https://www.shingraystudio.com/projects daily 1.0 2023-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1585248724890-W86RMUDH2WRGE888YZUG/01_Laguna+Beach.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1585249385789-AOU7HJ676XCMBWBY7ZWY/00_17_Shin+Gray+Studio.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1584567715424-V42UQQK1ASODDBEWC23I/04_DC.JPG Projects - CLOUD RAIN, 2015 Brookland Middle School Entry Plaza Sculpture, Washington DC Client: Washington DC School District Lead Artist: Kyungmi Shin Painted steel, LED light, water tank level gauge 16’w x 19’d x 14’h This shade structure is an abstraction of cloud and rain. It features 6 circular disks cut with words describing the various states of water in the water cycle. Each disk is supported by a slanted column mimicking the raindrops by its angle and the LED lights embedded in the column. The LED light is controlled by the water tank level gauge and functions as an indicator for the storm water level in the storage tank located underneath the artwork site. This poetic cloud & rain sculpture functions as a teaching tool, a shade for the students waiting to be picked up, and a indicator for the storm water tank level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1584566553113-TIU60HEG7WWTOP8LHPEY/01_WS.jpg Projects - NORTH CAROLINA HURRICANE MAP, 2010 Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts & Hanes Brands Theater, Winston Salem, NC Lobby Entrance for the Milton Rhodes Arts Center Winston Salem, NC Client: Arts Council of Winston Salem & Forsythe County Lead Artist: Kyungmi Shin Painted steel & aluminum sculpture, hand-cut Byzantine glass mosaic 20'h x 16'w x 16'd These lyrical abstract lines are based on the historical hurricane map of North Carolina from the last 150 years. These hand cut glass mosaic tiles are fabricated by The Byzantine Mosaic lab in Mexico, and was be inlaid into the exiting lobby floor. The lobby space leads into the center's gallery space, large conference space, Reynolds Place, and the Sawtooth Art School.In conjunction with the Winston Salem project, Kyungmi Shin was the Artist in Residence for SECCA (South Eastern Contemporary Center for the Art) in Winston-Salem. In April 2010, she worked with Mt. Tabor and Reynolda High school art and science students in a week-long arts workshop about public art process, each student team creating their own public art design. The workshop culminated in the site visit at the downtown arts center where the floor mosaic project installation was ongoing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1584573894752-S860EO8LREBVKUQ54OVM/Lennox_02.jpg Projects - VILLAGE TREE, 2013 Lennox Library & Constituent Service Center, Los Angeles, CA Client: Los Angeles County Arts Commission Lead Artist: Kyungmi Shin Painted steel & aluminum sculpture 20'h x 16'w x 16'd Village Tree was inspired by the community in Lennox, where the residents have come from various parts of Latin America, Africa, and south LA have formed a tight-knit community. We created a structure that functions like a tree in the center of the village. The colorful discs with cutout shapes of tropical plants represent parts of the Latin American landscapes where 95% of the residents originate from. The sculptural shading provides a colorful visual focal point for the courtyard, and adds a shaded hangout area, transforming the formerly banal courtyard into a welcoming and visually stimulating environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1584577514050-XDVVL64V34D8LBZW4OYX/01_OT.jpg Projects - ORANGE TREE, 2013 SBX OMNITRANS Transit Station City of San Bernardino, CA Client: City of San Bernardino Lead Artist: Kyungmi Shin Powder Coated Steel 15'h x 6.5'w x 4'd This sculpture was created for the Inland Mall Station of the Omnitrans Transit System of the city of San Bernardino. It is an abstracted orange tree that reflects back on the history of the city where in the early 1900's, there were as many as 20,000 acres of orange trees being farmed in the area. National Orange Fair began in 1911 and continues to this day, and the fairground is located across the street from the station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1584564993464-UCCX0T90YUGS7HEXXZ8N/06_BH.jpg Projects - BALDWIN HILLS SCENIC VIEW, 2013 Baldwin Hills Park, Los Angeles, CA Client: California State Parks Lead Artist: Kyungmi Shin Stainless steel panels cut with water jet 19"h x 62'w (722"w) The metal artwork is inspired by the Baldwin Hills Park's initiative to create a park populated by native plants and animals. The design, spanning the whole length of the bench / display platform, is composed of different birds, plants, and animals that populated the Baldwin Hills area. The site is located on top of the hill with the 360 degree view of Los Angeles area from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica Beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1585344023541-W5JJRN0Y0JMAD6HAAXDT/00_22C_Shin+Gray+Studio.