About Shin Yeon
Shin Yeon Jeon, a ceramic artist and writer, living in Cockeysville Maryland was born in Seoul Korea and came to America in 1996. Ms. Jeon received B.F.A. in Korean Painting from Ewha Womans University in 1992, her graduate certificate in Ceramic Arts from Hood College in 2003 and earned her M.F.A. from Towson University in Maryland, 2007. She has more than 135 solo, group, invited and juried exhibitions both in Korea and the United States. Her work has been featured in numerous magazines and… more
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Head Project-I
My work demonstrates commitment to sustained investigation of intellectual and emotional issues through ceramic sculpture and is divided into Four phases. The first one was personal issues such as emotions and feelings that I faced earlier from 2005 to 2010. Through the ambiguous facial expression and color exploration, I was able to express myself.
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Triple Women12"×25"×7½", Ceramics & Steel, 2012
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Woman -I19½"×9½"×8½", Ceramics, 2005
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Two Heads23"×14½"×12½", Ceramics, 2007
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Portrait - IV12"× 7½"× 7½", Ceramics & Steel, 2011
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Wavy Woman (wall)-II14.5"x9.5"x4", Ceramics, 2010
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Portrait - V15"× 10½"× 8", Ceramics, 2011
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Wavy Woman (wall)14½"×14½"×4½", Ceramics, 2009
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Disturbed Woman25”× 13" ×11", Ceramics, 2007
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Two Heads12” ×12” ×7½”, Ceramics & Steel, 2012
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Woman -II21½"×13"×12½", Ceramics, 2005
Crowd Project
In the second phase I created social commentary pieces around in 2010. Through many years of my working experience, I found that there exists the politics between people. In one of the pieces I created in the period, "Crowd V", I tried to describe what I felt by creating over 25 figurines and sculptural coil vessel forms that were reflecting the human society in skyscrapers. Through the ambiguous facial expressions, I could express the anonymity that was forced by the society and through the ridges on the vessel forms, I conveyed
"Living in the contemporary society as a human being requires many things to us. One of them is anonymity. Tall vessel forms reflect skyscrapers in a city, and the group of small figures conveys the anonymous state enforced by the society. There is a gradual transformation in figurines, from nicely modeled to blank frontal. The asymmetry of vessel forms, and their texture and ridges implies passage of unnamed lives. It leads viewers’ eye and mind to another state over the surface and the form where they can contemplate the modern society; detachment, conflicts, estrangement, anonymity and so on."
"Living in the contemporary society as a human being requires many things to us. One of them is anonymity. Tall vessel forms reflect skyscrapers in a city, and the group of small figures conveys the anonymous state enforced by the society. There is a gradual transformation in figurines, from nicely modeled to blank frontal. The asymmetry of vessel forms, and their texture and ridges implies passage of unnamed lives. It leads viewers’ eye and mind to another state over the surface and the form where they can contemplate the modern society; detachment, conflicts, estrangement, anonymity and so on."
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Crowd - I9”× 24½" ×10½", Ceramics, 2009
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Crowd -III20"x28"x16", Ceramics, 2010
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. Beyond Time, Beyond Thought, Beyond FeelingDetail
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Crowd -IVDetail
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Crowd -IV24½”× 28" ×20", Ceramics, 2010
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Crowd - Vdetail
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Crowd - V24½”× 28" ×24", Ceramics, 2010
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Crowd -Idetail
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Crowd -IVDetail
Head Project - II
I hit the delete button accidentally so I had to rework to create this section. It is supposed to be under the first one; Head Project - I.
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Head 20116.5"x4"x5.5", ceramics, 2011
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Heads on the WallGallery display scene in 2013
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Recollection -II, back view11” × 11” × 12”, Ceramics, 2012
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Nostalgia17.5"×12"×12", Ceramics, 2013
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Wavy Woman (wall)14.5"x 29"x4.5", Casted Aluminium, 2011
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Recollection -I12"×10"×8½", Ceramics, 2012
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Recollection -II, side view11” × 11” × 12”, Ceramics, 2012
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Trace15¼"×11"×8", Ceramics, 2012
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Splitting Man12½"×8½"×8", Ceramics, 2012
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Day Dreaming15"x11"x10", Ceramics, 2009
Feeding Project
In the third phase, I have been exploring the feminine issue by creating woman’s portrait pieces and breast forms. They were displayed on the wall and floor in a gallery space as a form of installation.
One of the series, “Feeding – XII”, reflects my interest of ceramic piece on the wall. It is a sensual form of a woman that evokes emotions and feelings related to the viewer’s memory. The memory triggers its function and role in society and the physical state of being. The carnal and tactile forms are arranged in a diamond shape on the wall with sixteen pieces. The rhythm and harmony of Asian brush strokes on the surface interplays the physical and spiritual world as well as negative and positive space. The work is visually attractive and displayed gracefully in a controlled setting that invites the viewer to come closer and look. The result is the fusion of sculpture and ink drawing, exploring the intersection of different arrangements; both interlocking and integration of the physical and spiritual world of human beings.
One of the series, “Feeding – XII”, reflects my interest of ceramic piece on the wall. It is a sensual form of a woman that evokes emotions and feelings related to the viewer’s memory. The memory triggers its function and role in society and the physical state of being. The carnal and tactile forms are arranged in a diamond shape on the wall with sixteen pieces. The rhythm and harmony of Asian brush strokes on the surface interplays the physical and spiritual world as well as negative and positive space. The work is visually attractive and displayed gracefully in a controlled setting that invites the viewer to come closer and look. The result is the fusion of sculpture and ink drawing, exploring the intersection of different arrangements; both interlocking and integration of the physical and spiritual world of human beings.
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Feeding - XI30"×30"×3", Ceramics, 2012
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Feeding - XIV, Site Specific Installation53¼"×64"×3", Ceramics, 2011
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Feeding -XII, Site Specific Installation40¼"×73"×3", Ceramics, 2011
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Feeding -XVIII, Gallery scene15"x15"x 3", Ceramics, 2013
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Feeding - XI, XIIGallery Scene, 30"×30"×3", Ceramics, 2012
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Feeding - XI, DetailDetail
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Feeding -X30"×30"×3", Ceramics, 2012
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A Day in the Studio -V30"×30"×3", Ceramics, 2011
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A Day in the Studio -V, detaildetail
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Feeding -XVII, Site Specific Installation8'× 15'× 2.5", Ceramics, 2013
Head Totem Series
In the fourth and most recent period, I have developed the Head series further and arranged them vertically by employing a steel rod and its plate to support individual heads and a variety of organic forms.
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Head Totem - I30"×15½"×12½", Ceramics & Steel, 2012
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Head Totem - VII32"×12"×12", Ceramics & Steel, 2013
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Head Totem - VI34"×12"×12", Ceramics, 2013
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Head Totem - I, III, VGallery scene
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Head Totem - V29"×12"×12", Ceramics & Steel, 2013
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Head Totem - II, IIIGallery scene
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Head Totem -III, detail38"×14½"×11½", Ceramics & Steel, 2012
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Head Totem - III38"×14½"×11½", Ceramics & Steel, 2012
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Head Totem - I, detail30"×15½"×12½", Ceramics & Steel, 2012
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Head Totem - VII, detailDetail