Image: Yeonjai Choi, "A lazy cat" (2024), 53.0 x 45.5 cm, mixed media on canvas

Artist's Profile
Yeonjai Choi explores the processes of "space" becoming "place" through the individual, subjective experiences that take place there. Choi recognizes the objective and abstract concept of "space" as an organic being that grows symbiotically with the experiences projected and remembered there.

Base of Activity: Seoul, Korea
Media Used: Mixed media on canvas or paper

Selected CV:
1. Graduated B.A in Fine Art & Arts Theory (Western Art), Sang-Myung University, Seoul, Korea, 2017
2. Korean Artists in the 21st Century: 2001-2024 Exhibition of Outstanding Graduated Works, Dongduk Art Gallery, 2024
3. Design Art Fair, Seoul Arts Center, 2025

Project Plan
"I enjoy observing the stories of cities (layered like crepe cakes) for long periods of time and painting them on canvas. I plan to draw the spaces in Tokyo I've seen and felt in this AIR 3331 residency with my colours."