Sun Choi – Embracing of Mark

In my work, I use leftover Han Yak which is still has the nostalgic smell and dried products. The leftover Han Yak's smell is a metaphor for a mom's love that is giving away herself to her love. Another metaphor is the mom's satisfaction of the work she did for her loved one's health. If someone has ever received true love from others, he/she has felt the fulfillment of confidence and the power to comfort others. I want to express this healing energy and power of love to influence others.

I use pins as an anchor and also as a metaphor for the painful memories that stick to us. We cannot remove them and we cannot ignore them. The pain is difficult, but it makes us beautiful and stronger like how the mother's sacrifice brings us love. All of us have struggles. As long as we are alive and breathing in the world, we will all experience pain. We have to embrace those painful memories to make our lives better than they were before. Beauty can truly come from pain. I hope this acupuncture by pins will help heal others how it healed me.

Sun H. Choi was born in South Korea. She immigrated to the United States in 1994. Now she lives and works in Des Plaines and Chicago. She received a B.F.A. from Sungshin Women's University, in Seoul South Korea. In 2000, she graduated with a BFA, and later in 2002, she obtained a MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC).

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