Jione Choi (b.1990)
Born in Seoul, South Korea. Lives and works in London and Seoul.
Jione Choi has built a practice based upon memories - how they appear and disappear. Through intangible, memories can act as mechanisms through which we see the world. Choi's paintings express this fluid sense of ethereality, recalling past and present at once.
Jione Choi received MFA Painting in Slade School of Fine Art 2019, London. She is one of the Tannery artists and is working inside of Drawing Room in Bermonsey. Recently, she received RWS Publicity Prize 2023 and RWS Young Artist Award 2024 from the Royal Watercolour Society and she won the First prize of Art Gemini 9th edition. Two of her works are selected for the Drawing Biennial 2024 organised by Drawing Room. She also has been selected by Tracey Emin as one of the Finalists of the Margate art prize 2023. In 2022, the artist won the Signature Art Prize 2022in Drawing & Printmaking Category and one of her works (Growing Love) has been included in art collection of Standard Chartered Bank. Other awards and recognitions include; Shortlisted artist of the Royal Society of Watercolour Open 2022; Shortlisted artist of the Sunny art Prize 2022; Longlisted artist of the Trinity buoy wharf drawing prize; Collaboration with Heal’s at Mansard gallery during London design festival (2019); part of the Rising Star Report by Saatchi Art (2019); Finalist of Marshwood Arts Award (2019); Shortlisted artist of the Graduate Art Prize (2019). Jione had 4 solo shows and participated in 30 group shows internationally.
Born in Seoul, South Korea. Lives and works in London and Seoul.
Jione Choi has built a practice based upon memories - how they appear and disappear. Through intangible, memories can act as mechanisms through which we see the world. Choi's paintings express this fluid sense of ethereality, recalling past and present at once.
Jione Choi received MFA Painting in Slade School of Fine Art 2019, London. She is one of the Tannery artists and is working inside of Drawing Room in Bermonsey. Recently, she received RWS Publicity Prize 2023 and RWS Young Artist Award 2024 from the Royal Watercolour Society and she won the First prize of Art Gemini 9th edition. Two of her works are selected for the Drawing Biennial 2024 organised by Drawing Room. She also has been selected by Tracey Emin as one of the Finalists of the Margate art prize 2023. In 2022, the artist won the Signature Art Prize 2022in Drawing & Printmaking Category and one of her works (Growing Love) has been included in art collection of Standard Chartered Bank. Other awards and recognitions include; Shortlisted artist of the Royal Society of Watercolour Open 2022; Shortlisted artist of the Sunny art Prize 2022; Longlisted artist of the Trinity buoy wharf drawing prize; Collaboration with Heal’s at Mansard gallery during London design festival (2019); part of the Rising Star Report by Saatchi Art (2019); Finalist of Marshwood Arts Award (2019); Shortlisted artist of the Graduate Art Prize (2019). Jione had 4 solo shows and participated in 30 group shows internationally.
(한글 / KR)
최지원 (b. 1990)
작가 최지원은 이화여자대학 서양화과 학사를 2014년에, 그리고 동대학원 석사 졸업을 2017년에 한 후, 영국 Slade School of fine art, UCL 대학교에서 Painting 석사를 2019년에 취득하였다. 가장 최근의 이력으로는, 2025년 화랑미술제 'Zoom In 6th edition' 에서 최우수상을 수상하였고, 2024년에 영국 Drawing Room 에서 개최한 '드로잉 비엔날레 24' 에 선정작가로 뽑혀 안토니곰리, 모나하툼, 서도호, 줄리안 오피 등 세계적인 작가들과 함께 드로잉 2작업을 선보였다. 또한 같은 해에, 영국 왕립수채화협회에서 영아티스트상을 수상하여 2년간 게스트회원으로서 활동중이다. 더불어, 2023년에는 트레이시 에민 (Tracey Emin) 이 선정한 'Margate art prize' 의 수상후보로 선정되었고, 영국왕립수채화협회에서Publicity Prize (홍보상)을 수상하였다. 2022년, Standard Chartard Bank (제일은행) 홍콩의 인터내셔널 컬렉션에 한 작업이 포함되었고, 영국 Signature art Prize 22 의 드로잉&판화 부분의 수상자로 선정되었다. 그 외 주요이력으로는, 세계적 여배우인 하나 워딩엄 (Hannah Waddingham) 의 작품소장과 Sky Portrait Artist of the year 11, 에피소드 1의 방송출연 (2024), 최대 온라인 플랫폼인 사치아트의 Rising Star Report (2019)에 이름을 올렸고, Marshwood Arts Award (2019) 드로잉&판화부문 최종수상후보 3인에 뽑혔다. 그 외에도 한국, 영국, 싱가포르, 홍콩, 사이프러스 등 여러 나라를 오가며 국제적으로 활동중이다.