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1584743872656-EK4BVPJW3TJANRKTK53X/59O_Shin+Gray+Studio.jpg Projects - THAT CHILD OF FLEETING TIME, 2016 Sunset Bronson Studios/ICON Building Netflix Offices, Hollywood, CA Client: Hudson Pacific Properties Lead Artist: Kyungmi Shin Stainless steel, programmed LED video screen 30 ft x 6 ft x 15ft (WxDxH) This sculpture created for the new Netflix headquarter building on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles commemorates the site's historical landmark location as Warner Brother's original Los Angeles location where the first talkie film was produced. The stainless steel sculpture created in the shape of four curved film strips is lined with more than 50,000 LED bulbs to create a video screen. The screen plays thousands of clips lasting 6 seconds in duration each, shuffled randomly, resulting in an artwork that is always in motion and is never the same. These clips were created from early technology test films including animation of the sound technology used for the Jazz Singer, color tests done by Thomas Edison and Kodak, and movement studies by Muybridge, among others. Analog noises were added by distorting the original footages to create colorful abstract sequences that refer to the digital future while looking back at the history of film industry's technological evolution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1584567438316-RW72H3VKNDA12HXZ9Y1T/Hope_03.jpg Projects - HOPE STREET FAMILY CENTER, 2013 Hope Street Family Center, Los Angeles, CA Client: California Hospital Medical Center Lead Artists: Kyungmi Shin & Todd Gray Painted steel sculpture 30'h x 25'w x 10'd Designed to reflect the transformative affect the Hope Street Family Center has had in the lives of many families and youth, the dynamic sculptural form and the surface design was created to engage community members as well as passerbys with its colorful metal projectiles jutting out from the building. Thus creating a sense of movement and energy establishing a dialogue with the architecture. Implemented graphic design details represent various aspects of the center's services. Similar graphical elements are also translated and repeated into wall murals displayed on the interior lobby spaces of the building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1584576833945-ON08ZM5YGDJ5A1EA0NP3/2014-09-16+14.18.15.jpg Projects - CHICAGO CTA REDLINE STATION, 2014 Redline Granville Station, Chicago, IL Client: Chicago CTA Lead Artist: Kyungmi Shin Hand cut Byzantine Mosaic 108'w x 105"h Inspired by the rich architectural heritage of the Chicago region, the design for this mosaic artwork was created with layers of cutout shapes of buildings on Granville Avenue where the station is located. Using the same techniques used in the photo collages of the artist, the layered buildings create a visually complex layering of colors and shapes. The sweeping colorful paths behind the buildings represent the famous “wind” of the windy city as well as the fast growing dynamics of the Edgewater neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1681174060440-5MJ460LJO0UVMKJAKB41/01_Screen+Shot+2023-04-04+at+2.30.31+AM_crop.png Projects - El Cerrito BART Station El Cerrito Homes, completed March 2021 Two murals each 8 x 28 ft, hand cut and custom glazed porcelain mosaic mural, fabrication 2017 - 2021 These two porcelain mosaic artworks were created for the new expansion of El Cerrito Del Norte BART Station artwork. The murals have two main inspirations for its design. First is the natural landscape and views from El Cerrito, the spectacular bay views from the hills and the landscape of El Cerrito Hills. The second inspiration is the city of El Cerrito as the “City of Homes.” With the landscapes as backgrounds, I made cut out collages based on photographs of homes in El Cerrito. The “Hillside Artwork” to be placed on the east-side wall (hill side) shows the artist’s pastel