Choe Hyesu's *Playground* is made of cement and faux gold leaf. Toulon and Brussels training; Porsche and Gasong awards; Angeli Museum Prize.
Choe Hyesu's Playground is made of cement.
And on top of that cement sits faux gold leaf. Wax and acrylic layer over it. Instead of the softness the word playground suggests, a rough, solid materiality enters first. But the moment the gold leaf wraps the cement, that solidness begins another story. The finite and the enduring, what will crumble and what tries to last, overlap on one surface.
From Toulon to Brussels
Choe Hyesu began in Toulon, France.
DNAP at Toulon's École des Beaux-Arts in 2015. The following year she moved to Brussels and entered the sculpture department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, completing her BFA in 2016 and MFA in 2019. Seven years across two European cities shaped her sculptural thinking.
In 2017 she was selected for Young Belgian Talents, introduced at Brussels Affordable Art Fair among six artists. 2016 Cachan Biennale in France, an exhibition at Paris's Gallery des AAB, 2018 Triennale de l'art et du Vegetal in Ath, Belgium — she began as a young artist based between France and Belgium.
Return to Korea: Recognition and Selection
Back in Korea, her name quickly appeared across major art-support and award programs.
- 2020 Mapo-gu Our Neighborhood Art-terior Project
- 2021 Porsche Korea Dreamers On Artists Award selection
