| JooYoung Choi is an acrylic painter from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. She was born in Seoul, South Korea and was raised in Concord, New Hampshire. Her work draws from her experience as a Korean adoptee and her reunion with her birth family.Childhood nostalgia, American animation, comic books, Korean imagery and fantasy inspire her work. Through the use of collage, a variety of faux textures, patterns and colors Choi weaves together a collection of work that explores identity, reality, parallel worlds, time travel, systemic oppression, and mystical landscapes.JooYoung met her birth father in 2007, she found her birthmother in 2008 family includes: her parents who still reside in Concord, New Hampshire, her older sister Kelly, her birth father, birth mother, her birth father's wife, her sister Sooji, her step-sister Hiyana and her brothers Joo-Han and Soo-Han.In 2009, Korea completed an artist in residency at Ko-Root inSeoul Korea. Also, she created and donated baby portrait paintings to nine single mothers who live at Ae Ran Won, a home and support organization for Korean single mothers. Currently, JooYoung continues to show her support to Ae Ran Won by donated 10% of her profits from her paintings towards the purchase and delivery of prenatal and children's vitamins to the single mothers at Ae Ran Won. |