landscape drawing of the El Cerrito hills connecting to Berkeley Hills as the base of the composition. Overlaid on top of the landscape is a complex line drawing traced from a satellite street map of the area. The lines represent city streets, parks and Interstate 80. The cut out shapes of the houses are tracings of actual houses from El Cerrito’s past and present. Historical buildings are on the top left and are represented as black and white shapes. Other shapes in the front are houses from the streets surrounding Del Norte BART station such as Cutting Blvd, Lexington Street, Elm Street, Kearney Street etc. Examples of homes from El Cerrito’s history represented in the artwork are the Castro abode and Chung Mei home. The “Bayside Artwork” is created with the base of a pastel drawing of the San Francisco bay view based on a collage of artist’s photographs from the El Cerrito Hills overlaid with line drawings tracing of the landscape and architecture. The larger three graphic elements show the idea of home of the past and present through a bold line drawing of a contemporary home (created from a current El Cerrito home), a bird’s nest perched on a branch of an oak tree (a native tree), and a line drawing of a typical Ohlone hut. With these elements, I am introducing the idea of home in the past, present and future time continuum. The bird’s nest represent the distant past of abundant nature in the area, the current state of controlled and minimized nature, and the future of more green and preserved nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1680549609525-WOY3P94MKGJIQV47UM4K/VASC_completed2.jpg Projects - Vietnamese American Service Center, San Jose California Kyungmi Shin/Shin Gray Studio was selected to create a light artwork for the newly constructed Vietnamese American Social Services Center (VASC) in San Jose, CA. As the first service center of this kind, VASC will service the community with medical, social, and mental health services with bi-lingual services. We worked closely with the architect and the community to create a design that provides an inspiring, harmonious, and healing experience. The project’s installation was completed on January 27, 2023. The main inspiration for the design at VASC were various rich landscapes of Vietnam including the Ha Long Bay (ocean and islands), Terraced Rice Fields of Bac Son Valley, Mu Cang Chai and North Vietnam. With the help of the County leadership and the team at Art Builds Community, I had an extensive community outreach with the Vietnamese community in San Jose, and as a result of the community feedback from the December 2020 Community presentation, we added architecture from the three regions of Vietnam. Ha Noi..One Pillar Pagoda is from the North Vietnam. Hue, The Thiên Mụ Pagoda is from the middle region, and from Saigon, a temple, a tribute to one favorite southern, local hero—Lê Văn Duyệt is added. We also added different traditional outfits from all three regions. Ao dai & Ao Tu Than on the bicycle & Ao ba ba on the figure with the carrying pole. A direction of movement from North to South represented with direction of the bicycles. The images of women riding bicycles seems to represent the resilience of Vietnamese people and also metaphorically the movements of the Vietnamese diaspora. The artwork was created for the rooftop as a sculpture with a strong light component. The shape of the artwork will be made with aluminum panels and the light component will be created with special LED that can be programmed to create movements with changing colors inspired by Vietnamese landscapes and monuments. The artwork sitting atop the VASC (Vietnamese American Services Center) building, on the rooftop, with a strong sculptural presence during the day and a beautiful light sculptural presence dusk to dawn, serves as an inspirational beacon for the community. URL https://www.shingraystudio.com/process daily 0.75 2023-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1585261146055-BS4JZBQPDX64LPZ75S3Q/01_El+Cerrito.jpg Process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1587075861812-BGVB3GPUXCYNV0RK35H0/2016-12-12+12.39.31.jpg Process - INSTALLATION OF THAT CHILD OF FLEETING TIME, 2016 Sunset Bronson Studios/ICON Building Netflix Offices, Hollywood, CA Client: Hudson Pacific Properties Lead Artist: Kyungmi Shin Stainless steel, programmed LED video screen 30 ft x 6 ft x 15ft (WxDxH) This sculpture created for the new Netflix headquarter building