Description
About the Series
Welcoming Blessings
This series is not about sitting still and waiting for blessings to arrive. It is the act of stepping forward with a hopeful heart to welcome them.
Long ago, people inscribed symbols of longevity and good fortune with an earnest yet joyful wish for a hundred forms of well-being. That same spirit awakens again today at my fingertips.
Along the path to meet these blessings, I encounter a tiger, a bird, a horse, and a rabbit. Each carries its own story of good fortune, living freely together in harmony with the rhythms of nature. In the way they surrender to nature’s flow and breathe in harmony with one another, I discover scattered fragments of blessing.
For blessings are not a destiny bestowed upon us. They are a way of living—something we discover for ourselves in everyday life and cultivate with care.
The moment I stand before the woodblock and take the carving knife in my hand, the anticipation within me begins to take tangible form. The marks of the blade cutting deeply along the grain, and the traces of time accumulating layer by layer upon the woodblock, become the beautiful grain of happiness that we, too, must patiently build throughout our lives.
Today, once again, I go forth with joy to welcome all the blessings of the world—as though reaching out to take the hand of someone dear.
Original art in acryic ink on embossed wood panel, Swarovski.
About the Print
Make a statement in any room with this framed print on thick matte paper.
• Ayous wood .75″ (1.9 cm) thick frame from renewable forests
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil (0.26 mm)
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Lightweight
• Acrylite front protector
• Hanging hardware included
How to attach hooks on 24″ × 36″ horizontal frames:
Place each of the mounting hooks 1 inch (2.5 cm) from frame corners when hanging horizontally.
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Artist Statement
As someone trained in spatial design, I experience the world of minhwa as a place where time and dreams coexist.
It is an infinite space where anything imagined can come into being.
I weave time into my own narratives, creating minhwa as a vessel for imagination and breath. From my very first year of working with minhwa, the realm of time and dreams has taken root deep within me. In my work, time drifts freely across past and present, unbound by linear order.
My practice unfolds like a dream, shaping stories that exist beyond chronology. Endless imaginings of time and dream inhabit each work equally, without hierarchy.
This is how I see minhwa—and how I engage with its boundless, fantastical space: by sensing, interpreting, and sharing a world where imagination has no limits.
About Artist Meekyung Shin
Meekyung Shin earned her BFA and MFA from the College of Fine Arts at Hongik University and completed doctoral coursework in Architecture at the same institution. After serving as a university professor for ten years, she established herself as a leading contemporary minhwa artist. In 2017, she was awarded the Grand Prize at the Joseon Minhwa Museum Open Call Exhibition, marking a significant milestone in her artistic career.
Shin is widely recognized for her playful and vibrant works that seamlessly combine traditional minhwa techniques with a contemporary sensibility. Through her practice, she actively bridges traditional folk painting and the contemporary art market, contributing to the expanded appreciation of Minhwa today. In addition to her artistic work, she runs a Minhwa studio and is deeply engaged in teaching and educational programs.
Her work is characterized by the modern reinterpretation of familiar minhwa motifs, enriched with imagination, humor, and a distinctive sense of color.
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