Ema Shin is a Melbourne based artist who was born and grew up in Niigata, Japan.

Shin works with several different techniques and mediums such as Japanese woodblock printing, papier-mâché, embroidery, tapestry weaving, book making, Urauchi (chine-colle) and college. She aims to create artwork that displays a sensitivity for tactile materials, historical techniques, and a physical awareness that expresses femininity, sexuality and domesticity.

She studied traditional and contemporary Japanese printmaking at Tama Art University in Tokyo and completed a Master of Fine Art Degree at Aichi Prefectural Art University in Nagoya. She has held numerous solo and group exhibitions in Japan, Korea, Australia and numerous other countries.