on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles commemorates the site's historical landmark location as Warner Brother's original Los Angeles location where the first talkie film was produced. The stainless steel sculpture created in the shape of four curved film strips is lined with more than 50,000 LED bulbs to create a video screen. The screen plays thousands of clips lasting 6 seconds in duration each, shuffled randomly, resulting in an artwork that is always in motion and is never the same. These clips were created from early technology test films including animation of the sound technology used for the Jazz Singer, color tests done by Thomas Edison and Kodak, and movement studies by Muybridge, among others. Analog noises were added by distorting the original footages to create colorful abstract sequences that refer to the digital future while looking back at the history of film industry's technological evolution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1587075290344-5ZZAVKW7MO659ZOBSCA3/P1180332.JPG Process - INSTALLATION OF CHICAGO CTA REDLINE STATION, 2014 Redline Granville Station, Chicago, IL Client: Chicago CTA Lead Artist: Kyungmi Shin Hand cut Byzantine Mosaic 108'w x 105"h Inspired by the rich architectural heritage of the Chicago region, the design for this mosaic artwork was created with layers of cutout shapes of buildings on Granville Avenue where the station is located. Using the same techniques used in the photo collages of the artist, the layered buildings create a visually complex layering of colors and shapes. The sweeping colorful paths behind the buildings represent the famous “wind” of the windy city as well as the fast growing dynamics of the Edgewater neighborhood. https://www.shingraystudio.com/proposals daily 0.75 2020-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1584745482278-98IN5U62OZ7BTH2AZYHL/SF+Cover+Image.jpg Proposals - 人 : HUMAN BEING - BEING HUMAN, 2016 St. Mary's Park Sculpture, San Francisco Chinatown, CA Client: San Francisco Chinese Culture Center Lead Artist: Kyungmi Shin Painted steel, LED light 14'w x 6'd x 20'h This outdoor sculpture is designed for the expanded area of St. Mary’s Park at the edge of Chinatown and the Financial District in San Francisco. The two figures leaning against each other create the Chinese character “人” which means a human being, a person, or people. Inspired by the pictogram’s original inspiration of the two human characters leaning on each other, this sculpture commemorates the site’s history as the site of the first Chinese temple, Kong Chow Temple, which served as a community center that helped the early Chinese immigrants in a hostile foreign land. The cut letters of Chinese and English are the wishes posted by the devotees of the current Kong Chow Temple. The sculpture also celebrates the human connection, the need to help each other, and the collaboration between cultures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1584578070854-HSNDCD7FY6W51WB7COWG/00_55A_Shin+Gray+Studio.jpg Proposals - THE NEW JERSEY COLLEGE OUTDOOR CLASSROOM, 2016 Client: New Jersey College, Trenton, NJ Lead Artist: Kyungmi Shin Painted steel canopy, Interactive LED light element, Seating, and presentation LED screen 30’w x 25’d x 17’h This outdoor classroom, composed of metal canopy with color slats, is inspired by the surrounding building’s brick facades. The interactive LED light responds to the colors of the objects put in front of the sensor, with seating made of metal and stone, and a presentation area (circle) that serves as a writing surface during the day, as well as an interactive light element at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1585256035083-DG57XILQ9A39RD1KOSZQ/Shin+Gray+Studio+Slide+2.jpg Proposals - Nature Walk: Arroyo Rosa Castilla, 2018 Alhambra Wall Artwork, Alhambra, CA Client: City of Los Angeles Department of Public Art Lead Artist: Kyungmi Shin Porcelain tile, limestone tiles, glass mosaic For the newly created walkway retaining wall, the artist created an artwork that evoked a walk in nature. Main inspiration for the artwork design is Arroyo Rosa Castilla which was a center of life for the Tongva tribe, Otsungna, and later for the Spanish, Mexican, and America Ranches. The artist imagined the fauna and animals that would have existed around the arroyo and wanted to create an experience for the pedestrians a glimpse of this natural landscape from the past. The artist researched the native