WonJung Choi

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photo of WonJung . She is smiling wearing a black collared shirt and a gold necklace. She has her arms crossed in front of her and is standing in front of a black wall.

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WonJung Choi has investigated the process of mutation and evolution undertaken by diverse organisms in order to adapt to their current surroundings. This process reflects her hybrid identity through the continuous interactions between herself and current culture and society she is involved in. Her series of sculptures, paintings, drawings and installation explores the power of her ever changing identity in the making.

Choi received her MFA in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York and her BFA and MFA in Sculpture from Hong-Ik University in Korea. She has been awarded residencies at Museum of Arts and Design and Artists Alliance Inc (AAI) in New York. 

She has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues such as Wave Hill, Bloomberg NYC, Real Art Ways, Gwangju Museum of Art, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Cuchifritos, Mixed Green Gallery, Space cottonseed Singapore, Islip Museum, Creative Art Workshop, Art Place Seoul, H.P France gallery Tokyo and Arario Gallery Korea. Her work is in the collection at Samsung, Swarovski and ARCHEUS.

Large sculpture of a galloping dinosaur skeleton filling a white room suspended from the ceiling. the form is rendered using something like black wire, giving it a look resembling scribbling with a pen

Exodus of Dinosaur

abstract forms filling a gallery room suspended from the ceiling with clear string. the forms are like wandering black pen scribbles with some areas filled in with varying colors.

Mindless Particles

gallery documentation of sculpture of two dimensional fish skeletons swimming in the same direction. They are suspended from the ceiling by clear string and are rendered with a clear material such as plastic or glass. The photograph is only partially lit, giving the photo the look of a vignette and casting a shadow of the sculptures along the floor.

Fish+Feathers

flat clear shapes in various colors suspended from the ceiling near a wall in a white room with very high ceilings. on each shape are black line portrait drawings. a person stands in the bottom of the photo showing the height and large scale of the installation.

Extraordinary+Ordinary

a dark room filled with clear glass forms on white pedestals, only the forms are lit giving the photo an overall dark look. The forms are like water droplets and each is unique

Water