Animamaly: Xiong Mao

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Animamaly: Xiong Mao by Shanghee Shin

16″ x 11″, 21.25″ x 17″ x 1″ with Frame, Pen and Acrylic Ink on Paper

Current Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Xiong Mao from April 11th to May 12th, 2015

Previous Exhibitions at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- 3rd Year Anniversary Show from December 6th, 2014 to January 6th, 2015
- The Brave Ones from October 10th to November 5th, 2014
- The Tale of Two Legs Standing from April 14th to May 17th, 2012

Artist Statement About This Piece:
The diplomatic mission of Animamaly visited the Great Panda continent! The cat delegation received a very warm welcome by cute ‘xiong-mao’s! They rode a lovely red taxi, and picked lots of green fish from long green trees. What a paradise!

Artist Biography and Statement: 

Shanghee Shin is an illustrator based in Seattle. She graduated from Art center College of Design at Pasadena, CA as illustration major in 2011. Animamaly, which is a whimsical world created by her, depicts unique and lovely animals and nature. These are stories of animals and human civilization without human being. They have the social ladder in their own way, and they act like humans, or sometimes they just stuck in everywhere.

Education:
Art Center College of Design
-Bachelor of Fine Art with Honors in Illustration, Pasadena, CA September 2006 – April 2011

Cypress College
-Major in Fine Arts, Cypress, CA, February 2004 – May 2006

Korean Animation High School
-Major in Animation, Hanam, South Korea, March 2000 – December 2003

Professional Experience:
Art Jammy
-Instructor of Art Studio, Federal Way, Washington, November 2013 – Present

Ludens Publisher, Seoul, South Korean
-Educational Children’s Book Illustration, March 2012 – April 2013
-Book Cover Design of ‘Very Different’, April 2012
written by Anne Fine (Korean Translation)

The National Institute of the Korean Language, Seoul, South Korea
-Children’s Book Illustration for Multicultural Families, June 2011 – November 2011

Recognitions:
EWAAC Video/Animation Parts Finalist
-Short Animation “Start Your Journey”, London, England, October 2014

Art Center College of Design
-2011 Spring Term Front Wall Winner, Pasadena, CA, December 2010 – April 2011
-Portfolio Review Scholarships, Pasadena, CA Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010

Cypress Art League
-Scholarship Winner, Cypress, CA, September 2006

Cypress College Art Show
-Winner of Life Drawing Part, Cypress, CA, November 2005

NHK Short Animation Competitions Finalist
-Group Project “Medusa”, Tokyo, Japan 2002

Exhibitions:
Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA
- “Xiong Mao”, April 11th – May 12th, 2015
- “3rd Year Anniversary Show”, December 6th, 2014 – January 6th, 2015
- “The Brave Ones” for Downtown Dog Rescue, October 10th – November 5th 2014
- “The Tale of Two Legs Standing” Group Show, April 14th – May 17th 2012

Monkey House Toys, Silver Lake, CA
“Story Time” Group Show, October 2013 – November 2013

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
-2011 Spring Term Front Wall Winner, November 2010 – April 2011

Cypress College, Cypress California
-Fine Art Group Show, November 2005

Artist Website: http://www.shangheeshin.com/

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