Yoonhee Choi

Choi Yoonhee’s (B.1986) paintings depict accumulated time that remains like a trace. Paint is layered onto the canvas where atypical smudges and tangled thread-like lines merge in abstract landscapes of flowing waves, portraying inner emotions, memories, and traces of time. Transitioning from capturing the outskirts of the cityscape to delving deep into the inner self, Choi replaced her intense strokes and vibrant colors with compositions of faint and subtle lines and surfaces, the light strokes of her paintbrush just barely grazing the surface of the canvas. Incorporating a tactile sense of physically rubbing the paint with her hands, she portrays a continuous flow connected by subtle emotional nuances, devoid of any sharpness. Her gaze towards the inner self follows the traces that remain when one closes one's eyes or covers one's ears to block out sight and sound. These moments are not of disappearance, where nothing is left, but exist in their own ineffable form, a shape that is not a shape, a sound that is not a sound. Choi Yoonhee graduated from Gachon University with a degree in Painting and obtained a Master's in Visual Art from the Korea National University of Arts. She has held solo exhibitions at various institutions, including Tuning In at TINC in 2024, the OCI Museum of Art, PS Sarubia, and Gallery175. She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions at the Daejeon Museum of Art, Amado Art, P21, and Common Center. She has been selected as a supported artist for PS Sarubia and as an OCI Young Creative by the OCI Museum of Art.