Moon and the Toad, a 3D printed sculpture featured in the article of Bard

2021
• We are geeks and we are not guys: digital, technology-based and new media art for gender liberation, a publication for NEoN Digital Arts Festival
• It’s Nice That online article; ‘Wretched Light Industry features 33 unique environments…’ 29/1
• Featured as an artist in The John Byrne Award’s social media, @thejohnbyrneaward on instagram
• Table Ageing, artwork featured in @ooooobjectsssss,  @curatedbyaccident and @super.ultra.nice on instagram

2020
• Artist Profile - Soorin Shin, written by Rafael Paes, online publication, The Oracle