Minyoung Choi
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Things That Happen When We Are Not Looking, Installation View
Minyoung Choi, Sand and Mirror, 2021
112.5 x 84 cm
oil on linen
112.5 x 84 cm
oil on linen
Things That Happen When We Are Not Looking, Installation View
Minyoung Choi, Crossing Point, 2021
160 x 210 cm
oil on linen
160 x 210 cm
oil on linen
Things That Happen When We Are Not Looking, Installation View
Minyoung Choi, Underwater Situation, 2021
112.5 x 84 cm
oil on linen
112.5 x 84 cm
oil on linen
Minyoung Choi, Slow Swim, 2021
71 x 51 cm
oil on linen
71 x 51 cm
oil on linen
Minyoung Choi, Fish Tank, 2018-2021
46 x 41 cm
oil on linen
46 x 41 cm
oil on linen
Minyoung Choi, Waterfall, 2021
220 x 170 cm
oil on linen
220 x 170 cm
oil on linen
Minyoung Choi, Red Moon, 2019
200 x 170 cm
oil on linen
200 x 170 cm
oil on linen
Minyoung Choi, Crabs Sharing Grapes, 2021
41 x 76cm
oil on linen
41 x 76cm
oil on linen
Minyoung Choi, Crabs Sharing Acorns, 2021
50 x 107 cm
oil on linen
50 x 107 cm
oil on linen
Minyoung Choi, (right to left) Toad 1&2, 2021
Toad 1: 40.5 x 55 cm, Toad 2: 41.5 x 45 cm
oil on linen
Toad 1: 40.5 x 55 cm, Toad 2: 41.5 x 45 cm
oil on linen
Minyoung Choi, Cats Playing with Slightly Frightened Creatures on a Clear Day, 2021
130 x 200 cm
oil on linen
130 x 200 cm
oil on linen
Minyoung Choi, Observing Ants Stealing Melon, 2021
130 x 160 cm
oil on linen
130 x 160 cm
oil on linen
Minyoung Choi
1989. Born in Seoul, South Korea. Lives and works in London, UK.
Education |
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| 2015 – 2017 | MFA Painting Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London. |
| 2011 – 2013 | MFA Painting Graduate School, Seoul National University, Seoul. |
| 2007 – 2010 | BFA Painting College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Seoul. |
Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2023 | Dark Brightness, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing(CN) |
| 2023 | Tangent Worlds, Galeria Pelaires_Cabinet, Palma de Mallorca (ES) |
| 2022 | Always There, Lychee One, London (UK) |
| 2021 | Things That Happen When We Are Not Looking, Lychee One, London (UK) |
| 2019 | MINYOUNG CHOI, Andelli Art Gallery, Wells, Somerset (UK) |
| 2017 | On Water Under Snow, Art in the Bar, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Wales (UK) |
| 2017 | Avanzamos / Volvemos, Olvera Contemporary Art Centre, Olvera (SP) |
Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2023 |
The Painted Room, curated by Caroline Walker, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL) Unseen 「비록 보이지 않더라도」, curated by ThisWeekendRoom, Daejeon Creative Center, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon (KR) |
| 2022 |
Pounding The Pavement, Galeria Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca (ES) The Tale of Tales, G Museum of Art, Nanjing (CN) Curtain Call,Duo Show with Jinhee Kim, ThisWeekendRoom, Seoul (KR) On Paper, Paper Gallery, Manchester (UK) |
| 2021 |
A Couple of: The Dual-mechanism of the New Generation of Asian Artists, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (CN) IN CONVERSATION: Part II, Duo Show with Mircea Teleagă, curated by bo.lee Gallery, Copeland Gallery, London (UK) |
| 2020 |
Devil’s in the Detail, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (UK) Antisocial Isolation, Saatchi Gallery, curated by Delphian Gallery, London (UK) Open Call 2020 Winners Exhibition, online, Delphian Gallery, London (UK) Summer Exhibition 2020, Royal Academy of Arts, London (UK) Staycation, Lychee One Gallery, London (UK) Three 3.3, online exhibition, bo.lee Gallery, London (UK) Rooms, Subsidiary Projects, online exhibition, London (UK) |
2019 |
Still Here, The Newington Gallery, London (UK) RBA Annual Exhibition 2019, The Mall Galleries, London (UK) Prologue, Offshoot Gallery, London (UK) Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) Rising Stars Exhibition 2019, The Royal Over-Seas League, London (UK) Paint: The Seen, The Unseen and The Imagined, Contemporary European Painting, Messums Wiltshire, Wiltshire (UK) |
| 2018 |
Dream of You, Love Unlimited, Glasgow, Scotland (UK) Young London Painters, Arthill Gallery, London (UK) Wells Art Contemporary Award 2018, The Bishop’s Palace, Wells, Somerset (UK) A Field Guide to Getting Lost, TAF The Art Foundation, Athens (GR) The Horse, curated by Noel Mckenna – Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney (AU) The Beep 2018 Biennial International Painting Prize, Swansea College of Art, Swansea (UK) The Gilchrist-Fisher Award 2018, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London (UK) Hospital Rooms Fundraiser, Griffin Gallery, London (UK) Dentons Art Prize 2018, Dentons, London (UK) |
| 2017 |
Graduate Art Prize, Exchange House, London (UK) Other Spaces/Slade Summer Residency, Slade School of Fine Art, London (UK) Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London (UK) |
| 2016 |
Forwards + Backwards, Dona Laura’s House, Lisbon (PT) Wells Art Contemporary Awards, The Bishop’s Palace, Wells (UK) The Beep 2016 Biennial International Painting Prize, Swansea College of Art & Undegun, Wrexham (UK) |
Residencies |
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| 2017 | Olvera Contemporary Art Centre Residency in Spain |
| 2017 | Slade Summer School Residency |
Awards |
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| 2019 | – Finalist – The RBA Rising Stars |
| 2018 | – Winner – Wells Art Contemporary Award- Next Generation Art Prize - Shortlist – The Beep 2018 Biennial International Painting Prize - Finalist – The Gilchrist-Fisher Award - Shortlist – The Dentons Art Prize |
| 2017 | – Finalist – Chadwell Award - The Henry Tonks Prize – Slade School of Fine Art |
Press and publications |
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| 2022 | – designboom interview with minyoung choi on her dreamy aquarium paintings |
| 2021 | – The Economist, “Creatures of the shallows-Minyoung Choi’s fish are symbols of confinement” by Madeleine Pollard - Elephant Magazine, “Fish Out of Water: Sea Life and Strangeness in the Paintings of Minyoung Choi” words by Louise Benson - Later Editions, “A world within a world: creating dreamscapes through painting” - She Perfoms, “How does figurative painting allow for the exploration of abstract concepts?” - Isovist, Minyoung Choi -Opening with Minyoung Choi |
| 2020 | – YCK 매거진, “그 때의 그 기억을 그립니다, ‘최민영’ ” by 권도연 |
| 2019 | - Art Maze Magazine, “Memory, Dream and Light in the Paintings of Minyoung Choi” by Rebecca Irvin - Where is the cool, Issue 2. “On Minyoung Choi’s Paintings” by Marie Christoforou - Art Maze Magazine Autumn, Issue 14 |
| 2018 | – Floorr, “I think my painting shows mixed up memories somehow coherently in one place.” Interview by: Issey Scott 2018 – Young Space, Minyoung Choi 2018 – X = Y, The Art of Minyoung Choi |
| 2017 | – Terraform Issue 2, Three Poems, p.79-81, Slade Press, Editor: Robert M.G. Mead, Illustrations: Daisy Webb, 2017 |