plants and animals that would have existed around the Arroyo, and also researched the Tongva folktales involving animals and nature to incorporate into the artwork design. Overall landscape image is composed of large sections of colorful curvy shapes that represent green hills, dry summer landscape, the arroyo and the sky and the sun. These big shapes are created with porcelain tiles and limestone tiles. Inserted into this colorful landscape are precious glass mosaic elements that depict the animals, birds, trees, and the wild roses that were abundant on the banks of the Arroyo Rosa Castilla. Howling Coyote stands next to the arroyo and the wild roses while in the distance, a wild rabbit runs away from coyote running towards the oak tree which produced the acorns which was an important part of the diet for the Otsungna. Soaring in the sky is an eagle which was revered as sacred by the Tongvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1585256339077-9ENDMPRU426KGABJQ3FV/Foothill+Blvd+View_2_Crop+1.jpg Proposals - Clouds, 2018 CFT Gateway Center, Pasadena, CA Client: Panda Restaurant Group Lead Artist: Kyungmi Shin Aluminum, Stainless Steel, LED light This two part sculptural artwork/ shade structures was created for the CFT Gateway Center, a mixed use development in Pasadena. The design was inspired by the site’s anchor business, Panda Inn, which was the original restaurant before the Panda Express was born and grown into the Panda Restaurant Group. The cloud used in the traditional Chinese designs were interpreted as a pixelated modernist form to reflect the digital age. The design also celebrate the site’s neighboring neo-formalist architectural landmark by Edward Durell Stone located east of the project site. Patterns from different cultures represented in the city of Pasadena’s population were inserted into the panels to create shades. https://www.shingraystudio.com/about daily 0.75 2023-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1584573728627-2R487XDWAW48AUTV3R13/portrait+to+be+used.jpg About https://www.shingraystudio.com/news daily 0.75 2023-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1587083088822-EX54K447L7B1A4YTLGLV/vasc-sanjose.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1587083578725-Z3YDFKHAQZN6KIDRP0A0/MetroArt_IntheWorks_PLE_ToddGray-detail_260.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1585335027178-QU2LXLTQFF5KNNVRFS3L/2019-04-11+10.47.26.jpg News Kyungmi Shin, El Cerrito Homes, 2016, Two porcelain mosaic murals, 28'w x 8'h https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1585334090900-WME4JDG2QQNXF451WSMB/Idea+1-S.jpg News Kyungmi Shin, Riding on that Carriage, 2020; archival epson print, painted & cut, 60 x 80 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1585336386066-5D7UAZNOPZE4IM85L0UR/05_Laguna+Beach.jpg News Kyungmi Shin, Road Blossoms, 2015, Cut & painted carbon steel, mosaic topped stools, and shaped planter surfaced with custom cut tiles and mosaic, 37'w x 15'd x 15'h https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1585266617182-AQTZ4OZEAR5LZEGXM2AS/todd-gray-s20.jpg News Todd Gray, Euclidean Gris Gris (Paris/Cape Town), 2019; two archival pigment prints with UV laminate in artist’s frames, 60 3/8 x 89 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1587083615975-87VN9VX95N60QM0RGHGY/MetroArt_IntheWorks_PLE_ToddGray-process_260.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/9ab92873-e253-43ee-a67f-415a994666d6/download.jpeg News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1585265620539-05Z1HH1ADDM9T7ZD258O/samita-2018-copy.jpg News Todd Gray, Samita, 2018, Three archival pigment prints with found and artist’s frames https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/d65ecaa5-89c3-426f-9423-a3388407013b/01_Screen+Shot+2023-04-04+at+2.30.31+AM_crop.png News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1585264611624-HCR3KVIPPEGZ0G3QBCHF/gray_todd_2x.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1585336606684-F94RSUMMEAMDUSSSK8VT/SF+Cover+Image.jpg News Kyungmi Shin, 人 : Human Being - Being Human, 2016, Painted steel, LED light, 14'w x 6'd x 20'h https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e727b5f4987213e07313293/1585333735703-A52B317AAMP3APLG5WKQ/59M_Shin+Gray+Studio.jpg News Kyungmi Shin, That Child of Fleeting Time, 2016, Stainless steel, programmed LED video screen, 30 ft x 6 ft x 15ft (WxDxH), https://www.shingraystudio.com/read-me-forte daily 0.75 2025-05-08