Seoul, b. 1996

Jiwon Choi(b.1996) delves into the liminal space between life and death—a void where present and future converge—and expresses the world within this gap. Her recurring motifs include ceramic dolls, crafts, stuffed insects and plants—objects either sourced from nature or inspired by items she has collected. Choi creates chambers of vacuum where the secretive energy intersects, using frames as portals between the time and space of life and death, and motifs such as orchids that are so perfectly beautiful that they appear to be fake. These objects appear singly or in clusters within an intimate composition, representing things that have ended their lives yet continue to influence the artist’s present. As such, the depicted objects can be seen as a symbolic effort to understand the lives of her contemporaries and the world she inhabits, rather than a reflection of reality. Choi holds both a BFA and MFA in Painting from Ewha Womans University. She has held solo exhibitions including at PARKSEOBO Foundation(Seoul, 2024), ThisWeekendRoom(Seoul, 2020, 2023) and will have another solo show in Germany next year. She has participated in various group exhibitions, such as at Tang Contemporary Art(Beijing, China, 2024), Backstage(Shanghai, China, 2024), Seoul National University Museum of Art(Seoul, 2023), WESERHALLE(Berlin, Germany, 2023), Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art(Ansan, 2022), Ilwoo Space(Seoul, 2022), and ThisWeekendRoom(Seoul, 2021). Choi was named a 2022 New Hero by Public Art Magazine and her work has been collected by the Government Art Bank of MMCA and PARKSEOBO Foundation.