Choi, Bouie

Introduction

Pushing the possibilities of urban imagery, Choi is interested in giving shape to the perishing impressions of a city through interweaving fragments of memory in her paintings and videos. Her creative process is like searching for light under overcast skies. The landscapes she paints often remind us of humanity’s insignificance through juxtaposing the visible and the invisible, the artificial and the natural, the scattered and the gathered, micro and macro beings; their coexistence reflects the artist's state of mind. If a painting is a manifestation of infinite borrowed space and time, Choi attempts to negotiate within the gap between the tangible and the intangible, and indescribable space and time with the light of hope and the power of urban imagery. In recent years, Choi has familiarised herself with wood and explores the definition of freedom with multi-perspective and layered temporalities, imbuing the material with her state of mind through the repetitive processes of preserving, sanding, washing, and sprinkling.

Choi holds a BA in Fine Art from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2009, and an MA in Fine Art from the Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of London in 2012. Her recent solo exhibitions include We stay up late to behold the beauty of the stars in Basel in Switzerland; and Crossing the Nights Filling the Lines in Hong Kong, both in 2023; Borrowed Space Borrowed Time in Hong Kong in 2020. She has also participated in various group shows in UK, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Landscape as Metaphor: Contemporary Voices at Alisan New York in 2024 is Alisan Fine Arts’ first time working with the artist.