Checksy Choi

Checksy Choi is a contemporary artist who develops Eotieum—a visual and conceptual framework for understanding how relation endures within fracture. Rooted in Korean language and ways of perceiving relational space, her work explores conditions in which tension, distance, and coexistence sustain connection.

Working across layered paintings on Hanji (traditional Korean paper) and large-scale installation, she constructs spatial compositions in which misalignment becomes a structure for breath, continuity, and resilience.

Articulated through her visual language of Checkered Expressionism, her practice emerges from the lived condition of a divided Korea, extending toward a broader inquiry into how relation persists across distance, time, and rupture. Her work translates histories of fracture into material forms that hold fragmentation without resolution—proposing relation as something that continues to form rather than resolve.

She was selected for HUG: 100 Artists to Watch by a jury including curators and specialists from The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Christie’s, and Artnet. Her work is featured in a publication held by the Royal Library, Copenhagen. Additional honors include a UNV Certificate of Honor and recognition as a Hug ...

Institutional Archives & Acquisitions
2024, Royal Library of Copenhagen, Denmark (Publication acquired as part of HUG’s 100 Artists to Watch, selected by a jury from MoMA, Christie’s, and Artnet)

Permanent Collection
2025, DAM Museum, Florida

Awards
2024, United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Certificate of Honor, awarded through the 34 Gallery project
2024, Hug Visionary Artist Selection and Grant Recipient
2024, HUG’s 100 Artists to Watch Selection by a jury from MoMA, Christie’s, and Artnet


Solo Exhibitions
2025 – "Checkered Karma", Montreal, Canada
2023 – "Meet in Checkered", Seoul, South Korea

Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 – Los Angeles, USA
2025 – Florence, Italy
2024 – TriBeCa, New York, USA (393 Broadway)
2024 – Times Square Billboard Showcase, New York, USA
2024 – Melbourne, Australia (Public Exhibition by ArtCrush Gallery)
2024 – Brussels, Belgium (Clear Channel x ArtCrush Gallery, 780+ Screens)
2024 – Rome, Italy
2024 – Miami Beach, USA
2023 – Seoul, South Korea (Gallery Rabo)
2023 – New York, USA
2023 – Milwaukee, USA
2023 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
2023 – Paris, France
2023 – Brussels, Belgium
2023 – Paros Island, Greece
2022 – Seoul, South Korea

Honors
2024, Selected for Loupe's Women's History Month (Event featu...