• Jaedon Shin was born in Korea and migrated to Australia. He graduated Fine Art at RMIT University in 2011 and is currently Melbourne-based.

    “Through his practice Jaedon contemplates inter and trans cultural experiences - interrogating his dual identity as a Korean and Australian subject and the enduring impression of his upbringing in Korea - a divided nation, where each side of the country lives in apprehension, fear and longing for the other – combined with the experience of being a migrant in Australia. Jaedon explores narratives that are often highly personal and critical in nature and that reveal a desire for human connection, identity and belonging.” (from ‘Double Moon’ exhibition at Heide Museum of Modern Art in 2022)

  • Education

    Bachelor of Fine Art (Drawing), RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

    Bachelor of Arts (History), Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea

  • Solo Exhibitions

    2023 ‘Moon Dog’ (SOL Gallery, Melbourne)

    2023 ‘Pinkscape’ (Gallery Elysium, Melbourne)

    2022 ‘All Together Now’ (ACAE Gallery, Melbourne)

    2022 ‘Double Moon’ (Kerry Gardner & Andrew Myer Project Gallery in Heide Museum Of Modern Art, Melbourne)

    2019 ‘The Other World’ (ACAE Gallery, Melbourne)

    2019 ‘Exhibition of Shin Jaedon’ (Gallery Violet, Seoul)

    2019 ‘In Between’ (Alternating Current Art Space, Melbourne)

    2018 ‘Two Cities’ (Ryumijae Gallery, Yangpyeong, South Korea)

    2017 ‘Double Moon’ (Soso Art Museum, Hwasoon, South Korea)

    2017 ‘Double Moon’ (BlackCat Gallery, Melbourne)

    2017 ‘Haenam, Self-portrait’, (2017 Pungnyu Namdo Art Project by Haeng Chon Museum) (Nokwoodang Chunghungak, Haenam, South Korea)

    2017 ‘Colourful World’ (The Lost Ones Contemporary Art Gallery, Ballarat, Australia)

    2017 ‘Dear Thanyaburi’(Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Bangkok, Thailand)

    2016 ‘Big Chair’ (The Blue Bean Window Gallery, Hepburn Springs, Australia)

    2016 ‘Burke Road’ (Black Cat Gallery, Melbourne)

    2016 ‘People’ (KISS Gallery, Seoul)

    2015 ‘Dead Guerrillas’ (Rubicon ARI, Melbourne)

    2014 ‘Dining’ (Red Star Window Gallery, Hepburn Springs, Australia)

    2014 ‘Kim Jong Il’s Funeral’ (Gallery Yeh-In, Melbourne)

    2014 ‘December, 2011’ (Gallery Sobab, Yangpyeong, South Korea)

    2013 ’40 Portraits’ (Red Star Window Gallery, Hepburn Springs, Australia)

    2013 ‘Drawing People’ (Double Exhibition at Gallery Godo/Space Zero Gallery in Sangmyung University, Seoul)

    2013 ‘Dichotomic’ (bcs gallery, New York, USA)

    2012 ‘Dwarf’ (Red Gallery, Melbourne)

    2012 ‘Ambiguous Viewpoint, Obscure Question’ (Gallery Godo, Seoul)

    2011 ‘Strange Ordinaries’ (Gallery Yeh-In, Melbourne)

  • Two Person Exhibitions

    2021 ‘Foreignness, Home Of An Expat’ (with Younmi Byun, Haengchon Art Museum, Haenam, South Korea)

    2021 ‘Transcendence’ (with David Freney-Mills, Gallery Elysium, Melbourne)

  • Group Exhibitions

    2023 ‘15th KAAM Group Exhibition’ (MARS Gallery, Melbourne)

    2023 ‘Pungnyunamdo Art Project 2023’ (Haengchon Art Museum, Haenam, South Korea)

    2023 ‘Director’s Choice’ A Rotation Exhibition (Gallery Elysium)

    2023 ‘Come Find Me: 10 years of the KAAF’ (Korean Cultural Centre, Sydney)

    2022 ‘Summer Exhibition’ (Elysium, Melbourne)

    2022 ‘KAAF 2022 Finalists Exhibition’ (Korean Cultural Centre, Sydney)

    2022 ‘The 13th Anniversary Of Its Opening Invitation Exhibition For Overseas Artists’ (Gyeomjae Jeongseon Museum of Art, Seoul)

    2022 ‘Faith In Pandemic Times’ (Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne)

    2022 ‘14 th KAAM Group Exhibition’ (MAS Gallery, Melbourne)

    2022 ‘Stock Room Exhibition’ (Gallery Elysium, Melbourne)

    2022 ‘Bloom In The Wild’ (E-Hive Gallery, Melbourne)

    2022 ‘Summer Exhibition’ (Gallery Elysium, Melbourne)

    2021 ‘2021 KAAF Art Prize’(Commended) (Korean Cultural Centre, Sydney)

