YUN J CHOIT.
818-849-0836
Education
-STUDIED MFA CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHRIDGE. CALIFORNIA
-BFA Kyung Hee University. Seoul, Korea.
Awards
-2017 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES COMMENDATION.
-2003 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES COMMENDATION.
-1999 ARTEX TOKYO ’99 PRIX AWARD.
CURATES
-2024-2025 STRANGERS; GALLERY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
-INSIDE OUT; FACEA GALLERY/ LA, CA
-2022-PHOENIX PROJECT: CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE FROM 1992; KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER LA/ LA, CA
-PEACE TOGETHER; WESTERN GALLERY/ LA, CA
-PEACE TOGETHER; GALLERY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
-DIASPORA ARIRANG1; SHATTO GALLERY/ LA, CA
-DIASPORA ARIRANG2; ARTCORE/ LA, CA
Exhibitions
2026
-BOBAE GEON; PALDAL-GU OFFICE EXHIBITION HALL/ GYEONGGI-DO, KOREA
2025
-GIFT SHOW; GALLERY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
-INTERNATIONSAL ART EXHIBITION; BU YOUNG TOWER/ INCHEON, KOREA
-4TH STRANGERS (PHOTOGRAPH SHOW); GALLERY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
-FUNDRASER FOR DOSAN; WESTERN GALLERY/ LA, CA
-CROSS CURRENT JAPAN-USA EXCHANGE SHOW; LA ART CORE/ LA, CA
-KOREA 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIVERATION DAY; HAJETEPE UNIVERSITY/ ANKARA, TURKEY
-COUNTER POINT; PARK VIEW GALLERY/ LA, CA
-PERMEATING IN SANDIEGO; ESCONDIDO ART PARTNERSHIP GALLERY/ SANDIEGO, CA
-THOUGHT EXPLORATION; HUKUOKA MUSEUM/HUKUOKA, JAPAN
-THE AESTHETICS ON INBETEEN; GALLERY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
-HAWAII ART ASSOCIATION 40TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW; HONOLULU CITY HALL/ HONOLULU, HI
-KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
- CONSILENCE IN PAINTING; WHITTER GALLERY/ WITTER, CA
-SPING ENSEMBLE; GALLERY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
2024
-HOLIDAY; GALLERY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
-INCHEONKOREA ART FESTIVAL; INCHEON CONVENTIONCENTER/ INCHEON, KOREA
-KAWA FUNDRASING SHOW; EK GALLERY/ LA, CA
-INSIDEOUT GROUP SHOW; FACE A GALLERY/ LA, CA
-KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
-PRESENT TENSE; JEMULPOCLUB/ INCHEON, KOREA
-PRESENT TENSE; INCHEON GYE HANG MUSEUM/ INCHEON, KOREA
2023
-GIFT; GALLERY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
-INTERMISSION; PARKVIEW GALLERY/ LA, CA
-KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
-CELEBRATING 120 YEARS OF KOREAN IMMIGRATION TO HAWAII ART SHOW; HONOLULU CITY HALL; HONOLULU, HI
2022
-HOLIDAY ART SALE; GALLERY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
-2nd STRANGERS; GALLERY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
-KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
-SUMMER STORY; GALLERY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
-HAN; WHITTIER ART GALLERY
-PHOENIX PROJECT: CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE FROM 1992; KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
-GIFT OF LOVE; GALLERY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
2021
-WANDERLUST; PARK VIEW GALLERY/ LA, CA
-KAASC ANNUAL SHOW: HABITUAL; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA-DIASPORA ARIRANG ll, LA ART CORE/ LA, CA
-DIASPORA ARIRANG l, SHATTO GALLERY/ LA, CA
-8 OF AUGUST, GALLERY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
-MAY AND GIFT, GALLERY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
2020
-TWELVE TONE; PARKVIEW GALLERY/ LA, CA
-LA ART SHOW; JJ ART INC. BOOTH 921-927/ LA, CA
2020
-INVITATION; GALLERY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
2019
-2019 BENEFIT/ BULTHAUP SHOW ROOM/ LA, CA
- LA ARTISTS; PARKVIEW GALLERY/ LA, CA
