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Biography:
Ms. An is a Korean-American who obtained her B.F.A. from Hyosung Women’s University in South Korea. She has also studied at the Art Students League of NY, U.S., and the Cercle Artistic de Sant Lluc in Barcelona, Spain, after receiving her M.F.A. from the Graduate School of Figurative Art of the New York Academy of Art in 2001.

Ms. An has had solo exhibitions at the following venues:
2023 Hutchins Galleries, Lawrenceville School, NJ
2017 1351 Amsterdam Ave., supported by Chashama, NY
2017 The Belske Art Wall, Closter Public Library, NJ
2014 The Bergen Performing Arts Center, NJ
2013 The Azarian McCullough Art Gallery of St. Thomas Aquinas College, NY
2010 The M. Christina Geis Gallery of Georgian Court University, NJ
2009 The Monmouth Museum, NJ
2007 The Greenwich Cafe Gallery in Greenwich Village, NY
2004 The La Bolsa Cafe Gallery in Barcelona, Spain

She has also participated in about 120 invitational and juried two person and group exhibitions
throughout the USA, Italy, Spain, Japan and South Korea since arriving in the U.S. in 1995. These would
include:

The New Jersey State Museum
The Newark Museum of Art, NJ

The George Segal Gallery at Montclair University, NJ
The Stockton Art Gallery at Richard Stockton University, NJ
The Noyes Museum, NJ
The Kupferberg Holocaust Museum, NY
The Monmouth Museum, NJ
The Houston Museum of Natural Science
The Trenton City Museum, NJ
The Cork Gallery in Lincoln Center, NY


Awards and Grants:
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2024
The Individual Artist Fellowship Grant in Painting from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, in partnership with Mid Atlantic Arts.

2018  
The Spring Residency Program of the ESKFF at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ.

2011 
The Individual Artist Fellowship Grant in Painting from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, in partnership with Mid Atlantic Arts.
2010 
6th 2010 Artslant Showcase Juried winner
2009 
Third Place Award-Art Kudos International Exhibition, www.artkudos.com/2009/558_1.html
2008 
Len G. Everett Memorial Award—95th Annual Exhibition-the Allied Artists of America, Inc (NY)
Colonel George J. Morales Memorial Award, 80th of the American Artists Professional League (NY)
Colonel George J. Morales Memorial Award, 112th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art club (NY)
Honorable Mention Award in Figure & Portrait Category, December 2008 Issue of The Artist’s Magazine
Honorable Mention in the Faces of Winter-Bendheim Gallery-Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists (CT)
Marsha Holst Memorial Award-28th Annual Juried Exhibition-Ridgewood Art Institute (NJ)
2007  
Dorothy Barberies Memorial Award, 11th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art club (NY)
Art Students League Award-65th Audubon Artists Inc. Salmagundi Club (NY)
Art Students League Award-76th Annual Exhibition of Hudson Valley Art Association (NY)
Honorable Mention-Ellarslie Open XXV Trenton City Museum, Trenton (NJ)
Honorable Mention & Merit Awards-Faces of Spring 07-Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists (CT)
2006  
Anna Hyatt Huntington Bronze Medal Award-110th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Inc (NY)
Merit Award, Faces of Winter 06-Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists & Bendheim Gallery (CT)
Jerry’s Artarama Gift Certificate Award-26th Juried Show-Ridgewood Art Institute (NJ)
2005  
Best of Show for Focus on the Figure, Hopper House (NY)
The Nancy Sloan Scholarship-the Art Students League of NY
Best of New York Artists & Artisans 2005, Third place, Kennedy Promotions
The Hudson Valley Art Association Award for the 25th Juried Show-Ridgewood Art Institute (NJ)
2004  
The American Artists Fund Award, 26th American Artists Professional League (NY)
The Winsor & Newton Materials Award-Audubon Artists (NY)
Third Place for Oils/Acrylics, The New Rochelle Art Association (NY)
Best of Show & Award of Merit-Hartland Artist Exhibition-City of Merriam (Kansas )
The Moshe Bahiri Award-24th Juried Show-Ridgewood Art Institute (NJ)
2003  
Xavier Gonzalez & Ethel Edwards Grant: 9 months Travel and Study in Spain-The Art Students League of NY.
Juror’s Second Place Award-Halpert Biennial-Turchin Center of Visual Arts, Appalachian State University (NC)
Award of Excellence-“Healing Power of Art”-Manhattan Art International (NY)
2002  
Len G. Everett Memorial Award for the Advancement of American Art-Allied Artists of America, Inc (NY)
1999-2001 
Merit Scholarships from Graduate School of Figurative Art of the New York Academy of Art (NY)


