Artist: WonJung Choi | Location: Richmond, VA
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Artist: WonJung Choi | Location: Richmond, VA
Richmond, VA
WonJung Choi was born and raised in Seoul, Korea and currently lives in Virginia.
Choi investigates the process of mutation and evolution undertaken by diverse organisms in order to adapt to their current surroundings. Her series of sculptures, paintings, drawings and installation explores the power of her every changing hybrid identity in the making.
Choi received her MFA from School of Visual Arts in New York in Fine Arts and HongIk University in Korea in Sculpture and her BFA from HongIk University in Korea in Sculpture. She has been awarded residencies at Museum of Arts and Design and Artists Alliance Inc. (AAI) in New York.
Her work has been exhibited at Wave Hill (Bronx, NY), Real Art Ways (Hartford, CT), Gwangju art Foundation (Gwangju, Korea), NewHouse Center for Contemporary Art (Staten Island, NY), Mixed Green Gallery (New York, NY), Space cottonseed (Singapore), Islip Museum (Islip, NY) and Arario Gallery (Seoul, Korea).
Artist Website
www.wonjungchoi.net