Jeongmoon Choi 崔正紋 Seoul, b. 1966

Originally trained as a painter, Jeongmoon Choi expanded her practice beyond the two-dimensional plane after moving to Germany in 1995, where she began investigating space itself as an artistic medium. After studying at the Kassel Academy of Fine Arts, she has developed a unique visual language that transcends the boundaries of installation, drawing, sculpture, and architecture by using thread as a three-dimensional counterpart to the act of drawing in space.

Internationally recognized for her immersive site-specific installations, Choi transforms architectural environments into intricate networks of line and light. Constructed from kilometres of UV-reactive thread, her works create spatial compositions that dissolve the boundaries between physical and virtual realities. Under black light, geometric structures emerge from darkness, producing optical vibrations and altering viewers' perception of space. She is interested in the space between what is visible and what is understood- between structure and experience, between clarity and ambiguity.

While Choi is most well-known for her immersive thread installations, her broader practice includes wall works, drawings, and site-specific in-situ Installation. Regardless of the medium, line and space remain the fundamental elements of her artistic language. From barcode-inspired thread reliefs constructed on multiple planes to delicate pencil drawings and mechanically driven installations, Choi investigates how invisible forces, systems, and movements can be translated into spatial experiences. Across these diverse bodies of work, she explores relationships between perception, structure, instability, and the continuous transformation of space. Recent projects have focused on natural phenomena such as earthquakes and tectonic activity, examining the invisible forces that shape landscapes, architectures, and human experience. Through the interplay of line, light, movement, and space, Choi invites viewers to reconsider their relationship to the environments they inhabit.

Choi's work has been exhibited internationally in museums and institutions across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. In 2015, she presented Drawing in Space at the International Biennial of Curitiba, Brazil, presented by the Oscar Niemeyer Museum. In 2016, her work was included in The Thinking Machine - Ramon Llull and the Ars Combinatoria at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Spain. Her solo exhibition Manifestations of the Line was presented at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico, in 2017. In 2021, her installation was featured in Seductions of Light at the State Museum Schwerin.