Daesun Choi

I was born in Seoul, Korea. I have been interested in drawing since I was in elementary school and my school teachers recommended me to major in art, but I gave up art in high school due to my father's opposition. I majored in Chinese literature in college. Even before Korea established diplomatic ties with China, I had a lot of interest in China's political situation. When I was a college student, I stayed in Taipei to study Chinese as an exchange student, and I was able to look at one aspect of Chinese culture through Taiwan.

After graduating from college, Korea's economic situation became so bad that I had to go to Hong Kong to find a job. I have been working between Hong Kong and Guangdong for several years, and after moving to a trading company in Korea, I was sent back to Shanghai, China, where I worked for about a decade. There was a financial crisis from the U.S. at the time and Shanghai's workplace was also affected and very dangerous. I quit my job and traveled for a year to China's regions, including Jilin, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Sichuan, as well as Japanese cities such as Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe and Nara.
I seriously considered the path of life that I had never thought deeply about. I wanted to choose a way of fre...

Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea

Solo Exhibitions
2023.9.11~9.23 Hwan gallery, Daegu, Korea
2021.918~10.22 Jamyeong gallery, Busan, Korea
2020.7.29~8.4 Insa art plaza gallery, Seoul, Korea
2020.1.22~1.28 Insa art plaza gallery, Seoul, Korea
2015.8.24~8.30 Fuji gallery, Osaka, Japan
2015.7.7~7.14 Alternative space MARU, Changwon, Korea
2014.10.21~10.25 Horyuji gallery, Nara, Japan
2014.8.16~8.31 Daedong gallery, Changwon, Korea
2013.12.16~12.21 Fuji gallery, Osaka, Japan
2013.9.15~9.28 Daedong gallery, Changwon, Korea
2012.6.13~6.19 Seoul art gallery, Seoul, Korea