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.
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.