Jisu Choe
Jacqueline “Jisu” Choe is a young Korean-American interdisciplinary artist whose work has transcended her illustration roots and touched many digital spaces. Her independent work combines dark pop culture themes with sophisticated digital painting technique and has won her awards within the contemporary art space (Beautiful Bizarre Magazine - Digital Category 2021). Her work has a diverse appeal and includes a large range of projects such as character design for TV and video games (Treehouse Studios/Epic Games), wall murals (Twitch), album art for musicians/influencers (MadeinTYO, Alpharad) and offers to illustrate her own comic series (DC Comics).
Last update on 10-03-2023
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Featured Artworks
Jisu Choe’s triptych explores the restlessness of engaging online all the time. The three works are colourful and visually attractive. It is only after they have gone beyond their pop appearance that viewers notice the dramatic tone underlying the artist’s comic style.
The bright colours in these illustrations are reminiscent of those the public sees on the backlit screens of their digital devices. Psychological pressure can take shape using aesthetics that are as funny as they are oppressive. In Anxiety, a female character is burned out, covered with emojis and social media logos that form a communicative entropy that does not give the possibility of self-expression.
Anxiety
2021
Digital Illustration
Jisu Choe’s triptych explores the restlessness of engaging online all the time. The three works are colourful and visually attractive. It is only after they have gone beyond their pop appearance that viewers notice the dramatic tone underlying the artist’s comic style.
The bright colours in these illustrations are reminiscent of those the public sees on the backlit screens of their digital devices. Psychological pressure can take shape using aesthetics that are as funny as they are oppressive. In Anxiety, a female character is burned out, covered with emojis and social media logos that form a communicative entropy that does not give the possibility of self-expression.
Depression
2021
Digital Illustration
Jisu Choe’s triptych explores the restlessness of engaging online all the time. The three works are colourful and visually attractive. It is only after they have gone beyond their pop appearance that viewers notice the dramatic tone underlying the artist’s comic style.
The bright colours in these illustrations are reminiscent of those the public sees on the backlit screens of their digital devices. Psychological pressure can take shape using aesthetics that are as funny as they are oppressive. In Anxiety, a female character is burned out, covered with emojis and social media logos that form a communicative entropy that does not give the possibility of self-expression.
Stress
2021
Digital Illustration
The Foundry
Artist Talk: Jisu Choe and Silvio Lorusso
28/02/22
Online
Special Artist Talk with Jisu Choe and Silvio Lorusso about “Memento Minti”, a group show curated by Filippo Lorenzin and Marie Chatel.
Opening of the exhibition "Memento Minti"
08/01/22
Decentraland
Opening event of Memento Minti”, a group show curated by Filippo Lorenzin and Marie Chatel featuring works created by Nicolas Sassoon, Sasha Stiles, Jisu Choe, Silvio Lorusso and Dancevatar.
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Memento Minti is a group show curated by Filippo Lorenzin featuring works by Nicolas Sassoon, Sasha Stiles, Jisu Choe, Silvio Lorusso and Dancevatar, artists who have been exploring the thin line between self-promotion and survival strategy concerning the online presence of artists and creatives making and releasing digital art.
Composed of five rooms and displayed in Decentraland, Memento Minti addresses the psychological and physical toll of narrating your life as if it were an online brand. The works propose an informed perspective on how marketing strategies have changed the way creatives promote and sell works online, inviting artists who have been active before and after the popularisation of NFTs.
“The works propose an informed perspective on how marketing strategies have changed the way creatives promote and sell works online, inviting artists who have been active before and after the popularisation of NFTs.“
(Filippo Lorenzin, curator)