Artwork Details
Mee Shim
American, b. South Korea,
1968
Self-Portrait: A Soft Breath of Air
1999
Medium
Monotype on paper
Dimensions
34 x 28 inches
Location
Level 3, Gallery 5
Accession Number
2013.57
Credit
Gift from the Collection of Dirk Bakker and Hope Palmer
Image Copyright
© Mee Shim
About the Artwork
Mee Shim was born and raised in Suwon, South Korea, before emigrating to the United States to pursue her Master of Fine Arts Degree from Wayne State University in 2000. In this self-portrait, Shim depicts herself rising from underwater for a breath of air – a metaphor for her experience acclimatizing to American culture as a recent immigrant.