최지원 (b. 1990)
작가 최지원은 이화여자대학 서양화과 학사를 2014년에, 그리고 동대학원 석사 졸업을 2017년에 한 후, 영국 Slade School of fine art, UCL 대학교에서 Painting 석사를 2019년에 취득하였다. 가장 최근의 이력으로는, 2025년 화랑미술제 'Zoom In 6th edition' 에서 최우수상을 수상하였고, 2024년에 영국 Drawing Room 에서 개최한 '드로잉 비엔날레 24' 에 선정작가로 뽑혀 안토니곰리, 모나하툼, 서도호, 줄리안 오피 등 세계적인 작가들과 함께 드로잉 2작업을 선보였다. 또한 같은 해에, 영국 왕립수채화협회에서 영아티스트상을 수상하여 2년간 게스트회원으로서 활동중이다. 더불어, 2023년에는 트레이시 에민 (Tracey Emin) 이 선정한 'Margate art prize' 의 수상후보로 선정되었고, 영국왕립수채화협회에서Publicity Prize (홍보상)을 수상하였다. 2022년, Standard Chartard Bank (제일은행) 홍콩의 인터내셔널 컬렉션에 한 작업이 포함되었고, 영국 Signature art Prize 22 의 드로잉&판화 부분의 수상자로 선정되었다. 그 외 주요이력으로는, 세계적 여배우인 하나 워딩엄 (Hannah Waddingham) 의 작품소장과 Sky Portrait Artist of the year 11, 에피소드 1의 방송출연 (2024), 최대 온라인 플랫폼인 사치아트의 Rising Star Report (2019)에 이름을 올렸고, Marshwood Arts Award (2019) 드로잉&판화부문 최종수상후보 3인에 뽑혔다. 그 외에도 한국, 영국, 싱가포르, 홍콩, 사이프러스 등 여러 나라를 오가며 국제적으로 활동중이다.
CV (EN)
EDUCATION
2017-2019
MFA in Painting, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
2014-2017
MA in Painting, Ewha Womans University, South Korea
2009-2014
BA in Painting, Ewha Womans University, South Korea
2006-2009
Painting, Seoul Arts High School, South Korea
AWARDS & PRIZES
2025
Second Prize Winner, Zoom In 6th edition, Galleries Art Fair, Seoul, South Korea
Shortlisted, RBA Rising Stars, Royal Society of British Artist, UK
Shortlisted, Drawing Invites, Drawing Room, London, UK
Shortlisted, Paper Biennial, Royal West Academy, Bristol, UK
Shortlisted, Zoom In 6th edition, Gallery's Art Fair, Seoul , South Korea
2024
Winner, RWS Young Artist Award, The Royal Watercolour Society, UK
Participant, Drawing Biennial 2024, Drawing Room, London, UK
Cass Art prize 2024, Longlisted Artist, London, UK
SKY portrait artist of year 11th series, Shortlisted in Episode 1, UK
2023
First Prize Winner, Art Gemini Prize 9th edition, UK and Singapore
Winner, RWS Publicity Prize, Royal Watercolour Society, London, UK
Shortlisted, Lido Open 2023, Margate, UK
Fianlist, Summer exhibition, Green & Stone gallery, London, UK
Finalist, Margate art prize, Margate, UK
2022
Winner, Signature art prize 2022, Drawing & Printmaking category, Artellite, UK
Shortlisted, The RWS election, The royal water colour society, UK
Longlisted, Trinity Buoy Wharf drawing prize, UK
Shortlisted, Royal Watercolour Society, UK
Shortlisted, Sunny art prize, UK
2021
Shortlisted, BAGT Open, Barbican art group trust, UK
Semi-Finalist, Artist of year, Artist lounge, UK
Shortlisted, Sunny art prize 2022, UK
Longlisted, The Ruthborchard self -portrait prize, UK
Second prize winner, Le franc 300th anniversary oil painting
competition, South Korea
2020
Highly commended artist, VAO Prize, UK
2019
Shortlisted, SEEA2019, h contemporary, South Korea
Shortlisted, Signature art Prize, Artellite, London, UK
Finalist, Marshwood arts awards & John Hubbard prize, UK
‘Rising Star Report 19’, Saatchi art, United States
Shortlisted, Graduate art prize, ARTIQ , London, UK
Winner, ‘Focus the artwork’, Ewha Womans University, South Korea
Shortlisted, The 1st Korean University Art Competition, South Korea
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Distancing & Collecting, Keep in Touch, Seoul, South Korea
2019
Alive Memories, Norton & Sons, London, UK
2017
A Piece of Heart, Art Space Seo: ro, South Korea
2016
Moving Mountains, Gallery Dos, South Korea
