Cody Choi lives and works in Seoul and New York
1961 born in Seoul, Korea
1986–90 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, USA
1980–83 Korea University, Department of Sociology, Seoul
Awards and Grants
2011 Excellent Book Select, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Korea
1994 International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) Grant, New York
1993 International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) Grant, New York
1990 San Marino League, Fine Art Association Scholarship Award, San Marino
1989 Pasadena Art Alliance, Fine Art Scholarship Award, Pasadena
1988 Art Center One Hundred Scholarship Award, Pasadena
1987 Hallmark Cards Inc. Minority Scholarship Award, Kansas City
1987 Art Center One Hundred Scholarship Award, Pasadena
Solo Shows
2018 Counterbalance, Arko Art Center, Seoul
2017 Instant Satisfaction, Philipp von Rosen Galerie, Cologne
Counterbalance, 57th Venice Biennale, Korean Pavilion, Venice
Culture Cuts, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz
2016 Is that Beauty? Cody Choi Retrospective. Exhibtion Halls in the Rectorate of the University of Málaga,Spain
The Sala Moreno Villa – Málaga, Spain
Color Painting (CHEESEKHWA): Frustration is Beautiful, PKM Gallery, Seoul
Cody Choi – Culture Cuts, MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Marseille, Marseille
2015 CODY CHOI. Culture Cuts, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
2011 2nd Chapter of Post-colonialism, PKM Trinity Gallery, Seoul
2009 Luminous Future, Konkuk University, Seoul
2008 Cody Choi: Passage in Peking, PKM Gallery, Beijing
2006 Cody Choi: Passage, PKM Gallery, Seoul
2004 Corner / de-Corner: Bruce Nauman + Cody Choi, PKM Gallery, Seoul
2003 Multiplying Difference: Post-Ready Made, PKM Gallery, Seoul
2000 New Pictorialism, Data Base Painting ¬– We are in Jungle, Kukje Gallery, Seoul
1998 The End of the 20th Century Soil Project, Kaywon University of Art and Design, Uiwang
1996 The Thinker, Deitch Projects, New York
Not Conservative, in Conserve (Becoming a Gesture of the Real), Kukje Gallery, Seoul
1993 Blow my Top, Mee Gun Gallery, Seoul
1992 Dip the Pink, Total Art Museum, Yangju
Cody Choi, Mee Gun Gallery, Seoul
Group Shows
2019 Art Theorema, Imago Mundi Museum, Italy
2018 ISCP Benefit Auction, New York, USA
Light in/as Image, Stuttgart-Möhringen, Germany
Collection Highlight, GMoMA, Korea
Between Power and Disease, CAN Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2016 LANCEL Paris, Vernissage à l’occasion de la sortie du livre
LANCEL Maison parisienne, Paris
Changwon Sculpture Biennale 2016 _ We Create Things, Things Create Us,
Changwon City Museum; Gyeongnam Museum; Sungsan Art Hall, Korea
Old & New, Kansong Art Museum, Seoul
As the Moon Waxes and Wanes (30 Years of MMCA Gwacheon), MMCA Gwacheon, Gwacheon
Vitrines sur l’Art, MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain, Marseille
ZOO-MACHINE, MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain, Marseille
2014 Busan Biennale, Voyage to Biennale: 50 Years of Contemporary Korean Art in Overseas Biennales, Busan Museum of Art; Busan Cultural Center, Busan
2012 A Tribute to Mike Kelley, MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
2011 The New Epicenter: Chapter 2 Post-Human, Woomin Art Center, Cheongju
2010 1st Media Art Festival, Digifest, Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Center, Gwangju
Oh! Masterpieces, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan
2008 6th Busan Biennale, Busan Museum of Art, Busan
Meme Trackers, Song Zhuang Art Center, Beijing
2007 Art Beijing 2007, National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing
2006 The 6th Shanghai Biennale, Hyper Design, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Papertainer, Papertainer Museum, Seoul Olympic Park, Seoul
Hybridism: Web Tree, COMA Gallery, Seoul
2004 Standing on a Bridge, Arario Gallery, Cheonan
Digital Sublime: New Masters of Universe, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei
2002 The 2nd Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Luna’s Flow: Media_City, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Snapshot, Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside
2001 Ghost World, CAIS Gallery, Seoul
Digital Dreams, Analogue Desires, Arko Art Center, Seoul
2000 Snapshot, The Contemporary, Baltimore
New York University Faculty Exhibition, 80 Washington Square East Gallery, New York
