| Artist | Ema Shin | Resides | Australia |
| Website | emashin.org/home | Mediums | Tapestry Embroidery |
| Print Shop | emashin.org/artwork | [email protected] | |
| Follow the Artist | Themes | Female Figure Human anatomy Flower Nature Feminism |
About the artist
Ema Shin is a Melbourne based artist who was born and grew up in Niigata, Japan. She studied at Tama Art University, Tokyo and completed a Master of Fine Art Degree at Aichi Prefectural Art University, Nagoya. She has held numerous solo and group exhibitions in Japan, Korea, Australia and other countries.
From 2005 to 2007 she participated in Artist-in-residency programs and community projects in Japan, Mexico, Spain and Kenya. Ema first came to Australia in 2010 on an Overseas Research Grant from the Pola Art Foundation, Japan after which she based her art practice in Melbourne.
Since the birth of her first child in 2014 Ema has integrated her artwork with daily life, working in a home studio producing works that celebrate women’s lives and bodies. Her multi-disciplinary practice, application of historical techniques and use of tactile materials result in contemporary artworks that express femininity and sexuality. Ema shin’s work are photographed by the following photgraphers: Matthew Stanton, Tania Bahr-Vollrath, and SoulTradre.
Artwork Themes & Subject Matter
Ema Shin’s work presents body organs and flowers as symbols of her life and emotions. Her work incorporates tapestry, mixed media embroidery, printmaking and paper-mache and presents mental and physical experiences and the fecundity of the female body. She aims to create compositions that express sensitivity for tactile materials, the contemporary application of historical techniques, physical awareness, femininity and sexuality.
Press
Ema Shin’s works have been published in notable magazines and online sources including, The Weekend Australian, Contemporary Embroidery Art, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Agenda Matters, Embroiderer’s Guild.
Upcoming Exhibitions
| When | Exhibition | Gallery |
| June 2023 | Group exhibition: “Women in Stitches!” | The New England Regional Art Museum Armidale, NSW, Australia |
| July 2023 | Solo exhibition: “Hearts of Absent Women” | Ararat Gallery TAMA Australia, VIC, Australia |
| July 2023 | Group exhibition: “Soft Touch” | 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
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Education
2003 Graduate Degree in Printmaking, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Completed Master of Fine Art Degree, Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, Aichi, Japan
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Hearts of Absent Women, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW. Australia
2022
Hearts of Absent Women, Australian Design Centre, Sydney, NSW. Australia
Hearts of Absent Women, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Foyer Gallery, School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Even more beautiful IRL, Incinerator Galley, Melbourne, Australia
Victorian Craft Awards 2021, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2021
Fresh Material: New Australian Textile Art, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Australia
Art Textile Biennial 2020, East Gippsland Art Gallery, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Barometer Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2020
McClelland National Small Sculpture Awards 2020, McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery, Australia
Wyndham Art Prize 2020, Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee, Australia
2019
Place Makers, Australian Tapestry Workshop, South Melbourne, Australia
The Curiosities, Mailbox Art Space, Melbourne, Australia
Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award 2019, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Australia.
2018
Chaozhou International Embroidery Art Biennale, Chaozhou, China
INTERIORITIES, Curated by Brooke Van Der Linden, The Artists Guild, Docklands,