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
RWS Summer Exhibition, Bankside gallery, London (Upcoming)
Works on paper 7, Blue shop gallery, London (Upcoming)
Art on a Postcard, Bernston Bhattacharjee gallery, London (upcoming)
RBA Rising Stars, Royal Overseas League, London (upcoming)
Zoom In 6th edition, Coex, Seoul (upcoming)
RWS Spring Exhibition, Bankside gallery, London
If Heaven Falls, Lido Stores, Margate
Paper Works : RWA Biennial Open 2025, Royal west of England Academy, Bristol
2024
Mini picture Show, Bankside gallery, London
Cass Art prize 2024, Copeland Gallery, London
Aisa emerging contemporary artist competition, Sejong centre, Seoul, South Korea
RWS autumn exhibition , Bankside gallery, London
RWS summer exhibition, Bankside gallery, London
Invitation Exhibition, Linden Hall Studio, Deal
Be part of Art 3, RWS fund raising auction, London
Drawing Biennial auction, Drawing Room, London
Drawing Biennial 2024, Drawing Room, London
RWS Spring Exhibition, Bankside gallery, London
RWS Open 2024, Bankside gallery, London
Bury my songs, Terrace gallery, London
2023
Lido Open 2023, Lido Stores, UK
Structure & Foundation, Happenstance gallery, UK
Summer exhibition, Green & Stone gallery, UK
Margate art prize, Guest house hotel, UK
Margate art prize, Ramsay and Williams Gallery, UK
Colour/Print/Poetry, online exhibition, Salde school of fine art, UK
Royal watercolour society open 2023, Bankside gallery, UK
Art Gemini Prize 9th edition, Y2arts gallery, Singapore
2022
Dream on Dreamers #2, A+ event space, Nicosia, Cyprus
Dream on Dreamers, Aphrodite Amathusia, Limassol Cyprus
Signature Art Prize 2022 Gala Show, Bankside Hotel, UK
Royal Watercolour Society Open2022, Bankside Gallery, UK
Weary Harold, ASC Gallery, UK
Emergency, APT gallery, UK
Sunny Art Prize Exhibition, Sunny Art Centre, UK
ERA 2022, Crypt Gallery, UK
2021
Artist of the year online exhibition, UK
Ruthborchard self - portrait prize, online exhibition, UK
Colour & Poetry symposium and exhibition, Slade school of fine art
Le franc 300th anniversary oil painting competition exhibition, South Korea
2019
SEEA2019, Seongnam Art Centre, South Korea
Marshwood arts awards & John Hubbard prize, Bridport Art Centre, UK
Graduate Show 2019, Slade School of fine art, UCL, UK
Graduate art prize, Herbert Smith Freehills (Exchange House), UK
HealsXSlade, Heal’s Mansard Gallery, London, UK
Limbo, Slade School of Fine Art, UK
2018
The Field, ASC Gallery, UK
2016
About the Viewpoint, Art Center White Block, South Korea
About the painting, Seoul Western District Court, South Korea
Although X, Buk Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea
2014
Meeting and talking, Jamsil Art Studio, South Korea
World Script Symposia, Sejong Center, South Korea
A Discovery, Art Center Plus, South Korea
Expert class, Kum jae- Jung Sun Museum of Art, South Korea
Invitation exhibition, Seoul Arts Center, South Korea
ART FAIR
2025
Galleries Art Fair, Seoul, South Korea
2023
Art Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
RESIDENCIES & EXPERIENCES
03/2025 Tannery artist's studio visit, Drawing Room, UK
01/2025 Workshop, Hertford Regional College, UK
01/2025 Judging panel, Exhibition Open 2025, David Gentlemen gallery, UK
10/2023 Artist Residency in Bali, ArtxChange gallery, Indonesia
