Pauline Choi is a Korean born Canadian artist working in Paris. Having emigrated first to Canada as a child, she lives twice removed from her origins and her sense of cultural identity combines opposing forces and traditions.
Her recent paintings of fire and water have a strong sculptural presence, yet built up in layers of translucent media, they are also magical and elusive. Like all Pauline Choi's work, they demonstrate a strange alchemy that transforms the base matter of the material world into evocations of memory and desire.
- Jill Lloyd, art historian and critic, London
Education
Whitney Museum, NYC Independent study program 1979-1980
BA Ontario College of Art and Design (Hon,grad), Toronto 1974-1978
O.C.A.D. graduate study in New York off Campus Program, NYC 1978-1979
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 Colour Poems - Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2016 Into the Light – UM gallery, Seoul, Korea
2013 Pools of Light - B’One gallery, Seoul, Korea
2009 Lightboxes - 59Rivoli, Paris, France
2009 Paris - Egg Gallery, Beijing, China
2007 Jardin Imaginaire - 7 Parnasien, Paris, France
2007 Jardin Imaginaire - DyanMarieProjects, Toronto, Canada
2005 Treescapes - The American Library in Paris, France
2001 Pools of Light - Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris, France
1999 La Vie en Rose - Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1998 Paintings & Light Boxes - Parsons School of Art, Paris, France
1997 The Ocean Within - Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1993 Mixed Media Painting - Gallery Han Kuk, Seoul, Korea
1987 Pleasures - Canadian Cultural Center, Rome, Italy
1987 Pleasures - Canadian Cultural Center, Paris, France
1986 Isla Mujeres -Gallery San Nom, Muncton, Canada
1985 Recent Paintings - The Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Canada
1984 Willful Gesture - Artcultural Center, Toronto, Canada
1984 Paintings & Drawings - Gallery Power House, Montreal, Canada
1984 Wall Paintings and Other - Gailoch Gallery, Oakville, Canada
1981 Meta-Paint as Bond - Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada
1981 Les Chaises Situation - Scarborough College, Toronto, Canada
1979 Wall Paintings - YYZ Outlet, Toronto, Canada
Group Exhibitions
2015 Art Space Qualia, Seoul - Korea
2014 K.I.A.F. - Seoul, Korea
2013 Drawing, SeMA - Seoul, Korea
2011 This is Paradise - Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada
2005 Glo - Archive Inc., Toronto, Canada
2004 La Nuit Blanche - 37bis rue de Montreuil, Paris, France
1998 Stuff - Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1996 Académie Diplomatique Internationale - Paris, France
1994 Woman - The Difference and The Power - Han Kuk Museum, Seoul, Korea
1993 UFPS Salon Contemporain - Grand Palais, Paris, France
1993 Latitudes Nord - Château Sainte Barbe - Fontenay-aux- Roses, France
1992 Art Contemporain du Canada - Paris, France
1987 Petit Format - Espace Bateau Lavoir - Paris, France
1987 Cité Internationale des Arts - Paris, France
1987 Paintings - Bridgestone Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1986 Riot, Calm and Luxury - Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1986 Bather -Cameron Public House, Toronto, Canada
1985 Interiors / Tableaux - Burlington & Art Gallery of Winsor, Canada
1983 10 Years - Evelyn Amis Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1983 Critic's Choice Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
1983 Chromazone Living - Chromazone Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1982 YYZ monumenta - Chromazone Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1979 Imaginary - Factory 77 Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1979 Drawings & Sculptures - Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Collections
Air Canada, Charles De Gaulle Airport, Paris, France
American Library in Paris, France
Cameron Public House, Toronto, Canada
Daelim Art Museum, Korea
Hôtel Jeanne d’Arc, Paris, France
North York General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA), Korea
Spring Restaurant, Paris, France
Beaver Hall Group (Tony Comper), Toronto, Canada
Teaching
Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada (1984-1987)
Parsons School of Design, Paris, France (1989-1996)
Awards
Artistic Residence, Nanji – SeMA, Seoul, Korea (2012)
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France (1987)
Canada Council Grants
Ontario Arts Council Grants
Ontario College of Art Graduate Medal
George A Reid Scholarship
Nora E Vaughan Scholarship