JooYoung Choi

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. 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.

Work Choi's work includes soft sculptures, puppets, paintings, animation, and video art. The Idea Fund, Round Eleven Stimulus grant, 2019 Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs and Houston Arts Alliance, Support for Artist and Creative Individuals grant, 2019 Riverfest Artist-in-Residence, 2018 The Idea Fund, Round Eight Spark grant, 2016 Artadia Fund for Art and Dialogue, Artadia Award, 2015