Yeonjae Choi

Boat & Mountains

2022

Ceramics, glass, light

670mm (H) x 360mm (W) x 360mm (D)

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Artist Statement

Boat & Mountains is a ceramic sculpture with glass and light elements. If you look closely inside the glass face you can see a small figure of a girl on a boat amongst the mountains. This sculpture gives a seductive glow in the dark. The carved, lit up faces on the exterior of each of my vessels mask an interior world of private thoughts, trials and dreams. Using the landscapes from my childhood memories, this series of works seeks to create a reflection of myself and my lived experience. Depictions on the inside of the sculptures further communicate snippets of my personal story. These forms are a portrait of the artist in the way that a child is a portrait of their mother. 

About the Artist

Yeonjae Choi

Yeonjae Choi is a ceramic artist based in Aotearoa New Zealand. She obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from RMIT, Melbourne in 2017. Choi draws on her Korean heritage and her personal experience as an Asian immigrant growing up in Aotearoa New Zealand to study the relationship between interior and exterior of her sculptural vessels. She works in a range of media, ceramics, glass and light to create artworks that are equally seductive, unsettling and intriguing. The carved, lit up faces on the exterior of her vessels mask an interior world of private thoughts, trials and dreams.
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