Continental Shift-Aachen/Heerien/Liega/Maastricht, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen; Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht; Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain, Liége; Stadsgalerij Heerlen Museum, Heerlen
1999 Mug Shots: Performing Persona, Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut at Storrs, Storrs
A Room with a View, Sixth Prince Fine Art, New York
1998 Body in Painting, Hanlim Museum, Daejeon; Daelim Cultural Foundation, Seoul
Food Matters, Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg; Van Dam Gallery, New York
The Space/Incoded, Kukje Gallery, Seoul
1997 First Look, A project of art knowledge and the downtown arts festival, New York
New York University Faculty Exhibition, 80WSE Gallery, New York
1996 Images of Self, Schick art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs
L’art au corps: le corps exposé de Man Ray à nos jours, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Marseille; Musée de Marseille, Marseille
Imaginary Anatomy, Pasinger Fabrik, Munich
Mr. Edison’s Black Box, The World Wide Web, Phenix.com, Paris
Exhibition for New York Asian Woman’s Center Auction, New York Asian Women’s Center, New York
Not a Metaphor, Art Projects International, New York
New York University Faculty Exhibition, APEX ART Gallery, New York
Fun House Exhibition Part One and Two, ES vandam Gallery, New York
I.S.P. Open Studio, International Studio Program, New York
Border Crawl, Kukje Gallery, Seoul
1994 I.S.P. Open Studio, International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York
Selected Group Exhibition, American Fine Arts, New York
Flesh and Ciphers, Here Art Foundation, New York
I.C. Editions, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York
1988 Organic Realism, Annex Gallery, Pasadena
Public and private collections
Daimler Contemporary
MAC Museum of Contemporary Art, Marseille
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Publications
Author Choi, Cody. Topography of 20th Century Culture. Culturegrapher, Korea, 2010.
Choi, Cody. Topography of Contemporary Culture. Culturegrapher, Korea, 2006.
Choi, Cody. Topography of 20th Century Culture for Understanding Contemporary Culture. Ahn Graphics, Korea, 2006.
Co-Author Woo Chan Park, Keun Joon Lim, Suk Jae Lim, Hyun Hwa Kim, Mee Kyung Kim, Cody Choi. Abstraction, Changed the World. Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art. Korea, 2013.
Woo Chan Park, Jung Hee Lee, Bo Yeon Lee, Mee Kyung Kim, Cody Choi. Sang Yong Shim. Understanding of Modern and Contemporary East Asian Art. Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art. Korea, 2013
Tae Man Choi, Sang Chul Kim, Myung Woo Nho, Jin-Sup Yoon, Linda Inson Choy, Tcheon Nahm Park, Ban Ejung, Young Ok Kim, Dong Hee Yoon, Sumi Kang, Cody Choi, Manu Park, Myung Ji Bae, Suk Tae Park, Jin Sang Yoo, Ji Hyun Lee, Nam Soo Kim, Jung Kang Yoon, Jae Bok Lee, Il Woo Joo, Suk Tae Park. 2011 Plateform Artis. Incheon Art Platform. Korea, 2012.
Kyung-Mee Park, Mike Kelly, Cody Choi, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, David Pagel, Saul Ostrow, John C. Welchman, Jeffrey Deitch, Jerry Saltz, Laurence A. Rickels, Michael Cohen, and Peter Halley. Cultural Shift Hatter: Cody Choi 1986–2003. Paradise Media Art. Korea, 2003.
Byung Hoon Choi, Charles Swanson, Fujie Kazuko, Cody Choi. Furniture as an Object. Korea Furniture Society. Korea, 2006.
Susan Griffin, Liao Wen, Ji-Young Shin, Young-Paik Chun, Cody Choi, Sung-Hee Kim. 2006 Pre-International Incheon Women Artists Biennale International Symposium. International Incheon Women Artists Biennale. Korea, 2006.
Nancy Barton, Welchman, John C., Laurence A. Rickels, Ken Feingold, Jean Baudrillard, Cody Choi, Sung-Hee Kim. International Symposium media_city seoul 2002. media_city seoul 2002. Korea, 2002.
Choi, Cody, Deitch Jeffrey. Cody Choi: Farewell to the 20th Century. Deitch Projects. New York, 1998.
Contribut¬ing Being on Line Net Subjectivity
Editor Published by New York: Lusitania Press, New York, USA 1997.
Provisional Utopias Sites & Stations
Published by Lusitania Press, New York, USA 1995.
Selected Literature
2015 John C. Welchman, ed. Cody Choi: Culture Cuts. Exhibition catalogue. Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König. Cologne, 2015.
2014 Kenshu, Lee. Busan Biennale: Voyage to Biennale. Exhibition catalogue. Busan Biennale Organizing Committee, Korea, 2014.
2011 Lee, Sun-Young. “Special Artist Cody Choi.” Monthly Art, no. 316 (2011).
Lee, Sulbee, “Interview Cody Choi.” Monthly Art, no.316 (2011).
Hong-hee, Kim. The New Epicenter: Chapter 2 Post-Human. Exhibition catalogue. Wumin Art Center. Korea, 2011.
