March 1 - May 4, 2024
From Fort Worth Contemporary Arts:
“At Fort Worth Contemporary Arts Choi presents Resilient Heart, 2022, a soft sculpture installation, in conversation with a series of paintings. Utilizing bright colors, dense imagery and sensuous textures, she creates a dynamic and playful energy between objects; collectively the works entice viewers to consider the human spirit. Choi’s work is inspired by Taoist ideas concerning the adaptable nature of water, and she considers the potential for flexibility, growth, strength and courage in daily our experience. How can people embrace a childlike wisdom after reaching adulthood? How can we retain a sense of wonder, playfulness and engagement with the natural world? Choi’s presentation of a second sculptural installation, Freedom from Madness, 2016-17 and a selection of video works further reveal connecting story threads within The Cosmic Womb. Choi will present an artist talk at 5pm on Thursday, February 29 at 5pm in Moudy North Building, Room 132.
Houston-based artist JooYoung Choi was born in Seoul, South Korea, and emigrated to Concord, New Hampshire in 1982/3 by way of adoption. While completing her BFA at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, she returned to South Korea and reunited with her birth family. Since receiving her MFA from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Choi’s artwork has been exhibited in such venues as the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY; The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, TX; Project Row Houses, Houston, TX; The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, Seattle, WA; The National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL; The Art Museum of South East Texas, Beaumont, TX; Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, the 2021 Texas Biennial and The Crow Museum of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas. Choi has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Artadia, Idea Fund, Houston Art Alliance, and the Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. She has also participated in the Lawndale Artist Residency in Houston, TX, and the Harvester Artist Residency in Wichita, KS. Choi’s work has been featured by numerous media groups and publications, including the PBS Digital Studios Art Assignment, Korean Global News Network YTN, the LA Times, New American Paintings, Arts+Culture Magazine, the Houston Chronicle, Glasstire, Houston’s PaperCity, Texas Monthly and the Huffington Post. www.jooyoungchoi.com”
Reception: March 1, 2024 | 6–8 pm
2900 W. Berry St.
Fort Worth, 76109 TX
(817) 257-7643
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