Choe Sooryeon uses traditional images shared in Northeast Asia as illustrations that depict the absurd world. Recently, she has been focusing on slowly and solitarily tracing through the translation process of classical Chinese tales, using transcription as her main methodology. And she searches for the points in which such scribblings become paintings.
She has sought to share the senses of Sadness, humor, ignorance, etc. through exhibitions such as Hoe for painted and Hwa for painting (Gallery Chosun, Seoul, 2023), Drawing in the fog (Sansumunhwa, Seoul, 2020), and Pictures for Use and Pleasure (Incheon Art Platform Window Gallery, Incheon, 2020).
Education
2017 M.F.A., Department of Painting, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2010 B.F.A., Department of Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 Hoe for painted and Hwa for painting, GalleryChosun, Seoul, Korea
2020 Drawing in the Fog, Sansumunhwa, Seoul, Korea
2020 Pictures for Use and Pleasure, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
2019 Music from a decaying country, Cheong-ju Art Studio, Cheong-ju, Korea
2018 Music from a decaying country, O'Newwall E'juheon, Seoul, Korea
Two-person Exhibitions
2021 Everything I Want to Do Is Nonproductive, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
2021 Eerie, Kyoboartspace, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Path of Contact, ARKO Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2023 Jeonnam International SUMUK Biennale, Nojeokbong Art Park Museum, Mokpo, Korea
2023 Monumental, Museumhead, Seoul, Korea
2022 9th Chongkundang Yesuljisang, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2022 The Sound of Moutain: Nine-tailed Fox as a Sexual Trickster, Pink Plant, Hongcheon, Korea
2022 with Korean and Eastern Painting, Gallery Towed, Tokyo · Finch Arts, Kyoto, Japan · Jungganjijeom ll, Seoul, Korea
2022 A chronicle of desires, showandtell, Seoul, Korea
2022 Off the Page, Daejeon Museum of Art Creative Center, Daejeon, Korea
2021 Frequencies of Traditon, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
2021 Ahuh Darongdiri, ThisWeekendRoom, Seoul, Korea
2019 The Stars Below, Sansumunhwa, Seoul, Korea
2018 Double-sided, Government Complex-Seoul, Seoul, Korea
2018 Gyeonggi archive_now, Gyeonggi sangsang campus, Suwon, Korea
2017 Something new, Goyang Aram Nuri Aram Art Gallery, Goyang, Korea
2017 My name is nobody, 4log, Seoul, Korea
2017 Haneul bonpuri, Zaha Museum, Seoul, Korea
2016 Seoul Babel, Seoul Museum of Art , Seoul, Korea
2015 Our awesome moments, HITE Collection, Seoul, Korea
2015 Nothing we could know, Insa Art space, Seoul, Korea
2014 Fantasy is over, Art space Pool, Seoul, Korea
Residencies
2024 SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea
2024-2022 Studio Whiteblock, Cheonan, Korea
2021-2020 Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
2019 Factory of Contemporary Arts in Palbok, Jeonju, Korea
2018 Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea
2016 Gyeonggi Creation Center, Ansan, Korea
Awards & Grants
2020 9th Chongkundang Yesuljisang, Korea
2020 Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
2018 UAC Young Artists, Uijeongbu Arts Center, Korea
2018 Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation; Solo Exhibition, Korea
2017 SDU Art Prize, Seoul Digital University, Korea
2017 The Life and Change: Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, Korea
2015 Ilhyun Travel Grant, Ilhyun Museum, Korea
Collections
Seoul Museum of Art
Seoul National University Museum of Art
Government Art Bank, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
