People to See - Shin-hee Chin

Shin-hee Chin, McPherson, will be the Artist-in-Residence at the Red Barn Studio Museum through Saturday, January 28. Chin, originally from South Korea, came to the United States in 1988. She has studied in Korea and the United States. Since 2005, she has taught at Tabor College.

Widely known for her fiber art, she was most recently invited to take part in the Women’s Voices Summit and exhibition at the Clinton Presidential Center last December 1-2, 2022.

Shin-hee Chin quotes, “I attempt to reflect the charm of some of my favorite music in a visual format with fiber art pieces and seek to create a dialogue between them. I believe that art (music, poems, and visual art) can serve as a lens through which we see the complexity, integrity, beauty of human nature and the world. As Hans Hofmann once wrote, To sense the invisible and to be able to create it, that is art. His statement illustrates invisibility as an essential component of artistic expression.”

To give a visual outlet to that sense, Chin utilized thread as the primary medium on a reclaimed quilt and unraveled thread over the surface. Then she stitched it together randomly and repeated this process multiple times. The process of unraveling thread on the quilted top allowed her to execute free and natural movements, a process which echoes the impression of the transient images and fluidity of reality.

The Raymer Society’s Artist-in-Residence program is sponsored in part by the Kansas Creative Arts Industry Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information, contact the Red Barn Studio Museum at 785-227-2217 or email. The museum is open Tuesday through Friday, 10:30 a.m. - 50pm and Saturday, Sunday, 1 - 5 p.m .and by appt.

“The Future is Female by Shin-hee Chin @shinheechin. This art quilt portrays female leaders of our age who have made significant contributions in furthering social, political, and environmental justice.