Minji Choi (b. 1988) is a Korean visual practitioner and researcher, currently based in Eindhoven (NL) and Milan (IT).
She investigates the interconnections between plant symbolism in relation to gardens, landscape architecture and novel ecosystems to learn about socio-political and ethical matters intertwined in nature.
Based on a research-oriented approach, her work embraces various mixed media such as installation, photography, painting and drawing, to deal with the complexity of the topic, according to the specificity of the context.
Education
Design Academy Eindhoven
Master of Arts, Contextual Design Eindhoven, NL. 2018
Sungkyunkwan University
Bachelor of Fine Art, Fine Art Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy Seoul, KR. 2013
Awards & Recognitions
Bio Art & Design Award (BAD) / Shortlisted Eindhoven, NL. 2022
Stimuleringsfonds NL Grant Programme for Talent Development August 2019 – October 2020
Design Academy Eindhoven Master of Arts, Contextual Design / Cum Laude Eindhoven, NL. 2018
Design Academy Eindhoven Gijs Bakker Award / Shortlisted Eindhoven, NL. 2018
Group Exhibitions
Het Nieuwe Instituut
Designing the Social – The Eco-Cathedral
Rotterdam, NL. February 2022 – July 2024
Netherlands consulate-general in Istanbul
Istanbul Biennial 2021
Looking for Stigmergy, Episode 2 – Sempiterno
Istanbul, TR. September 2021
MU Artspace
Stimuleringsfonds NL – Talent Tours
Eindhoven, NL. October 2020
MU Artspace
Bio Art & Design Award,
Polarities – Psychology and Politics of Being Ecological
Eindhoven, NL. November 2019 – March 2020
ING Bank, Van Abbe Museum
GEO-DESIGN, Junk. All That Is Solid Melts into Trash
Eindhoven, NL. October 2019
TAC.nu
Fraud
Eindhoven, NL. September 2019
Alcova
WaterSchool
Milan, IT. April 2019
Upominki
Seed to Seed
Rotteredam, NL. April 2019
De Campina
Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Show, G18
Eindhoven, NL. October 2018
Hôtel Droog
Design Academy Eindhoven Masters 2018
Amsterdam, NL. September 2018
Sungkyunkwan Gallery
SKKU Fine Art Graduation Show
Seoul, KR. 2011
Talks & Lectures
Art school Avans/St. Joost
‘Speculative design: Design a Non-Human Centered Story Experience for Future Ecologies’
Online Lecture
‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL. December 2020
Amsterdam Academy of Architecture
Three Natures – Second Nature: the landscape
Online Lecture
Amsterdam, NL. November 2020
MU Artspace
Polarities – Psychology and Politics of Being Ecological
Artist Talk
Eindhoven, NL. March 2020
TAC.nu
PechaKucha #33
Eindhoven, NL. June 2019
Kazerne
Bringing Back The Value of Nature
Lecture
Eindhoven, NL. February 2019
Minji Choi (b. 1988) is a Korean artist, designer, and researcher, currently based in Eindhoven (NL) and Milan (IT).
She investigates the interconnections between plants symbolism in relation to gardens, landscape architecture and socio-politics, in order to explore culture through nature and manifest the vulnerable borderlines between them. By acknowledging the dignity of plants, her research aims to reframe society's multilayered relationship with nature. In doing so, she reframes the subtle boundaries between natural and artificial, the moral notions of good and bad, and the consideration for the individual and the ecosystem.
Her work embraces various mixed media such as installation, photography, painting and drawing, which she interweaves in order to deal with the complexity of the topic, according to the specificity of the context.
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Education
Design Academy Eindhoven
MA Contextual Design
Eindhoven, NL, 2018
Sungkyunkwan University
BFA Fine Art
BA Philosophy
Seoul, KR, 2013
Awards & Recognition
Stimuleringsfonds Creative Industries NL
Grant Programme for Talent Development
August 2019 – October 2020
Design Academy Eindhoven
MA Contextual Design / Cum Laude
Eindhoven, NL, 2018
Design Academy Eindhoven
Gijs Bakker Award / Shortlisted
Eindhoven, NL, 2018
Group Exhibitions
Het Nieuwe Instituut
'Designing the Social – The Eco-Cathedral'
Rotterdam, NL. February 2022 – July 2024
Netherlands consulate-general Istanbul
Istanbul Biennial 2021
Looking for Stigmergy, Episode 2 – 'Sempiterno'
Istanbul, TR. September 2021
MU Artspace
'Polarities–Psychology and Politics of Being Ecological'
Eindhoven, NL, November 2019–March 2020
ING Bank, Van Abbe Museum
Dutch Design Week 2019
GEO–DESIGN 'Junk. All That Is Solid Melts into Trash'
Eindhoven, NL, October 2019
TAC.nu
‘Fraud’
Eindhoven, NL, September 2019
Alcova
Milan Design Week 2019
Milan, IT, April 2019
Upominki
Rotterdam, NL, April 2019
De Campina
Dutch Design Week 2018
‘G18’ Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Show
Eindhoven, NL, October 2018
Hôtel Droog
‘Design Academy Eindhoven Masters 2018’
Amsterdam, NL, September 2018
Atelier NL
Dutch Design Week 2017
‘Glass Bar / DAE x HBK’
Eindhoven, NL, October 2017
Sungkyunkwan Gallery
SKKU Graduation Show
Seoul, KR, November 2011
Talks & Lectures
Art school Avans/St. Joost
'Speculative design: Design a Non-Human Centered Story Experience for Future Ecologies' Artist talk
's-Hertogenbosch, NL, December 2020
Amsterdam Academy of Architecture
Master in Landscape Architecture / 'Three Nature' lecture series
'American Black Cherry (Prunus Serotina Ehrh.) in the Netherlands: A reflection of cultural and historical relationships' lecture
Amsterdam, NL, November 2020
MU Artspace
Polarities–Psychology and Politics of Being Ecological
'(NON)Native' Presentation
Eindhoven, NL, March 2020
TAC.nu
PechaKucha #33
Eindhoven, NL, June 2019
EHV Innovation Cafe, Kazerne
Bringing Back The Value of Nature
‘The Dignity of Plants’ Presentation
Eindhoven, NL, February 2019
Experience
Green Consultancy for Alcova 2021
Milan, IT. September 2021
BIO 26 – The 26th Biennial of Design in Ljubljana
Designathon#1 / Challenge 5: Connecting Plants and People
Ljubljana, SI, May 2019
Publications
Plant Fever Journal
The paradox of alien plants – Between protection and destruction
Online Publication, March 2020