    2021 ‘2021 Jeonnam International Sumuk Biennale’ (Mokpo (Culture and Arts Center) Jindo(Namdo Traditional Art Museum)

    2021 ‘In A Foreign Land’ (E-Hive Gallery, Melbourne)

    2020 ‘New Beginning’ (Past KAAF Art Prize award winners and selected finalists) (Korean Cultural Centre, Sydney)

    2020 ‘Summer Exhibition’ (Gallery Elysium, Melbourne)

    2019 ‘Gongjae & Artist’s Self-Portrait’ 2019 Pungnyunamdo Haenam Project (Haengchon Art Museum, Haenam, South Korea)

    2019 ‘The 2nd ‘People’ Exhibition’ (Gallery Violet, Seoul)

    2018 ‘Regional Group Exhibition - Picturesque Haenam, Tasty Haenam’ (Dinosaur Museum, Haenam, South Korea)

    2018 ‘12th KAAM Exhibition’ (Tacit Gallery, Melbourne)

    2018 ‘Face to Face’ (BlackCat Gallery, Melbourne)

    2017 ‘Mihwangsa, The Beautiful Temple At Ttangkkeut Village ’ (Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul)

    2017 ‘11th KAAM Exhibition’ (Gallery MAS, Melbourne)

    2017 ‘The Rediscovery of the Diaspora’ (Gyeomjae Jeongseon Museum of Art, Seoul)

    2017 ‘12th International Arts Workshop’ (Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Bangkok, Thailand)

    2016 ‘10th Anniversary of KAAM Exhibition’ (Gallery MAS, Melbourne)

    2016 ‘Another Attention Open into Gyeomjae’ (Gyeomjae Jeongseon Museum of Art, Seoul)

    2016 ‘Gongjae Reimagined’ (Nogwoodang Choongheongak, Haenam, South Korea)

    2016 ‘The Beautiful Temple At Ttangkkeut Village’ (Mihwangsa Jaharoo Art Museum, Haenam, South Korea)

    2016 ‘Sehwa Exhibition - Monkey has brought a good fortune’ (Haengchon Art Museum, Haenam, South Korea)

    2015 ‘Gyeomjae Jeongseon and Reinterpretation of Yangcheon Eight Landscapes-Halartec Exhibition’ (Gyeomjae Jeongseon Museum of Art, Seoul)

    2015 ‘Yangpyeong-Triangle Project 2015’ (Gallery Sobab, Yangpyeong, South Korea)

    2015 ‘7th KAAM Exhibition’ (Tacit Gallery, Melbourne)

    2015 ‘2015 Pungnyu Namdo Art Project - Taste and Style of Namdo, the Blossoming Stories and Arts’ (Haengchon Art Museum/Haenam General Hospital/Gosan Yunseondo Artifact Museum(Nogudang)/Seongbo Museum of Daeheungsa Temple/Iljiam Hermitage/Mihwangsa Temple/Baekryunsa Temple/Imado Studio(Imhado Island), Haenam, South Korea)

    2015 The Invitation Exhibition of Overseas Prominent Artists ‘Perceptual Shift’ (Gyeomjae Jeongseon Museum of Art, Seoul)

    2015 ‘The Age of Anpyeong’ (Ryumeejae Gallery, Yangpyeong)

    2015 ‘The 10 th International Art Festival and Art Workshop in Thailand’ (Poh-Chang Academy of Arts, Bangkok, Thailand)

    2014 KAAF Art Prize (Korean Cultural Centre, Sydney)

    2014 ‘Splash’ (Kew Primary School, Melbourne)

    2014 ‘6th KAAM (Korean Artist Association Melbourne) Exhibition’ (Tacit Gallery, Melbourne)

    2014 ‘Life as A Leisurely Beauty’ (Haengchon Art Museum, Haenam , South Korea)

    2014 ‘Face’ (Gallery Sobab, Yangpyeong, South Korea)

    2014 ‘GyeomJae JeongSeon and Beautiful Beehaedang Garden’ (Gyeomjae Jeongseon Museum of Art, Seoul)

    2014 ‘ARS ACTIVA 2014_Arts & Their Communities’ (Gangneung Museum of Art, Gangneung, South Korea)

    2013 ‘Exhibition of KAAM AKVA’ (Tap Gallery, Sydney)

    2013 ‘2013 KAAF (Korea-Australia Arts Foundation) Inaugural Art Prize’ (Korean Cultural Centre, Sydney)

    2013 ‘5th KAAM (Korean Artist Association Melbourne) Exhibition’ (Gallery Yeh-In, Melbourne)

    2013 ‘The 3rd Peace Art Project [Baik-Ryung Island - An Interview with 525,600 Hours (Baik-Ryung Island & Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, South Korea)

    2013 ‘Sobab Speaks’ (Gallery Sobab, Yangpyeong, South Korea)

    2012 Triangle Project – Seoul, part 2 ‘Portrait’ (Gallery Mesh, Seoul)

    2012 ‘4th KAAM (Korean Artist Association Melbourne) Exhibition’ (Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne)