08/2022 Shortlisted for Digital artist residency , Elephant Lab, UK
09-11/2021 Drawing Intensive, The Royal Drawing School, UK
07/2019. Slade Summer Art School Residency, UK
09/2018 Merz Barn Artist Residency, UK
2014-2017 Teaching assistant, Seoul Arts Center, South Korea
Collection
Hannah Waddingham (Actress), London
Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong,
Private collection in Spain
Private collection in Germany,
Song’s TV mall in South Korea
Private collection in the UK
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA
10/2024 SKY portrait artist of year 11th series, episode 1, SKY Arts, UK
10/2019 OCT/ November issue, Artists’ Directory, Asthetica magazine, UK
09/ 2019 Heal’s X Slade: Meet the Artists, Heal ’s blog, UK
09/ 2019 ‘Rising Star Report 19’, Saatchi art, United States
08/2017 Online Critique review by Rang Im, Art Space Seo:ro, South Korea
05/2016 Online Article ‘Shouting desperate screams in an immovable posture, Jione Choi’s solo exhibition ‘moving Mountains’, Jong Sul Kwon Voice of People, South Korea
03/2016 Published art book, About the Viewpoint, Art centre White Block, Paju, South Korea
CV(한글)
학력사항
06/2019 Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, 영국, Painting 석사 졸업
02/2017 이화여자대학교, 서양화 석사 졸업
02/2014 이화여자대학교, 서양화 학사 졸업
02/2009 서울예술고등학고 졸업
02/2006 예원학교 졸업
수상 & 선정내역
2025
최우수상, Zoom In 6th edition, 화랑미술제, 서울
선정작가, RBA Rising Stars, Royal Society of British Artist, London, UK
수상후보, Drawing Invites, Drawing Room, London, UK
선정작가, Paper Biennial, Royal west Academy, Bristol, UK
2024
선정작가, Drawing Biennial 2024 (드로잉 비엔날레 2024), Drawing Room, London, UK
수상, Young Artist Award, RWS (영국 왕립 수채화협회), London, UK
수상후보, Cass Art prize 2024, London, UK
Sky portrait artist of year 시리즈 11, 선정작가, UK
2023
수상후보, Margate art prize (트레이시 에민 선정), Margate, UK
수상, Publicity prize, Royal watercolour society(영국왕립 수채화협회), London, UK
우승, Art Gemini Prize, UK & Singapore, London, UK
수상후보, lido Open 2023, Margate, UK
수상후보, Gallery Green & Stone open 2023, London, UK
2022
우승, Drawing & Printmaking category, Signature art prize 2022, London, UK
수상후보, Royal water colour society open 2022, London, UK
우수상, Le Franc oil painting competition, 서울
Long-listed 선정, Trinity Buoy wharf drawing prize, London, UK
수상후보, Sunny art prize, UK
2021
수상후보, Artworks Open 2021, Barbican art group trust, London, UK
수상후보,Sunny art prize 2022, Sunny art centre, London, UK
수상후보, The ruthborchard self-portrait prize, UK
르프랑 300주년 기념 유화 공모전, 우수상 수상, 서울
2020
VAO art prize 후보, UK
2019
SEEA2019, 본선진출, 성남아트센터, 성남시
수상후보, Marshwood arts awards & John Hubbard prize, Bridport, UK
수상후보, Graduate art prize, ARTIQ, London, UK
'Heal’sX Slade’ 전시, 콜라보레이션 선정, London, UK
Rising star report 19, Saatchi Art, LA, US
2019
‘Summer art school’ , UCL 레지던시 선정, London, UK
‘예술공간 서:로’ 개인전 지원 선정, 서울
이 작품을 주목한다 수상, 이화여자대학교, 서울
전국 미술대학 공모전 입선 수상, 서울
우수 이화인 대학원 1년 전액 장학금, 이화여자대학교, 서울
전시
개인전
11/2021 거리(모아두기)두기, Keep in touch Seoul, 서울
07/2019 Alive Memories, Norton and Sons, London, UK
08/2017 심장의 조각, Art Space, Seo-ro, 서울
05/2016 Moving mountains, 도스갤러리, 서울
단체전
2025
RWS Summer Exhibition, Bankside gallery, London (예정)
Works on paper 7, Blue Shop gallery, London
Art on a Postcard, Bernston Bhattacharjee gallery, London (예정)
RBA Rising Stars, Royal Overseas League, London
화랑미술제 'Zoom In 6th edition', 코엑스, 서울
