JIN YONG CHOI
Jin-Yong Choi (1990) is a South Korean born artist based in NYC. Choi earned his BFA in Kookmin University in South Korea, Seoul (2015) and attends MFA program at Pratt Institute in New York. Interested in his written narratives, he explores and experiments tactile desires and a sense of materiality in sculptural forms and installation. Choi’s artwork has been shown in exhibitions in South Korea and the U.S., including Seoul Museum of Art (2016), National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (2016), and Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL). He is currently on the Artist Residency Program at Trestle Art Space and has been accepted funded residency programs from Sculpture Space in Utica and Vermont Studio Center in Johnson.
Yeom-la Daewang Crown1, security camera, LED light, laser, rhinestone, crystal, chain, resin, epoxy clay, silicone, 22.5x14.5x10.5, 2020
By JIN YONG CHOI
Yeom-la Daewang Suit-1 (front), iPhone 6, power generator, solar panel, tablet, computer, speaker, laser pointer, LED, clothes, silicone, resin, epoxy clay, gemstone, amethyst, crystal, seaweed, mixed media 52”x36”x22.5”, 2020
By JIN YONG CHOI
Yeom-la Daewang Suit-1 (back), iPhone 6, power generator, solar panel, tablet, computer, speaker, laser pointer, LED, clothes, silicone, resin, epoxy clay, gemstone, amethyst, crystal, seaweed, mixed media 52”x36”x22.5”, 2020
By JIN YONG CHOI
Haemosu (Water God) Mask, LED, laser pointer, mask, wire, amethyst, silicone, resin, epoxy clay, hairs, cable 10.5”x8”x5”, 2020
By JIN YONG CHOI
Paili (Fire God) Mask, laser pointer, mask, resin, silicone, epoxy clay, hairs 13.5”x9”x8.5”, 2020
By JIN YONG CHOI
Jimosin (Earth God) Mask, resin, silicone, epoxy clay, seaweed, hairs, chain, wire, fabric, plaster, wood 15”x9.5”x5.5”, 2020
By JIN YONG CHOI
Mu-Gu, amethyst, silicone, epoxy clay, resin, wood, hair, 4.3"x4"x2" and 4.1"x3.8"x2", 2020
By JIN YONG CHOI
Untitled(Judy), concrete, silicone, epoxy clay, resin, acrylic paint, LED, anchovy, mealworm, tube, condom, salt, agate geode, 74”×17.5”×18”, 2019
By JIN YONG CHOI
Untitled(Spencer), concrete, silicone, epoxy clay, resin, wood, acrylic paint, LED, wire, computer part, 87”x39”x39”, 2019
By JIN YONG CHOI
Untitled(Jennifer), concrete, petroleum jelly, silicone, acrylic paint, LED, hair, bead, 62”x11”x14”, 2019
By JIN YONG CHOI
Untitled(Minhyeong), concrete, resin, Omega-3 pill, silicone, LED, 53”x8”x5.5”, 2018
By JIN YONG CHOI
Untitled(Jin), concrete, wood, resin, silicone, crystal, LED 47.5”x19”x18”, 2018
By JIN YONG CHOI
Untitled(Ziping), concrete, wood, crystal, bead, silicone, 22x14.5x6, 2019
By JIN YONG CHOI
Artist Statement
Interested in my written narratives that are relevant to the apocalyptic future, I explore and experiment with tactile desires and a sense of materiality in sculptural forms and installations. Recently, I have been working on a project, called Digital Shaman and creating shamanic tools that have records and data of the past, which might help future people to survive after the end of the world. The survivors will rebuild civilization and religion and treat my creations as relics that are simultaneously primitive and advanced. These artworks combine low technology with high technology and natural objects with man-made objects. By fabricating these futuristic items with intriguing materials, combining digital and non-digital images, and adding lots of details to them, I want to create a unique experience. It arouses haptic desires and a heightened sense of materiality that can only be experienced in the real, and not thoroughly captured through digital technology.