2019/12/09 17:37
群馬県伊勢崎市に生まれ、繊維工場を営んでいた家族のもと、テキスタイルデザイナーとしてアーティストの道を歩み始める。フリーランスイラストレーターとして活動したのち、オーストラリアに移住し、シドニーにて版画ギャラリーをオープン。移住前には日本国内で、版画グランプリ（1974年）、講談社（1971年）をはじめ数々の賞を受賞。世界各地で個展を開催。
作品は、現在も三宝国際陶器美術館（中国景徳鎮）やニュー・サウス・ウェールズ州立美術館（オーストラリア）等、また、数多くの個人コレクションに収蔵されている。
グローバルな活動を広げるために、2013年に景徳鎮（中国）に陶磁器スタジオを設立。さらに、2014年には有田（佐賀県）、2018年にはチェンマイ郊外（タイ）にスタジオを構え、地域のアーティストと協働しながら作品のデザイン・制作・プロデュースを行っている。
作風は、日本の伝統的な紋様や浮世絵を現代的にアレンジしたもの、自身の記憶に基づいた細やかに描写された人物たち、手作業で作られた個性的で形の大胆な陶磁器オブジェ（人形）など世界でもユニークな作品群です。作品の全てに豊かな経験による即興性、一貫性のある想像力、そして情熱が表現されています。
Born in Isesaki, Japan, to a family who ran a weaving factory, Shin began his artistic path as a textile designer. After a working as a freelance illustrator, Shin moved to Australia where he established a printmaking gallery in Sydney. Before emigrating, he won numerous awards in Japan such as the Japan Printmakers Grand Prix and the KFS Art Contest Grand Prix. He holds private exhibitions at many places in the world.
Shin’s work features in the collections of the Sanbao International Ceramic Art Institute (Jingdezhen, China), the Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) and etc., as well as numerous private collections.
He expanded his international activity by establishing a ceramics studio in 2013 at Jingdezhen, China. Shin also maintains studios in Arita (Saga Prefecture, Japan) since 2014 and on the outskirts of Chiangmai (Thailand) since 2018. Shin collaborates with artists in these regions to design and produce his works.
Shin’s unique oeuvre includes contemporary arrangements of traditional Japanese patterns and Ukiyo-e, detailed depictions of figures based on his own memories, as well as idiosyncratic handmade ceramic objects (dolls) with exaggerated forms. All Shin’s work expresses his inspiration earned through rich experience, along with his ceaseless imagination and passion.
Shin’s work features in the collections of the Sanbao International Ceramic Art Institute (Jingdezhen, China), the Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) and etc., as well as numerous private collections.
He expanded his international activity by establishing a ceramics studio in 2013 at Jingdezhen, China. Shin also maintains studios in Arita (Saga Prefecture, Japan) since 2014 and on the outskirts of Chiangmai (Thailand) since 2018. Shin collaborates with artists in these regions to design and produce his works.
Shin’s unique oeuvre includes contemporary arrangements of traditional Japanese patterns and Ukiyo-e, detailed depictions of figures based on his own memories, as well as idiosyncratic handmade ceramic objects (dolls) with exaggerated forms. All Shin’s work expresses his inspiration earned through rich experience, along with his ceaseless imagination and passion.
