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Shin Gray Studio is a two artist partner team of Kyungmi Shin and Todd Gray.
Taking cues from natural and cultural context of the site, Shin Gray Studio creates public artworks that are not only visually striking but also meaningful in relation to the site. Shin Gray Studio has created public artworks for a variety of private and public art buildings including Los Angeles International Airport, Palms Fire Station (Los Angeles, CA), Street Improvement Project (Culver City, CA), La Fayette Park Gymnasium and Community Center (Los Angeles, CA), Baldwin Hills Library and Jefferson Library (Los Angeles, CA). In addition to the recently awarded public art commission at Downtown Arts Center in Winston-Salem, NC, Shin Gray Studio is currently working on a large scale work for Hope Street Family Center in Los Angeles, CA,and Omnitrans Transit Station in San Bernardino, CA (to be installed in 2012).
Todd Gray received MFA from Cal Arts, and his work is collected by numerous collections including San Francisco Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Norton Family Foundation, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. His work has been exhibted at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Renaissance Society, Chicago, Scotsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Smithsonian Anacostia Museum.
Kyungim Shin received MFA from UC Berkeley. Her works have been exhibited at Berkeley Art Museum, Sonje Art Museum, Korea, Japanese American national Art Museum, and Torrance Art Museum, and have received numerous grants including California Community Foundation Grant, Durfee Grant, Pasadena City Individual Artist Fellowship and LA Cultural Affairs Artist in Residence Grants.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Hope Street Family Center, Los Angeles, CA
“Hope Street Family Center”,2009
To be installed December 2010
Shin Gray Studio
Powder Coated Aluminum sculpture
30 ft x 25 ft x10 ft (H x W x D)
Designed to reflect the transformative effect the center has had on the lives of many families and youth, the dynamic sculptural form and the surface design was created to engage community members as well as passersbys with its colorful projectiles of metal that jut out from the building, creating a sense of movement and energy that dialogues with the architecture.
To be installed December 2010
Shin Gray Studio
Powder Coated Aluminum sculpture
30 ft x 25 ft x10 ft (H x W x D)
Designed to reflect the transformative effect the center has had on the lives of many families and youth, the dynamic sculptural form and the surface design was created to engage community members as well as passersbys with its colorful projectiles of metal that jut out from the building, creating a sense of movement and energy that dialogues with the architecture.
Omnitrans Transit Station, San Bernardino, CA
"Orange"
OMNITRANS Transit Station, 2009
Shin Gray Studio
to be instsalled 2012
Powder coated steel, 15 feet tall x 6.5 feet wide.
This 15 feet tall metal 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.
OMNITRANS Transit Station, 2009
Shin Gray Studio
to be instsalled 2012
Powder coated steel, 15 feet tall x 6.5 feet wide.
This 15 feet tall metal 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.
Downtown Arts Center, Winston Salem, NC, 2009-2010
Lobby Entrnace for the Downtown Arts Center
Winston Salem, NC
to be installed spring 2010
Shin Gray Studio
glass mosaic tiles on concrete
These lyrical abstract lines are based on the historical hurricane map of North Carolina. The glass mosaic tiles fabricated by a Byzantine Mosaic lab in Mexico city are inlaid into exiting lobby space. The lobby space leads into the center's gallery space, large conference space, Reynolds Place, and the Downtown Sawtooth Art School.
Winston Salem, NC
to be installed spring 2010
Shin Gray Studio
glass mosaic tiles on concrete
These lyrical abstract lines are based on the historical hurricane map of North Carolina. The glass mosaic tiles fabricated by a Byzantine Mosaic lab in Mexico city are inlaid into exiting lobby space. The lobby space leads into the center's gallery space, large conference space, Reynolds Place, and the Downtown Sawtooth Art School.
Palms Fire Station, Los Angeles, CA
Palms Fire Station #43
City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs
Powder Coated Steel
by Todd Gray
Palm fronds (apparent in the day on two panels) and the palm of a hand (quietly apparent at night with focused lighting on two panels). The color palette references the ocean, sky, sun and land.
City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs
Powder Coated Steel
by Todd Gray
Palm fronds (apparent in the day on two panels) and the palm of a hand (quietly apparent at night with focused lighting on two panels). The color palette references the ocean, sky, sun and land.
Culver City Street Improvement Project, 2006-9
HERE NOW THERE THEN
3-Year Washington Blvd Improvement Project Culver City, CA.
by Kyungmi Shin
Street Banners for 2.5 miles stretch, each banner is 3x 8 ft
180 individually designed street banners explore the history of the area. They explore Natural History, Gabriellino Indian History and Mythology, Business History, Entertainment Industry History, City History and Poetry of the present moment.
http://www.ci.culver-city.ca.us/cultural/banners.asp?sec=arts
3-Year Washington Blvd Improvement Project Culver City, CA.
by Kyungmi Shin
Street Banners for 2.5 miles stretch, each banner is 3x 8 ft
180 individually designed street banners explore the history of the area. They explore Natural History, Gabriellino Indian History and Mythology, Business History, Entertainment Industry History, City History and Poetry of the present moment.
http://www.ci.culver-city.ca.us/cultural/banners.asp?sec=arts
La Fayette Park Gymnasium and Community Center, 2005-2009
“Peace/Paz/Pyungwha”
La Faette Park Gymnasium and Community Center
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs
by Kyungmi Shin
aluminum cut with waterjet
Taking cues from Mayan Calendar and YinYang symbol, the words in Spanish, Korean and English as well as cutout shapes of children playing in the park are presented as cutout shapes on the Aluminum Panels.
To be installed December 2009.
La Faette Park Gymnasium and Community Center
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs
by Kyungmi Shin
aluminum cut with waterjet
Taking cues from Mayan Calendar and YinYang symbol, the words in Spanish, Korean and English as well as cutout shapes of children playing in the park are presented as cutout shapes on the Aluminum Panels.
To be installed December 2009.
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