ABOUT
Susie Choi is an Australian-born artist who lives and works on Gadigal and Wangal Land. Her multi-disciplinary practice spans ceramics, sculpture and installation, and she is guided by ideas that confound and amuse her. The sources of inspiration for her work stem mainly from childhood including toys and playgrounds, the material culture of South Korea, and elements of Australian popular culture.
Each body of work unfolds in a series of stages: mould-making, slip-casting, glazing and multiple firings. These processes provide opportunities for continual experimentation and refinement, and elements are kept modular in order to allow for ongoing building, rearranging and play. The resulting forms and artworks in their soft palette of pastel colours evoke a sense of nostalgia and invite audiences to reconnect with their own childhood memories and experiences.
Choi graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Ceramics in 2021 from the National Art School, Australia and has been a finalist in the Gosford and Muswellbrook Art Prizes. She has held solo and group exhibitions in Sydney and Brisbane. Her work is held in public and private collections in Australia and internationally.
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Solo exhibitions
2023
Island of misfit buoys, Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
East of Auburn, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
Selected group exhibitions
2023
Through my eyes. Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane
Play date. Goodspace Gallery, Sydney
2022
Sydney Contemporary, National Art School, Carriageworks, Sydney
Gosford Art Prize 2022, Gosford Regional Gallery
Reverie, MContemporary Gallery
Grad Show 2021, National Art School
2021
#FF96B4, Library Stairwell Gallery, National Art School, Sydney
Plastic Identities, Library Stairwell Gallery, National Art School, Sydney
2020
Margaret Olley Drawing Week Exhibition, National Art School, Sydney
2019
Fresh Meat, Rayner Hoff Space, Sydney
2018
Annual Julian Ashton Art School Exhibition, Sydney Mechanics’ School of Art
Education
2021 Bachelor of Fine Art, National Art School, Sydney
2010 Master of Speech Language Pathology, University of Sydney
2007 Master of Linguistics, University of Southern California
2003 Bachelor of Liberal Studies, Hons., Psychology and Linguistics, University of Sydney
Prizes
2024 UniSQ Biennial Art Award - Winner, Emerging Artist category
2023 Muswellbrook Art Prize - Finalist
2022 Gosford Ceramics Prize - Finalist
2021 Sabbia Gallery Exhibition Prize - Winner
2021 N.E. Pethebridge Award - Winner
Residencies
2023 Artist Residency Shark Island Kangaroo Valley 2023
Collections
Artbank
University of Southern Queensland
Private collections in Australia and United States
Curatorial experience
2021 #FF96B4, Library Stairwell Gallery, National Art School, Sydney
2021 Plastic Identities, Library Stairwell Gallery, National Art School, Sydney