RWS Spring Exhibition, Bankside gallery, London
If Heaven Falls, Lido Stores, Margate
Paper Works : RWA Biennial Open 2025, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
2024
Mini picture Show, Bankside gallery, London
Cass Art prize 2024, Copeland Gallery, London
아시아현대미술 청년작가공모전, 세종문화회관 미술관 2관, 서울
RWS summer exhibition, Bankside gallery, London
Invitation Exhibition, Linden Hall Studio, Deal
Be part of Art 3, RWS fund raising auction, London
Drawing Biennial auction, Drawing Room, London
Drawing Biennial 2024, Drawing Room, London
RWS Spring Exhibition, Bankside gallery, London
RWS Open 2024, Bankside gallery, London
Bury my songs, Terrace gallery, London
2023
Showcase, Artxchange gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Lido Open 2023, Lido stores, Margate, UK
Structure & Foundation, Happenstance gallery, London, UK
Summer exhibition, gallery Green & Stone, London, UK
Margate art prize, Ramsay and Williams gallery, UK
Colour/Print/Poetry online exhibition, Slade school of fine art
RWS Open 2023, Bankside gallery, London, UK
Art Gemini Prize 9th edition, Y2arts gallery, Singapore
2022
Dream on Dreamer, Aphrodite Amathusia, Cyprus
Signature art prize 수상전시, Bankside hotel, London, UK
Royal watercolour society open 2022, Bankside gallery, London, UK
Weary Harold, ASC gallery, London, UK
Sunny art prize 2022, Sunny art centre, London, UK
ERA 2022, Crypt gallery, London, UK
2021
Artworks Open 2021, Barbican art project space, UK
Drawing as Looking, Royal drawing school, UK
The ruthborchard self-portrait prize 온라인 전시, UK
르프랑 300주년 기념 유화 공모전 전시, Gallery the Colour, 서울
Colour& Poetry Simposium , 온라인 전시, 주최: Slade school
2019
졸업전, Slade School of fine art,UCL, London, UK
SEEA2019, 성남아트센터, 성남시
Marsh wood arts awards, Bridport art centre, Bridport, UK
Graduate art prize 19, Herbert Smith Freehills, London, UK
Heal’s X Slade, Mansard gallery, London, UK
Limbo, Slade School of Fine art, London, UK
2018
The Field, Asc Gallery, London, UK
2016
누구에게나 시선은 열려 있다, 화이트 블록, 파주
회화 말하는 그림전, 서울서부지방법원, 서울
그럼에도 불구하고X, 서울시립 북서울 미술관, 서울
2014
만나서 얘기해, 잠실체육미술관, 서울
세계문자 심포지아, 세종문화회관, 서울
발견 전, Art center Pplus , 서울
Expert class전, 겸재 정선 미술관, 서울
3월 미술영재 평가전, 예술의 전당, 서울
아트페어
2025
화랑미술제, Seoul, South Korea
2023
Art Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
레지던시 선정 & 기타경력
03/2025. Tannery artist's studio visit, Drawing Room, London, UK
01/2025. Workshop, Hertford Regional College, UK
01/2025. 심사위원, Exhibition Open 2025, David Gentlemen gallery, UK
10/2023 아티스트 레지던시 발리, ArtxChange gallery, Indonesia
07/2022 후보선정, Elephant Lab digital residency, UK
12/2021 Drawing Intensive, Royal drawing school, UK
07/ 2019 Summer art school 아티스트 레지던시, Slade school of Fine art, UK
09/2018 Merz Barn 아티스트 레지던시, UK
소장내역
Hannah Waddingham (여배우), 런던
Standard Chartered Bank collection( 제일은행), 홍콩
그 외 한국, 영국, 스페인 그리고 독일 개인 컬렉션 소장
Selected Press / Media
10/2024 SKY portrait artist of year 11th series, episode 1, SKY Arts 방송출연, UK
10/2019 OCT/ November issue, Artists’ Directory, Asthetica magazine 잡지, UK
09/ 2019 Heal’s X Slade: Meet the Artists, Heal’s 온라인 블로그 리뷰, UK
09/ 2019 ‘Rising Star Report 19’, Saatchi art, LA, United States
08/2017 ‘심장의 조각’ 개인전 비평글, 임랑, Art Space Seo:ro 블로그, 서울
05/2016 ‘Moving Mountains’ 개인전 온라인 기사, 권종술, 민중의 소리, 서울
03/2016 ‘누구에게나 시선은 열려있다’ 아트북, 아트센터 화이트 블록, 파주