Finding inspiration from the physical and metaphysical qualities of water, Cathy Choi paints with pigmented resin, pouring thin veils of or pooling color using a sculpted ledge. The luminosity and fluid, changeable shape of water is recalled in areas of cascading color and voluminous drips, referring toward spiritual notions of purity and cleansing. Born in Seoul, South Korea, the artist currently lives and works in Brooklyn. New York. Choi received her BFA from University of Washington, Seattle, WA and her MFA from American University in Washington, DC. Her works have been exhibited nationally and internationally at the Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ, UMASS Herter Gallery (Amherst, MA), D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, (Brooklyn NY) and Galerie Karrer (Zurich, CH). Choi’s work in graphic design has been recognized with awards from AIGA (1993, 1994) Art Director’s Club of Philadelphia (1994) and I.D. Magazine (1993, 1994).

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Born in Seoul, South Korea
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Education

1999
Master of Fine Arts, American University, Washington, D.C., (Perugia, Italy)
Bowling Green State University, (S.A.C.I., Florence, Italy)

1990 
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Graphic Design 

Solo Exhibitions

2017
As Above So Below, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

2014
Ambient Pressure, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York

2011
Pushing Paint, Recent Paintings, Brooklyn, NY

2001  
Galerie des Kulturburos, Zurich, Switzerland

1999 
Galerie Karrer, Zurich, Switzerland

1997  
Millport Conservancy & Gallery, Lititz, PA

Group Exhibitions

2018
Coming To The Surface, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT

2017
Red Matters, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ

2016
Summer Breeze, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Layer Up, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT

2015
Vibrations, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

2014
Turn Up the Heat, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Pouring it On, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

2013 
Catch as Catch Can, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Eye Candy, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT

2012
Surface Tension, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Summer Rotation, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT

2011
Mic-Check, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NY

2010 
Small Works, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2004
Galerie Commercio, Zurich, Switzerland

2003
Wall Painting, Ausstelungsraum 25, Zurich, Switzerland
Monchhof Galerie Wehrli, Kilchberg, Zurich, Switzerland

2002
Peter Noser, Swissca, Zurich, Switzerland
Monchhof Galerie Wehrli, Kilchberg, Zurich, Switzerland

2000
Seven, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

1999
Duncan & Miller Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1998
Galerie Karrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Washington, D.C.
Strictly Painting, Emerson Gallery, McLean, VA, McLean Project for the Arts, Virginia Commission for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts

1997  
Print Show, Watkins Gallery, Washington, D.C., National Society of Arts & Letters

Awards

1998
Arte Insieme, Girasole Competition, Corciano, Italy, First Place

1997
Bowling Green State University, Full Scholarship
Jules Maidoff Scholarship, S.A.C.I., Florence, Italy
Chautaqua Summer Residency Program, Chautauqua, NY

1995
Art Director’s Club of Philadelphia, 59th Annual Awards Show

1994
I.D. Magazine, Annual Design Review ‘94
AIGA, Communication Graphics ‘94, Annual Design Review, Graphic Design USA 15

1993
I.D. Magazine, Annual Design Review ‘93
AIGA, Communication Graphics ‘93, Annual Design Review, Graphic Design USA 14
CA, Communication Arts, Annual Design Review

Publications

1998
Carifano Banco, Cassa di Risparmio di Fano SpA, Perugia, Italy