JooYoung Choi
Through painting, video, sculpture, animation, and music,
multidisciplinary artist JooYoung Choi documents the
interconnecting narratives of a highly structured, expansive
fictional land called the Cosmic Womb. This paracosm, which
stretches over 6,732 miles, is governed by Queen Kiok with
the help of her council of Tuplets and one Earthling from
Concord, New Hampshire, named C. S. Watson. Guided by the
Cosmic Womb mythology, Choi creates work that merges the
autobiographic with the fantastic in visual form.
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Choi emigrated to the States in
1983 by way of adoption. In 2008, she returned to South Korea
and reunited with her birth family. This experience continues to
influence the stories and ideas behind her art.