Soomin Shin

Soomin Shin (she/her) makes books under the imprint Paper Labs, a practice focused on analogue making and the future of handwritten expression in an increasingly digital world. Through artist books, hand-binding, and a long-standing interest in alternative forms of photography—such as cyanotyping on paper and stone—she explores how sunlight and chemistry shape a way of thinking and reveal the traces of the maker. Her background in medicinal chemistry shapes her creative approach, grounding it in pattern-recognition, experimentation, and unexpected connections.