    2012 ‘Illustrations of Form, Figure & Sexuality’ (Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne)

    2011 ‘Belle Arti Chapman - Bailey Art Award 2011’ (Chapman; Bailey Gallery, Melbourne)

    2011 ‘Together in Harmony for 50 Years-Linking Australian and Korean Arts-‘ (Korea Foundation Cultural Center, Seoul)

    2010 ‘New Arrivals’ (Gallery Yeh-In, Melbourne)

    2009 ‘Works on Paper’ (Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne)

  • Residency/Fellowship

    2022 The Fellowship From The Academy Of Korean Studies Grant At The University Of Melbourne

    2022 Art Collaboration Workshop With The Students and Staffs from The University Of Melbourne

    2022-2023 Korean Studies Research Hub, University of Melbourne

    2017 Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Bangkok, Thailand

    2015 Fellini Gallery, Berlin, Germany

    2015 The 10th International Art Workshop at Poh Chang Academy of Arts, Bangkok, Thailand

    2014 Haengchon Art Museum, Imha-Island Art Studio, Haenam, South Korea

    2012 ARPNY (Artist Residency Program New York), New York, USA

  • Publication/Media

    ‘HEIDE MOMA: DOUBLE MOON, Jaedon Shin’s paintings vibrate with colour, memory and imagination’ by Jon Mark Oldmeadow(Film Director at Chronicle Studio), (https://chronicle-studio.co/our-work/double-moon/) Supported by Australia-Korea Foundation/Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, 2022

    ‘Depicting the life of an immigrant, A late painter Jaedon Shin’ <Global Korean> YTN Broadcasting(https://www.ytn.co.kr/replay/view.php?idx=46&key=202210021944168684), 2 Oct. 2022

    JAEDON SHIN / PAINTINGS & WORKS ON PAPER, Melbourne: ACAE Gallery, 2022

    Smith, Damian. ‘JAEDON SHIN: TWO EXHIBITIONS / ONE ARTIST’, JAEDON SHIN / PAINTINGS & WORKS ON PAPER, 2022

    Shim, Soo-Min. ‘Reflections in Jaedon Shin’s “Double Moon”’, Liminal(https://www.liminalmag.com/blog/reflections-in-shin-jaedons-double-moon), 7 July 2022

    Kim, Eunkyung. ‘A painter, Shin Jaedon having an invitation exhibition at Heide Museum of Modern Art Project Space Gallery’, Melbourne Journal, 24 June 2022 (Volume 1013)

    Kim, Stella. ‘A late artist’s dream “unconditionally many works and exhibitions”’, Ohmynews (http://m.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/Mobile/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0002845157), 24 June 2022

    Kim, Clara. ‘The solo exhibition by a Korean artist Jaedon Shin ‘Double Moon’ at the Heide Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne’, SBS Radio(Korean) (https://www.sbs.com.au/language/korean/audio/the-first-solo-exhibition-by-a-korean-artist-jae-don-shin-double-moon-at-the-heidi-museum-in-melbourne), 6 June 2022

    SHIN, JAEDON (Korean Contemporary Art Book 054), Seoul: Hexagon Publishing Co., 2022

    Lee, Seungmi. ‘An Artist Under The Double Moon’ SHIN, JAEDON (Korean Contemporary Art Book 054), Seoul: Hexagon Publishing, 2022

    Park, Eunjin. ‘A Survey Exhibition of Shin Jaedon - ‘The Other World’’, Korean Today Australia, 23 Aug. 2019 (Issue 626)

    Freney-Mills, David. ‘Double Moon: The Rupture and Unity of Two Realities’ Double Moon, 2017

    Lee, Seungmi. ‘All Started from That Day’ Haenam Self-Portrait, 2017

    Smith, Michelle. ‘Shin’s world of colour’ Exhibition an antidote to grey of winter. The Courier, P.15. Tuesday June 06, 2017

    Sittites, Narakorn. ‘The Observer’ Dear Thanyaburi, 2017

    West, Anakie. ‘The Work of Shin Jaedon’ Burke Road, 2016

    ‘JAEDON SHIN:PAINTER’, ARTSHUB Australia (http://au.artshub.com/au/news-article/profiles/arts/jaedon-shin-painter-190581), 7.17.2012

    ‘The substance of ambiguity in contemporary living-History’, Segye Daily Newspaper, March 13, 2012

    Westwood, Peter. ‘Knowing and Not Knowing’, Dwarf, 2012

  • Collection

    Gwangju Museum of Art

    The University Of Melbourne, Australia

    Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Austraia (Pending Acquisition 2023)

    ACAE Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

    Soso Art Museum, Hwasun, South Korea

    Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Bangkok, Thailand

    Crittenden Estate, Melbourne, Australia

    Haengchon Art Museum, Haenam, South Korea

    Poh-Chang Academy of Arts, Bangkok, Thailand