2010 Welchman, John C. Digifesta 2010 Media Art Festival. Exhibition catalogue. Media Art Festival Digifesta. Korea, 2010.
2009 Hong-hee, Kim. Oh, Masterpiece. Exhibition catalogue. GMOMA, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art. Korea, 2009.
2008 Kim, Wonbang. Busan Biennale 2008. Exhibition catalogue. Busan Biennale Organizing Committee. Korea, 2008.
Kim, Sung Hee. Meme Trackers. Exhibition catalogue. Songzhuang Art Center. Pecking, China, 2008 .
Lunday, Elizabeth. The Secret Lives of Great Artists: What Your Teachers Never Told You About Master Painters and Sculptors. Philadelphia: Quirk Books, 2008.
2007 Choi, Cody. “Interview with Myself.” Monthly Art, no.268 (2007).
Jeong, Dong-Am. Media Art: The Temptation of Digital. Korea: Communication Books, 2007.
2006 Du, Huang, ed. Shanghai Biennale 2006: HyperDesign. Exhibition catalogue. China: Shu Hua Publishing House, 2006.
2005 Welchman, John C. “Images of Though and Deleuze’s Pictures: Diagram, Line, Film and Face”, On Verbal/Visual Representation: Word and Image Interactions IV. [Textxet 50] [Studies in Comparative Literature]. Edited by Martine Heusser, Michele Hannoosh, Eric Haskell, Leo Hoek, David Scott, and Peter de Voogd. Amsterdam and New York: Editions Rodopi BV, 2005.
2004 Joo, Yeon-Hwa Henna. Standing on a Bridge. Exhibition catalogue. Arario Gallery. Korea, 2004.
Rhee, Wonil, Iris Haung, and Lin Chi-ming. Digital Sublime: New Masters of Universe. Exhibition catalogue. Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei. Taiwan, 2004.
Rimanelli, David. “Reviews: Cody Choi.” Art Forum (February 2004).
2003 Kelley, Mike. Foul Perfection: Essays and Criticism. Edited by John C. Welchman. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003.
Kim, Young Ho. “Review: Cody Choi.” wolganmisool (October, 2003).
Yoo, Kyung-Hee. “Focus, Cody Choi.” Art in Culture (October, 2003).
Vine, Richard. “Report from Seoul, Cyber City.” Art in America (February, 2003).
2002 Rhee, Wonil, ed. Media_City Seoul 2002. Exhibition catalogue. Seoul Museum of Art. Korea, 2002.
Diamond, Sara. “Media_City Seoul 2002.” Flash Art (November – December, 2002).
Park, Nam Hee. “Media Art Biennale Special Feature.” Korea Art (November – December, 2002).
Lee, Yong Woo. “media_city seoul.” wolganmisool (November, 2002).
Rhee, Wonil. “Interview.” wolganmisool (November, 2002).
Baudrillard, Jean. “Violence de L’iamge.” wolganmisool (September, 2002).
2001 Welchman, John C. “Culture/Cuts: Post-Appropriation in the Work of Cody Hyun Choi.” Art After Appropriation: Essays on Art in the 1990s. London: Routledge, 2001.
Cohen, Michael. Ghost World. Exhibition catalogue. CAIS Gallery. Korea, 2001.
2000 Roe, Jae-Ryung. “Reviews: Cody Choi.” Art Forum (September, 2000).
Ostrow, Saul. Mug Shots: Performing Personae. Exhibition catalogue. Diane R. Karp. 2000.
Becker, Wolfgang. Continental Shift: A Voyage between Cultures. Exhibition catalogue. Ludwig Forum Aachen, 2000.
1999 Welchman, John C. “Culture/Cuts: The Work of Cody Hyun Choi.” Third Text, no. 48 (1999).
1998 Choi, Cody, Deitch Jeffrey. Cody Choi: Farewell to the 20th Century. Exhibition catalogue. Deitch Projects. New York, 1998.
Oh, Saeng-Keun and Sou-Kyoun Lee. Body in Painting. Exhibition catalogue. Daejeon: Hanlim Museum, 1998.
1996 Eleanor Heartney. Images of Self: The Search for Identity Through Art. Exhibition catalogue. Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College. Saratoga Springs, 1996.
Vergne, Philippe. L’art au corps: le corps exposé de Man Ray à nos jours. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996.
1995 Deitch, Jeffrey, and Kyung Mee Park. Border Crawl. Exhibition catalogue. Kukje Gallery. Korea 1995.
1993 Ostrow, Saul, and Sung-Hee Kim. Blow My Top. Exhibition catalogue. Mee Gun Gallery. Korea, 1993.
1992 Kelley, Mike. Cody Choi. Exhibition catalogue. Mee Gun Gallery. Korea, 1992.
Pagel, David, and Jeremy Gibert-Rolf. Deep the Pink. Exhibition catalogue. Total Museum. Korea, 1992.
