Artist, maker, soft sculptor
"Hanna Shim is an artist based in Tamaki Makarau. Born in Seoul, Korea, and raised in Auckland, New Zealand, Hanna identifies herself as a maker, working across various mediums including installations, paintings, soft sculptures, textile art, and video works. Her practice embodies qualities of playfulness and a touch of childishness, evident in both her creative processes and visual outcomes. She engages in condensing and blending contradictory imagery, objects, and stories drawn from her diasporic background.
Hanna completed her Master's degree in Fine Arts at Elam School of Fine Arts MFA in 2015. She has showcased her work in solo exhibitions such as 'Headless' at Whitespace Gallery (2016), 'Lost in Forest' at Whitespace Gallery (2017), 'Smer Smer' at Aigantighe Gallery (2019), 'Mushroom Room' (2020), and 'Wishing You Well' (2022). Additionally, she has been part of numerous group exhibitions."
Solo Shows
2022, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Wellington
2019, Whitespace Contemporary Art, Auckland
2020, Private window space, Grey Lynn, Auckland
2019, Aigantighe Gallery, Timaru
2018, Nathan Homestead, Auckland
2017, Whitespace Contemporary Art, Auckland
2016, Whitespace Contemporary Art, Auckland
Group Shows
2022, City of Colour, Te Komititanga Square, Auckland
2021, Kiss Me, Hardy!, The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson
2021, Splore Festival, Tapapakanga Regional Park, Auckland
Mother Mother
2020, Wallace Art Awards Finalists,
Pah Homestead, Auckland
2019, Nori 놀이, Auckland ArtWeek, Ellen Melville Centre, Auckland
2018, Give Me Space, Corban Estate Arts Centre, Auckland
2018, Satellites Event, Northcote Town Centre, Auckland
2018, #Update, Corban Estate Arts Centre, Auckland
Dream is Soft Place to Land
2018, Street Art Dego, Auckland ArtWeek, Khartoum place, Auckland
Alex, the T-rex
2018, Splore Festival, Tapapakanga Regional Park, Auckland
Lost in a Forest
2017, Welcome to Jungle, Whakatāne Museum and Arts, Whakatāne
Headless
2016, Grad Show, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland
2016, Vacating and Inhabiting, Whitespace Contemporary Art, Auckland
2015, Grad Show, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland
Headless
Recognition
2018, Gold Pin Best Awards
Wallace Art Trust
2020, Wallace Art Awards, People’s Choice Award
2017, Finalist Estuary Art and Ecology Awards
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2012, Top 6, Art Schools Awards
Elam School of Fine Arts
2014, Finalist, The Henrietta Watercolour Scholarship
Eden Arts
Media / Reviews / Essays
2022, Underbelly
2022, Wishing you Well
2020, Mushroom Room
2019, Bone Like This
2019, Smer Smer 스멀스멀
Education
2015-2016, MFA, Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland
2011, International Exchange, Course BFA, Seoul National University
2009-2012 BFA, Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland