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CIGE 2012
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Blue Note of Creator, 100x100cm, acrylic with mixed media on canvas, 2011
Particle Duality, 162x130cm acrylic with mixed media on canvas, 2011
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Vio CHOE (1971~)
In general, artists plan what would draw and how to express before working on drawing. It is an act expressed inner desires and impulses of the artist in the realm of consciousness. However, Vio Choe works in a completely opposite way which is instinctive and unconscious, in the areas of unintended, unplanned. He fills up the screen with lines and symbols only depending on the spontaneous emotions like Jean Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, who dominated American Art in the 1980s, expressing their inner world with graffiti and drawing in the combination of signs and patterns. Human consciousness is delivered to brain via eyes. But the visual sense distorts things which mean we don’t see things for what they really are and the fundamental energy and vitality hidden in things are invisible. Therefore, Vio Choe intends to convey things through the unseen energy transcended time and space, found in unconsciousness, not by visually. Though we are unable to visualize youth memories in a specific way, the factors like the sense of smell, sound were already permeated into our body. It works the same way. He tries to put his immediate energy and vitality which comes out depending on his feeling into the screen drawing lines with color tubes instead of brushes as he supposes the use of brush itself is intended, technical, second handed. In that sense, his work is totally unpredictable how it comes out. He considers the most important energy in human life is ‘love.’ He’s working on depicting the ‘love’ energy we need in modern society that requires being more excellent, makes people classified based on rank. He wants viewers to get the healing energy emitted from his work and the hurts they have to be cured. This exhibition presents diverse works that are colorfully and complexly composited. Each work has the energy of love to be radiated that will be the opportunity for viewers to fully share the artist’s intension. Having earned a MFA at School of Visual Arts, he had worked as an art director at Vanguard inc. and a game designer at M-Pen in New York. Since coming back to Korea, he has extensively participated in exhibitions and international art fairs including Chicago art fair, HKAF, KIAF and SOAF. He has published a wide range of books, ‘Cool Page Design Remix,’ ‘Monkey Magic,’ ‘Brain Fun Studio,’ ‘Art and Pop’ etc. His work can be found in public collections including Seoul National University Hospital. Education 1996 School of Visual Arts, M.F.A , New York City, USA Solo Exhibitions 2011 Universe in mind, Gallery SUN Contemporary, Seoul 2010 A.K.A Gallery,”Solo Exhibition”, Seoul Chelsea West Gallery, ”Solo Exhibition”NY USA Selected Exhibitions 2011 ‘MK CEO COLLECTION’ THE PAGE Gallery, Seoul Artpark Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany SOAF2011, COEX, Seoul Art Karlsruhe, “Solo Booth”, Karlsruhe German Asia Top Gallery Hongkong Hotel Art fair, Hong kong KCAF, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul Art Chicago, Chicago USA 2010 Coex Convention Hall, “Korea Golf Art Collection Special Event”, Seoul Seoul open art fair, Coex convention Hall , Seoul Affordable Art Fair, Paris France CNB Gallery, Seoul Korea DIEGALERIE Modern Art, Seoul Shilla Hotel Art fair, Seoul KIAF(Sun Contemporary), Coex Convention Hall SH Comtemporary Art fair(DIE GALERIE), Shanghai Sinsa Art Tower “Star collection Now”, Seoul Imperial Palace Hotel, Doors Art Fair, Seoul 2009 DaeGu Art Fair, DaeGu, DIEGALERIE, “GUY FERREL and VIO CHOE”, Seoul Publications Cool Page Design Remix, Japan Monkey Magic, USA Brian’s Fun Studio, USA Art and Pop, Korea Activities Art Director of Vanguard inc., New York City, USA Art Director and Game Designer of M-pen, New York City, USA Creative director of Art and Pop, Korea |
