About me

Ja-kyung Shin

born on 13th.Aug.1981 

in Busan, south Korea

Education 

2000-2004 Seoul national University, 

               Seoul, south Korea 

               BA: Design and Craft

2004-2010 Akademie der bildenden Künste  

               Nuremberg, Gold-Silversmithing

               Nuremberg, Germany

        2009 Meisterschüler from 

               Prof. Ulla Mayer 

        2002 ´Blacksmith Workshop´ 

                Seoul, south Korea

        2006 Silversmith Training from Josephine Lützel

               Winterhausen, Germany

        2007 Enamel workshop with Nikolaus Kirchner

                Basel, Switzerland

        2008 Goldsmith Workshop with Peter Bauhuis 

                Summer academy Neuburg, Germany


since 2010 Studio in Nuremberg, Germany

        2011 Member of Bayerische Kunstgewerbe Verein

Awards & Achievements:

2007 Finalist, BKV-Prize 2007 for Young Applied Arts Munich, Germany

2009 Finalist, Talente 09´ , Munich, Germany

2009 Honorary Certificate (2nd Prize), Schoonhoven Silver Award

       Schoonhoven, The Neatherlands

2009 Finalist, Kunst Preis der Nürnberger Nachrichten Nuremberg, Germany

2009 Finalist, BKV-Prize 2007 for Young Applied Arts Munich, Germany

2009 Honourable Mention, 6th Cheongju International Craft Competition
       Cheongju, south Korea

2010 Finalist, Kunst Preis der Nürnberger Nachrichten Nuremberg, Germany             

2010 1st prize, Youth promotion contest 16.Silver TriennialInternational, Hanau, Germany

2011 Inhorgenta Award 2011 - Table ware Inhorgenta, Munich, Germany

2011 Finalist, Friedrich Becker Preis 2011, Düsseldorf, Germany

Public Collections:

_Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau Germany

_Victoria Albert Museum London England