JooYoung Choi explained

Birth Date:	1982
Birth Place:	Seoul, South Korea
Education:	Art Institute of BostonMassachusetts College of Art and Design
Known For:	The Cosmic Womb
Spouse:	Trenton Doyle Hancock

JooYoung Choi is a Houston-based Korean American multidisciplinary visual artist working with paintings, sculpture, and video to portray the mythology of a fictional world called the Cosmic Womb.

Personal life

Choi was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1982, immigrating to Concord, New Hampshire through adoption in the early 1980s.^{[1] [2]} She earned her undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and her M.F.A. in Visual Art from the Art Institute of Boston.^{[3] [4]}

Work

Choi's work includes soft sculptures, puppets, paintings, animation, and video art.^{[5] [6]} Her first puppets were created in 2015 during a residency at Lawndale Art Center, while also working to develop her skills as a painter and finding a love for visually balanced dynamic compositions.

Cosmic Womb

The Cosmic Womb is a paracosm with its own characters and mythology, with the motto "Have Faith, for You've Always Been Loved." It is a way of exploring aspects of her own identity and her experiences with adoption, offering ways for Choi to step into the roles of different characters. The Cosmic Womb is governed by an earthling from Concord (the city of her childhood) named C.S. Watson, alongside the Tuplets, who are six humanoids with special powers, and Queen Kiok.

Selected awards

• National Endowment for the Arts, Challenge America grant recipient, 2019^[7]
• The Idea Fund, Round Eleven Stimulus grant, 2019^[8]
• Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs and Houston Arts Alliance, Support for Artist and Creative Individuals grant, 2019
• Riverfest Artist-in-Residence, 2018^[9]
• The Idea Fund, Round Eight Spark grant, 2016^[10]
• Artadia Fund for Art and Dialogue, Artadia Award, 2015^[11]

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: JooYoung Choi. 2021-03-13. Parrish Art Museum. en-US.
2. Web site: Lavin. Talia. Columnist. 2015-04-27. One Artist's Parallel Universe Explores Issues Of Adoption And Race In America. 2021-09-23. HuffPost. en.
3. Web site: Glentzer. Molly. May 29, 2015. Art leads to many discoveries for JooYoung Choi. 2021-03-13. Preview Houston Arts & Entertainment Guide. en-US.
4. Web site: MCFADDEN. MICHAEL. 2015-07-15. The Intoxicating Artistic Vision of JooYoung Choi. 2021-03-13. Arts and Culture Texas. en-US.
5. Web site: Kearney. Syd. 2019-05-07. Art is the new brain food. Feast.. 2021-04-15. Beaumont Enterprise. en-US.
6. Web site: How Houston artist JooYoung Choi builds an inclusive fantasy world. 2021-09-23. www.msn.com.
7. Web site: 2019-02-14. Texas Organizations Receive National Endowment of the Arts Grants. 2021-03-13. Glasstire. en-US.
8. Web site: BWW News Desk. The Idea Fund Announces Round 11 Grantees For 2019. 2021-03-13. BroadwayWorld.com. en.
9. Web site: 360Wichita.com. 2018-05-30. Meet the 2018 Riverfest Resident Artist: JooYoung Choi. 2021-09-23. 360Wichita.com. en.
10. Web site: Round 8 (2016). 2021-03-13. The Idea Fund. en-US.
11. Web site: Awardee Spotlight: A Dialogue with JooYoung Choi. 2021-03-13. Artadia. 14 February 2020 .