Yoonjung Choi - Republic of Korea
Yoonjung Choi
Designer biography:
Ph.D., Metal Art & Design, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibition
2024 100 Brooches_New Generation of Korean Contemporary Jewelry/ Sueno 339, Seoul
2024 Korea Now, Charon Kransen Arts, New York
2023 Decorative Digitalism/ Temple Contemporary at TylerSchool of Art & Architecture, U.S.A.
2023 Cheongju Craft Biennale 2023_The Geography of Objects/ Cheongju, Korea
2022 ArsLonga. Medicine and Art/ Gallery SP/ Seoul, Korea
2022 KCDA_Korea Craft Designer Association 2022, Downtown Art Center/ Hawaii U.S.A.
2021 Craft Trend Fair 2021_形形色色/ Coex/ Seoul Korea
2020 Dear Snowman: Craft Exhibition/ Yoolizzy Craft Museum/ Seoul Korea
Solo Exhibitions
2021 The Breath Pouch, KIT Craftspace, Seoul
2021 The Breath Pouch, Craft on the Hill Gallery, Seoul
2020 The Breath Pouch 2020/ Gallery Ahwon/ Seoul Korea
2021 The Breath Pouch/ Craft on the hill Gallery/ Seoul Korea
2019 Breath, The Sculpture of Volume/ Coex/ Seoul Korea
Awards
2024 Romanian Jewelry Week International Jewelry Competition: Grand Prize/ Romania
2020 New Taipei City International Metal Craft Competition: Honorable Mention/ Taiwan
2019 ITAMI International Jewellery Exhibition: Judge’s Choice/ Itami, Japan
Collection concept:
My jewelry practice embodies the moments when life swells and recedes with each breath, rendered through restrained symbolism that reveals the unseen narratives of existence—eternity and ephemera, presence and absence. These forms are intimately entwined with the imagery of a body filling with breath at birth and fading as it empties, reflecting the unending cycle of life’s leap and disappearance. The organic shapes, repeating the rhythms of convergence and dissolution, poetically allude to the essence of being—connections formed and broken, entities reflecting one another.
The recent series, Breath Series_Balanced, draws inspiration from the organs that sustain life’s flow, such as the heart and lungs, translating their morphological qualities into sculptural expressions. With a focus on the sense of balance, the Balanced series finds harmony and tranquility within symmetrical forms, much like a tightrope walker poised between tension and stillness, capturing life’s delicate equilibrium. The protruding entrance atop the rounded body becomes a conduit linking the inner and outer worlds, symbolizing both a vessel of breath and a chamber resonating with the vibration of life. These works transcend conventional adornment, becoming vital presences on the wearer’s body. Through this series, I seek to foster a sensory dialogue with the wearer, embodying an artist’s love and responsibility for life itself.
