Sungho Choe

Usually my artwork is a mixture of drawing, painting, and printmaking on a paper.

There's no edition where I can print multiple copies of one work, but there are variations of different images created from a same woodcut.
The theme I have been interested in and expressed for a long time is landscapes; not landscapes as we see with our own eyes but the landscapes within ourselves.
I just instantaneously draw all of my outer world, inner world, world of consciousness and unconsciousness, and instinct images that pop up in my mind unconsciously as they were in my genes. All of these worlds come from what I saw, heard, and felt throughout my entire life.
In my works, one can find concrete images such as sound, wind, ocean, sky, island, darkness, and light, but an overlap of emotional images such as love, hope, passion, and despair can be found also.
Just like our lives which are full of continuous overlap of afterimages of our past and images of present, my works are overlap of many different images and colors that turn into abstract, monotonic art just like multiple exposure photos.

The woodcuts I use are low-priced veneer from Home Depot. I print my first basic without any carving, print my next one with a bit of carvings, ...

Toyo Institute of Art and Design (Printmaking)
- Tokyo, Japan

Dong Guk University (Fine Art-Painting)
- Seoul, Korea

Solo Exhibitions

2017 Gallery Doarte, LA, CA
2015 Gallery Ls, San Pedro, CA
2014 Lee & Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Gallery Ls, San Pedro, CA
2009 Veronese Gallery, Fullerton CA
2007 Opus Gallery, Torrance, CA
1988 Tobi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan


Group Exhibitions

2017
“ Drawing 2017 “ Gallery Do Arte, Los Angeles, CA

“ 17 Artist Group Show “ Gallery Western, Los Angeles, CA

2016
“ Gallery Do Arte Grand Opening Show “ Los Angeles, CA

“ Jubilation “ Lee & Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

“ JB Gallery Grand Opening Show “ JB Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

“ Six Artist Group Show “ Gallery Western, Los Angeles, CA

2015
“ Crossing the Afternoon “ Gallery Ls, San Pedro

“ Different Rhythem “ Lee & Lee Gallery, Los Angeles

“ 5 Artist Show “ Proxy Place Gallery, Chatsworth, CA

“ Inner Space “ Gallery Ls, San Pedro

2014
“ Itinerary ” COOHAUS, New York, NY

“ 33 Artist Group Show “ Gallery Western, Los Angeles, CA

2013
“Print Today 4 Men Show” LA Art Core, LA CA

“ Showcase 33 Artists”, Gallery Western, Los Angeles, CA

2012
“ West + East” COOHAUS, New York NY

“ The Unheard Voices” Par...