SOOJIN CHOI

Human emotion comes from the interplay between people, physical space, and emotion itself. The ambivalence of human emotion occurs through unresolved and confusing situations in external and internal matters. An ambivalent moment reveals itself to me, and I depict that gray area of humanity.

I recount these unsettled situations so viewers can empathetically encounter the emotions of the human forms I create. I employ a multifaceted approach to convey the ambiguity of emotion, employing a blend of flat and spatial surfaces, subtle facial expressions, gaze, body language, color, and brushwork. Building the surfaces with clay allows me to seamlessly weave between dimensions and textures to articulate feelings of ambivalence.