ARTIST STATEMENT

Hayun Choi has been concentrating on portraiture and the human face through thread painting and photography. Her current body of work features portraits of family, friends and strangers in Seoul and London.  She builds several layers of small threads on a thin black fabric to create a portrait of a person.

Looking through the thin fabric, the viewer will see the actual photograph of the same person gazing toward them from the background.  Her work depicts the subject in two states: being gazed at and gazing directly at the viewer.  Hayun Choi explores and experiments the application of textile media and threads and presents them as if they were strokes of a paint brush.

BIOGRAPHY

Born in 1986 in South Korea

Education

2013

  • MA Fine Arts, Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London, UK

2010

  • Graduated from Textile art & Fashion design Dept., College of Fine Arts, Hongik University (Bachelor of Fine Arts), Seoul, Korea
  • Graduated from Industrial design Dept.(Minor), College of Fine Arts, Hongik University (Bachelor of Fine Arts), Seoul, Korea

Exhibitions

2015

  • ‘Gaze’ (solo exhibition), La Lanta Fine Art, Thailand
  • Affordable Art Fair London, Battersea
  • ‘Human gaze : multiple perspective’, MokSpace, London, UK

2014

  • Singapore Art Fair, Singapore
  • Affordable Art Fair Singapore, represented by La Lanta Fine Art, Thailand
  • Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, represented by La Lanta Fine Art, Thailand
  • The Camden show @ Squatting, London, UK

2013

  • Chelsea MA Fine Art Interim show, Cook House, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
  • BongSan arts exhibition, Gallery Sinmi, Daegu, South Korea
  • Female artists of three, Seoul Foundation of Women & Family, Art Cube 21, Seoul, South Korea
  • Art and Brand, Gallery EW, Seoul, South Korea
  • Rising artists, Gallery Jireh, Paju-si, South Korea

2012

  • Modified awareness (solo exhibition), Gallery Han, Paju-si, South Korea
  • The masterpiece steals masterpiece, Gallery Santoriniseoul, Seoul, South Korea
  • Spoon art fair HongKong12, Grand Hyatt, Hong Kong
  • Gallery Jireh young artist exhibition, Gallery Jireh, Paju-si, South Korea

2011

  • Art load 77 exhibition, Gallery Han, Paju-si, South Korea
  • Fun+Pup Pleasant modern art, Gwacheon citizen hall, Gwacheon-si, South Korea

2010

  • ‘Weart’, Gallery BMH, Seoul, South Korea
  • Gallery Jireh young artist exhibition, Gallery Jireh, Paju-si, South Korea

2009

  • Textile art& Fashion design Graduation show 2009, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
  • Hongik art – design festival, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
  • Industrial design graduation show 2009, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
  • ‘Designers party 8th’, Gallery BMH, Seoul, South Korea

COLLECTIONS

Her artwork has gradually been collected by private collectors in Asia and Europe including British Grammy award winning artist Adele.