- LOGOS; WESTERN GALLERY/ LA, CA
- CHICAGO ART PROJECT; KCCOC/ CHICAGO, IL
- KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
-IN PURSUIT OF BEAUTY, 2019 JAPAN-USA INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SHOW;SOUTH L.A. CONTEMPORAY/ LA, CA
-INSPIRATIONETERNELLE/ ROUEN, FRANCE
-SEOUL MODERN ART SHOW; AT CENTER/ SEOUL, KOREA
-3.1 MOVEMENT 100TH YEAR CELEBRATING SHOW; GAIA GALLERY, LA CA
-CROSS CURRENT; TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM/ TOKYO, JAPAN
2018
- KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
-DAEWON FLHS ALUMNI EXHIBITION; JUNGA CHOI GALLERY/SEOUL, KOREA
-KOREAN WUNDERKAMMER; PRESSO LA GALLERIA MA-EC MILAN ART& EVENT CENTER/ MILANO, ITALY
- LA-SEOUL MODERN ART EXHIBITION; GALLERY IANG/ SEOUL, KOREA
- IN PURSUIT OF BEAUTY PART2 LA; SOLA/SBC/ LA, CA- LUCID DREAM; GALLEY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
- LA-SEOUL MODERN ART EXHIBITION; GALLERY WESTERN/ LA, CA
- LA ART SHOW; GALLERY DO ARTE BOOTH 2033-2017/ LA, CA
2017
- BIAF; BUSAN, KOREA
- HOLIDAY PARTY AND FUNDRAISER; SOLA GALLERY; SOLA GALLERY/LA, CA
- INVITATION SHOW; IMAGINE GALLERY/ TOKYO, JAPAN
- IN PURSUIT OF BEAUTY; 3331 ARTS CHIYODA/ TOKYO, JAPAN
- INVITATION GROUP SHOW; STOA GALLERY/ MALAGA, SPAIN
- KOREA LIVE; GRAND GRENIER A SEL / HONFLEUR, FRANCE- ART MARBELLA; MARBELLA, SPAIN
- LA-WASHINGTON D.C. EXCHANGE EXHIBITION: ONE-STEP UP; KCCLA/ LA, CA
- C – ART MUSEUM INVITATION; C-ART MUSEUM: SEOUL, KOREA
- ORIGINAL SENSE; KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER CHICAGO: CHICAGO, IL
- 6th SOLO EXHIBITION PLUM BLOSSOM; GALLERY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
- DRAWING 2017; GALLERY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
- ONE STEP UP JURIED INVITATION SHOW; KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER LA/ LA, CA
2016
- SAME WAY, DIFFERENT PATH; THE K- ART GALLERY / NW, WHASHINGTON D.C
- INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SOUTH KOREA; WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY /BOWLING GREEN, KY
- DWELLING; YOONSPACE / LA, CA
- COINCIDENCE ON THE JOURNEY; GALLERY WESTERN / LA, CA
- OPENING SHOW; GALLERY DO ARTE/ LA, CA
2015
- KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
- DREAM ON UZES; ROSE ISLAND GALLERY/ UZES, FRANCE
- DREAM; GALERIER-HELENE NOUGARO/ PARIS, FRANCE
- AN EXHIBITION OF 6 ARTISTS; PROXY GALLERY/ LA, CA
- ORIGINAL SENCES DRAWING; KCC ART GALLERY/ CHICHAGO, IL
- THE ARTISTS; SPACE IN ART/ NY, NEW YORK
2014
- KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
- REVERIE IN DAILY LIFE; MUZEO CARNEGIE GALLERY/ LA, CA
- FUNDRASIER SHOW FOR KAASC; PARKVIEW GALLERY/ LA, CA
- MEMORY OF DORA KIM; KOREADAILY GALLERY/ LA, CA
- VISUAL EXCHANGE; KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
2013
- KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
- ARTCORE OPENING SHOW; ARTCORE/ PA
2012
- KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
- VALLEY VISIONS; CANOGA PARK YOUTH CENTER/ CANOGA PARK, CA
- APPLES & ORANGES 0412 EAST+WEST; KOOHAUS CHELSEA/ NEW YORK, NY
- THE UNHEARD VOICES-7 ARTISTS EXHIBITION; PARK VIEW GALLERY/ LA, CA
2011
- FRIENDS-12032011; PROJECT A7/ SANTA MONICA, CA
- ART-FULSOIREE; GALLERY RHEEWAY/ LA, CA
- OFF THE WALL; LEE&LEE GALLERY/ LA, CA
- KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
- VAST
- OPEN CALL L.A.2011; LOS ANGELES MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY/ LA, CA
2010
- KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
- KOREAN PAINTING脈; KORUS HOUSE/ NW, WASHINGTON D.C
- 5th SOLO EXHIBITION INOCENT; GALLERY BOM/ SEOUL, KOREA
2009
- KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
- KOREAN PAINTING+SHARING; KM ART GALLERY/ ANNANDALE, VA
2008
- KOREAN PAINTING+1; ART ZONE/ CHICAGO, IL
- KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
- ARTIS’S POST CARD AUCTION; LACC FINE ART GALLERY/ LA, CA
2007
- KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
- KOREAN PAINTING+1; ART ZONE/ CHICAGO, IL
- 7 ARTIST’S SHOW; RUBICONE GALLERY/ LA, CA
- 4th SOLO EXHIBITION無; RUBICON GALLERY/ LA, CA
- AN EXHIBITION OF 2 ARTISTS; LOTUS GALLERY/ LA, CA
2006
- CERAMIC SALE AND SILENT AUTION; LACC FINE ART GALLERY/ LA, CA
- 24 GROUP EXHIBITION; LOTUS GALLERY/ LA, CA
- KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
- VAST 2006-YUN J.CHOI/ LADDIE JOHN DILL/ KIRK PEDERSON ABSTRACT PAINTINGS;DA VINCI ART GALLERY/ LA, CA
- EXOUS-I; GALLERY BLUE WAVE/ LA, CA
2005
- SESON’S GIFT SHOW 2005; GALLERY ASTO/ LA, CA
- 30 ARTIST’S SHOW; LOTUS GALLERY/ LA, CA
- KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
- VAST 2005
- ARTIS’S POST CARD AUCTION; LACC FINE ART GALLERY/ LA, CA2004 - KAASC ANUAL SHOW; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
- VAST
2004
- 3RD SOLO EXHIBITION”RE-SET’ BISTRO VENEZIA/ VENICE BEACH, CA
- ART WALK; O’MELVENY GALLERY/ WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA
- CELEBRATE AFRICA 2004; MODERN ART GALLERY/ LA, CA
2003
- CERAMIC SALE AND SILENT AUCTION; LACC FINE ART GALLERY/ LA, CA
- KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
- VAST 2003
- TOGETHER AND VISION; JONG-RO GALLERY/ SEOUL, KOREA
- POST CARD ARTSALE AND SILENT ART AUCTION; LACC FINE ART GALLEY/ LA, CA
2002
- KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
- VAST 2002- 2ND SOLO EXHIBITION ‘PRIMARY POINT’ JOONG-ANG CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
- 2002 JURIED ALL MEDIA EXHIBITION; PALOS VERDES ART CENTER/ PV, CA
- AN EXHIBITIONOF 2 ARTISTS; CO-OP EDITORIAL/ VENICE BEACH, CA
- AN EXHIBITION OF 7ARTISTS; DIGITAL SYMPONY/ BURBANK, CA
2001
- AN EXHIBITION OF 8 ARTISTS; DIGITAL SYMPONY/ BURBANK, CA
- 50/50 SHOW; GALLERY 825/ LA, CA
- STILL LIFE EXPRESSIONS; CALIFORTNIA STATE UNIVERSITY OF LA/ LA, CA
- ANNUAL MEMBER SHOW; GALLERY 825/ LA, CA
- KAASC A SMALL EXHIBITION; SABINA LEE GALLERY/ LA, CA
2000
- E-HU EXHIBITION; ART CENTER/ SEOUL, KOREA
- 1ST SOLO EXHIBITION ‘MEDITATION’; GALLERY PRINCE/ LA, CA
- FOUND RAISER SHOW; ANDREW-SHIRE GALLERY/ LA, CA
- LINE-C; GALLERY PRINCE/ LA, CA
1999
- KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
- 11th JAPAN CONTEMPORARY ART ASSOCIATION; ARTEX/ Tokyo, Japan
– SMALL PLEASURE; SABINA LEE GALLERY/ LA, CA
- HOP HOPE; GALLERY PRINCE/ LA, CA
- KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY 50th ANNIVERSARY SHOW; JONG-RO GALLERY/ SEOUL, KOREA
1998-1996
- KAASC ANNUAL SHOW; KOREA CULTURAL CENTER/ LA, CA
Artist Statement
Cogito ergo sum. Rene Descartes’ famous words.
Art is life, in all aspects, encompassing everything within it.
Starting from the most humble of beginnings, similarly to most people, I started with some basic stepping stones in art; scribbles that led to lines and evolved further. Life was practically meaningless, until I found art. I was always searching inside myself for something that meant more to me and I found it in the drawings that I called my own.
Art represents my personal qualities and beliefs,
as shown through a recurring theme in my works,
“The Circle of Life.”
“나는 생각한다, 고로 존재한다.” 철학자 데카르트의 유명한 선언입니다.
저에게 있어서 예술은 곧 삶 그 자체입니다. 그것은 모든 관점과 모든 것을 내포하고 있습니다. 저 역시 다른 많은 작가들과 마찬가지로, 가장 겸손한 마음과 자세로 예술의 가장 기본적 단계인 선긋기(scribbles)로부터 시작하여, 더 높은 작품세계로 발전시켜 나가고 있습니다. 저 나름의 예술세계를 발견하기 이전의 제 삶은 실제로 무의미했던 것 같습니다. 저는 조금이라도 더 많은 의미를 발견하고 표현하기 위해 항상 저의 내부 세계를 진지하게 탐색하곤 합니다. 그리고 나만의 조형언어를 통해 작품으로 발전시켜나갑니다. 이렇게 거듭되는 치열한 작업을 거치면서 나만의 작품세계를 이루고, 넓히기 위해 노력하는 겁니다.
저의 작품 (The Circle of Life) 연작에서 반복적으로 표현되는 주제에서도 알 수 있듯, 예술은 나의 개인적 삶의 질과 믿음을 표현해줍니다. 저에게 있어서 예술 작업은 곧 조금이라도 더 나은 사람이 되려는 노력인 것입니다.