Publications (News Links & Interviews):
2022 New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence: the digital exhibition catalog by the New Jersey State Museum
2021 New Jersey Arts Annual: Revision & Respond exhibition catalog by the Newark Museum of Art
2020
100 Greatest women artists of All Time... So Far by Arthur Smith, June 26 
2017 ONARTANDAESTHETICS Exploring creativity & beauty across different media. Scholarly and journalistic.
     Lushly illustrated. Passionately global. Published by TULIKA B. London
     Face series, "Winds of Hope," is featured in Creator.VICE, published by Diana Shi. NY
2015 @arteaunclick July 24 News sitters buff.ly/1VDK9UL by Mila Abbey/Jose L.Callega, Rome, Italy
     Enlarged the Screen, Featured in 60Americans.com by Noah Becker, Terrence Sanders and Alexander Venet
     Interview: http://m-u-s-e-u-m.org/shinyoung-an/ by Shabnam Piryaei
     Interview:  https://thenewspro.org/?p=10648 NewsPro
2014 Live Interview: TBS eFM, Korea's leading English only radio station, S. Korea
     NewsPro, September 17: http://thenewspro.org/?p=7424
     featured in the New This Week 7-14-2014 Collection on Saatchi Art's homepage by Rebecca Wilson.
     Art2day www.art2day.co.uk/artist-search.html - face series of Shin-Young An's work Key words: media
     Newspaper-Portrait-Shock-Power-Women-Social Issues-Narrative-Imagination by Jamie Rogers, Croydon, UK
2013 Peeling Garlic is visible on figure50.com & represented the figure artist of the New Jersey State of
     US 9/25/13.

     The first edition of Women in Art, Volume 1, features 512 Great female artists and their works from
     ancient times
-the earliest works dating back to 1100—and the Middle Ages to the present-Published on
     March 15, by Oliver Fuchs,
Austria

     Interview: Theartzine.Wordpress 3/6/13 by Pittrotelli, Italy
     DropYourArt: Winds of Change, published on feb 24, by Gemengde technieken, Olieverf, Amsterdam, Dutch
2012 Pondly 12/12/the-printed-word-by-shin-young-an/ By Hyathiz on December 29, in Concept Art
     www.junk-culture.com newspaper-art-by-shin-young-an Posted by Junkculture Tuesday, August 28
     junglegymmagazine- newspaper-art-by-shin-young-an/Aug 2
     Interview: Lodown Magazine December issue by Sven Fortmann in Berlin, Germany
     Interview: Empty Kingdom October 12, posted by the Blind Architect
     Interview: The Raw Book, November 1 by Alicia Chon
     designalmic.com, posted by Designalmic In EDITOR'S Picks. Paintings
     New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition-The Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton College
     Spanish Press: sinembargo.mx By: Editorial / HOWEVER, September 1, Spain
     Art gallery: Hyper-Realism Painting posted on September 1, 2012 by naver blog, S. Korea
     juxtapoz.com Daily Life painted by Shin-Young An posted on Sunday, August 26
     England Press Emptykingdom By Konahrtist, August 25
     flavorwire Intriguing Photo-realistic Paintings on Newspapers by Caroline Stanley. Posted on Aug 31, 
     APP(Asburry Park Press), NJ "Beyond the printed word," Aug 16, written by Marie Naples Maber
     NewsKann-Korean American New York New Jersey on 12-03-18 by Minho Lee
2011 KoreaDaily New York Newspaper on Monday, 7. 11.11
     AANYAA blogspot Posted by New York Academy of Art, July 1
     Undo.net “We Can’t Deny Reality” 2.11 by COMUNICATO STAMPA
2010 Village Voice by Robert Shuster, Jul 20
2009 Independent News Emerging Artist: Shin-Young An, 7/23, NJ
     Paintings of Women: The Expedition & Beyond, published on Nov 20, by ALIA EL-BERMANI
     The Tribeca Trib, July/August issue: Clipping the Last Fingernail--Art for the Art School's Sake
     -The New York Academy of Art's annual summer show
2008 Allied Artists of America-95th Award winner of the Len G. Everett Memorial Award-Tied
2008 Juxtapose Art & Culture Magazine, www.juxtapoz.com, Nov 6th
     The Artist’s Magazine, December Issue: The Best Art of 2008
     -“Honorable Mention Award” for Self-Portrait-Tied-in Portrait/Figure Category
2007 Audubon Award Winner of Graphics and Work Image: Man with Crossed Arms
     The Trenton Times, Arts & Leisure The Best of The Best April 29, 2007-Clipping the Third Fingernail
     "Blossom: The Art of Flowers” Published by the Susan Kathleen Black Foundation.
      catalog Available at http://susanblackfoundation.org/2006finalists.html
2006  Best of New York Artists & Artisans Published by Kennedy Promotions, edited by Adam and Renee’
      Kennedy

2005  An Invitational Artist for the art book “El Retarto” published by Idea Books in Barcelona, Spain
2004  2003 Grant & Scholarship competition Awards on Linea, vol. 8, Journal of the Art Students League of
      NY

      “Gallery of Korean” in the Monthly Korean Magazine for January issue

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Tied
Len G. Everett Memorial Award for the Advancement of American Art from Allied Artists of America in 2008


The Twilight
Len G. Everett Memorial Award for the Advancement of American Art from Allied Artists of
 America in 2002


A River Breeze
Anna Hyatt Huntington Bronze Medal Award-110th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art of NY
 in 2006

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