Ja-kyung Shin – Rosemarie Jäger

Ja-kyung Shin
1981 Born in Busan, KR. 2000-2004 Studied at Seoul National University, KR, majoring in design & crafts, BA. 2004-2010 Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg, Nuremberg, class for gold and silversmithing under Prof. Ulla Mayer. 2006 Silversmithing internship with Josephine Lützel, Winterhausen. 2007 Enamel workshop under Nikolaus Kirchner, Basel, CH. 2008 Goldsmithing course under Peter Bauhuis, Sommerakademie Neuburg. 2009 Master student. Lives and works in Friedrichsdorf/Frankfurt am Main.

Awards
2009 Schoonhoven Silver Award – 2nd prize, Schoonhoven, NL. 2009 Cheongju International Craft Competition – Honourable Mention, Cheongju, KR. 2010 Silbertriennale International – 1. Nachwuchspreis, Hanau. 2011 Inhorgenta Award, Munich. 2011 Apolline-Preis der Grassimesse, Leipzig. 2012 BKV BKV-Preis für Junges Kunsthandwerk – 3rd prize, Munich. 2018 Nomination for the Hessische Staatspreis, Frankfurt am Main.

Works in public collections
Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, GB. GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig.