Bongchull Shin
1981, born in Suwon, South Korea
Lives and works in Munich, Germany
Education
Academy of Fine Arts (AdBK), Munich, Germany
Prof. Prangenberg/Prof. Karstieß, Diploma
Korean National University of Arts, Seoul, South Korea, Glass Art M.A.
Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea, Ceramic B.A.
Solo exhibitions
2025 Steal the Light, Galerie Martina Kaiser, Köln, Germany
2024 The path taken by light, Galerie ERD, Seoul, South Korea
2024 Come Rain or Come Shin, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
2023 Beyond Everything we can imagine, Karoline Kirche, Großkarolinenfeld, Germany
2023 Into Translucence, Arc Collect, Munich, Gemany
2023 High Touch, Seojung Art, Busan, South Korea
2022 Memory Reflection, Palazzo Tagliaferro, Andora, Italy
2021 The great Collection, Seoul, South Korea
2021 A Breath of Light, Galerie Martina Kaiser, Cologne, Germany
2020 Gallery Soneva, Kunfunadhoo Island Baa Atoll, Maldives
2019 Map of Light, Sotheby’s Artist Quaterly, Sotheby‘s, Munich, Germany
2018 The Weight of the Shadow, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
2015 The Echo of Light, Kunstraum Seven Elohim, Munich, Germany
2013 St. Paul Church, Munich, Germany
2010 Transparent Surface, Gallery 175, Seoul, South Korea
2010 Alternative Space Noon, Suwon, South Korea
Group Exhibitions
2025 Art of Munich, Kunst Block Balve, Munich, Germany
Ars Gratia, KARL & FABER Contemporary, Feldkirchen, Germany
2024 COSMIC TOPOLOGIES II , Knust X Kunz Gallery, Munich, Germany
NE|BU|LÖS, Halle 50, München, Germany
Moosburger Kunstwochenende, Moosburg, Germany
2023 Dear Cabinet, Seojung Art, Seoul, South Korea
Spektrum, Sonthofen Stadtgalerie, Sonthofen, Germany
Art of Munich, Kunst Block Balve, Munich, Germany
Multipolarity, Gallery GDM Contemporary, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Strange Things, South Bohemian Gallery, Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
Re-Inventing Piet Mondrian, Wolfsburg Museum, Wolfsburg, Germany
2022 Scenery of Emptiness and Asia, Asia Culture Center, Kwangju , South Korea
Threshold Aesthetics, Marciana Library Piazzetta San Marco, Venice, Italy
Art in the time of Colera, Art space Pörnbach Contemporary, Pörnbach, Germany
Venezianische Glass trifft zeitgenössische Kunst, Meiningen Museum, Meiningen, Germany
Hi Light, Koohaus Museum, Yangpyung, South Korea
Lost weekend meets young artists, Munich, Germany
Suwon Museum of Art, Suwon, South Korea
Laser Photonics, Messe Munich, Germany
2021 European Glass Context, Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Bornholm, Denmark
Bright new world, Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, South Korea
Irrlichten, Halle 50, Munich, Germany
2020 Taewha river Eco Art Festival, Ulsan, South Korea
Under Water Into The Sky, Halle 50, Munich, Germany
Pas de deux II, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany
Schein, Halle 50, Munich, Germany
WAS SOLL DAS, Halle 50, Munich, Germany
Moi(s), Museum MusVerre, Sars-Poteries, France
In 80 Tagen um die Welt, Zwieseler Glastage, Waldmuseum Zwiesel, Germany
2019 PIN Party, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Towards the Sublime, Galerie Tanit, Beirut, Lebanon
Prism Fantasy, Paradise Art Space, Incheon, Korea
Die Kunst verbindet alle Welt, Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany
2018 Transformation, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
Licht der Welt, Catholic Academy, Schwerte, Germany
The Weight of the Shadow, Whitebox Art Center, Beijing, China
2017 Bender Schwinn Project 2, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
Between the Lines, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
Diploma Exhibition, AdBK, Munich, Germany
2016 Glas! Klar! Kunstkreis Gräfelfing, Gräfelfing, Germany
10 Künstlerische Positionen, Orangerie, Munich, Germany
Glass Now 2016, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
Bender Schwinn Project 1, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
Lumières du monde, Centre International du Vitrail, Chartres, France
Die Dunkle Seite/Spekulatives Terrain, AdBK Munich, Germany
2015 Münchener Freiheit, Ernsting Stiftung, Coesfeld, Germany
Nichts, Hephaistos, Galerie PunktPunktKommaKunst, Munich, Germany
2014 MKG, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Schein, Hans-Reiffenstuel-Haus, Pfarrkirchen, Germany
Schrift & Objekt, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
Manifesto Lucis, Kunstarkaden, Munich, Germany
Positionen des Gestaltens, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
2013 Oberbayerischer Förderpreis für Angewandte Kunst, Freising, Germany
Strasbourg Glasbiennale, Vauban Dam, Strasbourg, France
Halo, Galerie für Angewandte Kunst, Munich, Germany
2012 Talente, Messe München, Munich, Germany
2009 Alternative Current, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Fragile Present, Brown Hillel Gallery, Providence, USA
Collections
Munich International Airport, Germany
Alexander Tutsek foundation, Munich, Germany
Glasmuseum Lette, Coesfeld, Germany
Sammlung Maximilian und Agathe Weishaupt, Ulm, Germany
Sammlung Hackenberg, Munich, Germany
Collection Soneva, Maldive
Collection Dr. Dieter und Gabriele Kortmann, Cologne, Germany
Prizes/scholarship
Alexander Tutsek Stiftung - Stipendium für Pilchuck Glass School (USA) 2024
Irvin Borowsky International Prize in Glass Arts(Nominate) 2019
Bayerische Atelierförderung 2017-2019
Alexander Tutsek Stiftung, Projekt Förderung, 2016
Lfa Bank Katalogförderung 2017