After graduating from Seoul National University with a bachelor’s in sculpture in 1997, Shin earned a master’s in the same subject there in 2006 and added another master’s in sculpture from University College London in 2009. Also in 2009, he received the Land Securities Studio Award of the U.K. Shin has held several solo exhibitions including Blitz at Gallery 2 in Seoul in 2013, Watch the Butterfly Falling at Shin Gallery in New York in 2014, and All Saints at Gallery Koo in Seoul in 2015. Shin is now working at Gallery Purple Studio in Seoul.