Youngmi Choi

I continue to explore human existence through the concept of the “puzzle.” For me, humans are not complete beings, but rather incomplete fragments that are constantly being formed, carrying loneliness and desire. We are each a puzzle piece, yet we come to form a whole only through relationships with others.
I am interested in visualizing the tension between the inner self and the external world, and the space that emerges between them. Through restrained compositions centered on black, white, and gold, as well as material elements such as mother-of-pearl and the expansion of color, I seek to reveal the layered nature of emotion and the complexity of human existence.
Through works such as the Human Puzzle, Shadow Series, and Pinocchio Series, I explore inner longing, desire for others, self-awareness, and the irony of human existence in various ways.
I believe that human beings discover themselves through others while continuously questioning who they are. And I believe that this state of incompleteness itself is both the way we live and the very possibility of our existence.

2004 – Graduated from Department of Fashion Design, Miryang University

SOLO EXHIBITION

2024 – Choi Youngmi Solo Exhibition: Even If the World Deceives You (KEPCO Art Center Gallery, Seoul)
2024 – Invitation to Everyday Life (Gallery Chaman, Seoul)
2023 – Puzzle Life – Choi Youngmi Invitational Exhibition (Gallery Chaman, Seoul)
2021 – “I AM” Exhibition Art Shop Invitational Exhibition(Selected Works Discovery Project award exhibition, RIM Museum, Sacheon, Gyeongnam)
2020 – Longing is a Rock Exhibition, Selected Artist of CYART Space(CYART Space, Seoul)
2020 – Choi Youngmi Exhibition (ArtHub Online Gallery)
2019 – Relationship – If We Are Pieces of a Puzzle, First Solo Exhibition Selected Artist
(Insadong Maru Gallery, Seoul)


GROUP EXHIBITION

2025 – 20th Gwanghwamun International Art Festival ASYAAF Youth Artist Exhibition(Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul)
2024 – Seoul Art Show (COEX, Seoul)
2024 – Indépendants Korea International Art Festival (Gallery Chaman, Seoul)
2024 – SPACE+ ART FAIR (KINTEX, Ilsan)
2023 – Seoul Art Show (COEX, Seoul)
2023 – StART Art Fair London 2023(Saatchi Gallery, London)
2023 – True Luxury with Art Korea Masterpieces Exhibition(with 13 artists including G-Dragon, Grand InterContinental Parnas Hotel, Seoul)
2023 – Seoul Art Fair (SETEC, Seoul)
2023 – THE MAISON (COEX, Seoul) -...