Wook-kyung Choi
Born1940 (1940)
Seoul, South Korea
Died1985 (aged 44–45)
Seoul, South Korea
Known forpainter
MovementAbstract Expressionism

Wook-kyung Choi (1940–1985) was a Korean Abstract Expressionist painter.[1] She was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1940.[2] She attended Seoul National University and then immigrated to the United States where she studied at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and the Brooklyn Museum Art School. In 1978 Choi returned to South Korea where she taught at Yeungnam University and Duksung Women's University.[3][4] Choi died in 1985 at the age of 45[5] in Seoul.[4]

In 1987 the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) held a retrospective.[5] In 2005 the Kukje Gallery, Seoul held a retrospective of her work.[6] In 2016 the Kukje Gallery held a solo exhibition of her work entitled American Years 1960s–70s.[7][8] In 2021 the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art held a retrospective of her work entitled Wook-kyung Choi, Alice’s Cat.[9]

In 2023 her work was included in the exhibition Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-1970 at the Whitechapel Gallery in London.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Roberts-Komireddi, Cleo (2 March 2023). "10 Underrecognized Women Artists Who Shaped Abstract Expressionism Internationally". Artsy. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Wook-Kyung Choi". The RAiR Foundation. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  3. ↑ Sutton, Kate. "Kate Sutton on Wook-kyung Choi". Art Forum. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Wook-kyung Choi". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Wook-kyung Choi Among Artsy's Women Who Shaped Abstract Expression". Cranbrook Academy of Art. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Wook-kyung Choi: A Retrospective - Paintings 1963-1985". Asia Art Archive. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Forgotten abstract painter Choi Wook-kyung revisited". Korea Times. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  8. ↑ Thorne, Harry (27 September 2016). "Wook-Kyung Choi". Frieze. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Wook-kyung Choi, Alice's Cat" (PDF). MMCA. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
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