Artwork Collection

01 For Jurying Consideration - Shinae's Migration Series

I’m interested in the investigation of migration - to wit, my family’s history with its sensations of displacement and tragedy. In the migration series, I have painted Asian migrants and migrant families: They’re leaving home and headed somewhere new and unknown. I wanted to capture their anxious anticipation, their unknown future. This is an experience I understand - I am a child of immigrant Korean parents.

Migration Series Five paintings (1) A Glimpse of Blue (2) Children of the Moon (3) En Marche (4) Gate 24 (5) Two Brothers

Painting

A Glimpse of Blue

"A Glimpse of Blue" is a portrait of cramped sorrow. It is told from the perspective of a child’s poignantly turned-away back: He is looking away from something horrible – we don’t know what it is. But above him, the sky is blue which allows him to... More

Painting

Children of the Moon

"Children of the Moon" is a painting that touches on my family history, on where I come from. In it, I was trying to capture the hopelessness, the despair, and the suffering of all migrants. I was thinking of my grandfather: He... More

Painting

En Marche

"En Marche" is an evocation of a family on its way somewhere, no one knows where. It speaks to my family history, to that of my parents’ and of my grandparents’, which is why I was moved to make it. These days, I’m acutely aware of their stories.... More

Painting

Gate 24

In “Gate 24,” a Korean family leaves home toward an unknown future. I wanted to capture the anxiety of the migrant experience.

Work by

Shinae Kim

Drawing and Painting

“I’m interested in the investigation of migration - to wit, my family’s history with its sensations of deracination and tragedy. In the migration series, I have painted Asian migrants and migrant...” [More]