Cody Choi (born 1961, Seoul, Korea) is a visual artist and cultural theorist who has been active since the 1980s. His work focuses on exploring the relationship between cultural identity and authority in contemporary society. Choi works on themes such as cultural indigestion, the third culture that emerges from the clash of different cultures, the beauty of this hybridism, and the new social phenomena that occur simultaneously - themes that Choi experienced as an outsider in the United States. Choi became internationally recognized in the 1990s with a solo exhibition at Deitch Projects in New York and a group exhibition at the Musée d'Art Contemporain in Marseille. Between 2015 and 2017, the retrospective Cody Choi: Culture Cuts toured Europe, organized by art historian John C. Welchman at the Kunsthalle in Düsseldorf, the Musée d'Art Contemporain in Marseille and the Kunstsammlungen in Chemnitz. In 2017, Choi represented Korea in the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. In addition to his visual arts, Choi is a critical analyst of contemporary society and culture.
Cody Choi (born 1961, Seoul, Korea) is a visual artist and cultural theorist who has been active since the 1980s. His work focuses on exploring the relationship between cultural identity and authority in contemporary society. Choi works with themes such as cultural indigestion, the third culture that emerges from the clash of different cultures, the beauty of this hybridism, and the new social phenomena that occur simultaneously-these are issues Choi experienced as an outsider in the United States.
Choi became internationally recognized in the 1990s with a solo exhibition at Deitch Projects in New York and a group exhibition at the Musée d'Art Contemporain in Marseille. Between 2015-2017 Cody Choi: Culture Cuts His retrospective toured Europe, organized by art historian John C. Welchman at the Kunsthalle in Düsseldorf, the Musée d'Art Contemporain in Marseille and the Kunstsammlungen in Chemnitz. In 2017, Choi represented Korea in the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
In addition to his visual arts, Choi is also the creator of a series of books that critically analyze contemporary society and culture. Topography of 20th Century Culture (2006) and Topography of Contemporary Culture (2010), among other important books. His academic and artistic contributions continue to shape debates on the complexities of global culture and cultural change.
