Jin Sook Vilas was born in 1952 in Korea. She studied at Hong Lk University, Seoul and studied Graphics under Prof S.W.Hayter in Paris. Her group shows include: Committee Enterprise, Paris (1981), Salon des Beaux-Arts, Paris (1983) Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (1984, 1986-7); Shin Gallery, Daekeon (1987) and Cultural Centre, Udaipur (1987), 1988-Art for cry, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore; 1994-Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, Canada & Daya's Collection, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; 1995-Art Heritage Gallery, Delhi, 1996-6th Painting Biennial, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, 1997-50 years of Independence at NGMA, Delhi, Harmony Show at Nehru Centre, Mumbai, 1998-Wilberding Collection of Contemporary Indian Art at NGMA, Mumbai, 1st Seoul Arts Festival for overseas Koreans at Seoul, 1999-Charity auction by Women artists of India at NGMA, Mumbai, and Spastics Society of Tamil Nadu, Chennai; 2002-Golden Jubilee Art Exhibition organized by Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. Participated in several camps all over India. Jin Sook Vilas lives and works in Mumbai. STATEMENT When I am with my work, I am oblivious of the past and of external influences. I believe that the work of art has to represent the present, the moment. Art is the sheer enjoyment of creativity as meditation. Abstraction, unlike figuration, does not impose rules and limitations on the viewer by forcing him to react to external appearance. The spectator is free to feel in the light of his sensations and experiences. The pure elements of painting - dots, lines, forms, colours as visual language led me to seek my self out in anonymity. By being anonymous, it is possible to attain the universal. I am convinced that every being returns to anonymity. The more individual something is, the more universal it becomes. The ultimate challenge to creativity is to experience this new dimensional energy, and to discover the mysterious unknown......Jin Sook Shinde, ExC Art Heritage 14, 1987