Kyung-hwa Choi-ahoi

1967  born in Seoul, Korea
1994-2001 studies at the HfbK, Hamburg (KP Brehmer, Werner Büttner)
2001 diploma with distinction (Karl Ditze Prize)
2001-2003 postgraduate studies at the HfbK (Werner Büttner)
2011-2014 lecturer for the Drawing at the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, Faculty of Design, Media and Information
2015-2019 Professorship for Drawing at the University of the Arts, Bremen
since 2019 Professorship for Drawing at the Weißensee Art School, Berlin

Scholarships and Prizes

2014 Stella Hasse Prize
2013 Scholarship in the Künstlerhaus in the Schlossgarten, Cuxhaven
2011 Art Residence "Nextgastein", Austria
2007 Scholarship in the Künstlerhaus Kloster Cismar, Grömitz
2005-2006 2-year Hans Günther Baas Scholarship, Hamburg
2005 Scholarship Künstlerhäuser Schöppingen
2004 1-year Hamburg Work Scholarship
Lauenburger Künstlerhäuser Scholarship
2002 Worpswede-Künstlerhaus Scholarship
2001 Karl-Ditze Prize
2000 Funded by the Freundeskreis der Hochschule für Bildene Künste, Hamburg
1999-2000Erasmus scholarship at the Vienna Academy under Franz Graf
1989 prize at the Chosun daily newspaper competition Advertsing
1988 prize at the Seoul Craft Exhibition competition

Works in public collections

Since 2002, more than 200 diary drawings have been in the collection of the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Kupferstichkabinett
Collection Galician Center for Contemporary Art, Spain
C15 Ulla and Heinz Lohmann Collection

Exhibitions

2019  "Insights V", Gallery Hengevoss-Dürkop
POSITIONS Berlin 2019 with Gallery Hengevoss-Dürkop
"Envisioning Amerca", curious. v. John Czaplicka, Hengevoss-Dürkop Gallery
"Radical Twilight", Frappant, Hamburg
"Dot", Künstlerhaus Bergedorf, Hamburg
"Text Me", White Trash Contemporary, Hamburg
"The Bangkok Triennale International Print and Drawing 5", Bangkok
"Buchpresentation_WB 65" Gallery Feinkunst Krüger
"Talking about pictures_KP Bremer and Friends", Frize eV, Hamburg
"Shared Space", Die Drostei, Pinneberg
"VonH TodaySehen", Barlach Hall K, Hamburg
"Pop Up Copy Right", Gallery 21 at Künstlerhaus Vorwerk-Stift, Hamburg
2018"Stuttgart Sichten", Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
"Toxic Boom Room", Benzene, Hamburg
"Japanese Tongue", reading, exhibition room C15, Hamburg
"Monsters of Drawing", Galerie Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
"Always Trouble with Grandparents", Kunsthaus Dresden
Action # 219, "Dukduk… .Relations & Cooperations", 2025 ev., Hamburg
"Gotham City IX", Speicherstadt, Hamburg
2017 "Eros", Galerie Hengevoss-Dürkop, Hamburg
"Always Troubles with Grandparents", Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg
" Gotham City X ”, Speicherstadt, Hamburg
2016 “ Hoehen Rausch ”, Gallery Eigen + Art Lab, Berlin
“ The Material of Memory. Afterimages of Memory ”, Frize, Hamburg
"Literature in the Houses of the City", C15 Lohmann Collection, Hamburg
"Trans", Barutzki Design, Virchowstr. 12-14 Hamburg
“Bühnenwelten, Scheinwelten”, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg
2015 “Memorial”, Galerie Hengevoss Dürkop, Hamburg
SLICK, Contemporary Art Fair with Galerie Hengevoss-Dürkop
“Cover”, Selekta Studio 1, Hamburg
“Super-B”, monlarc -contemporaryfineart, Hamburg
reading / book release "Dear Money", Metropolis Cinema, Hamburg
"Apples Eyes, Nose Blossoms", Heine House, Hamburg (EZ)
"AUA", Westwerk, Hamburg
"Gotham City VIII", Speicherstadt, Hamburg
" Drawings ”, Bar 439, Hamburg
2014 “ Mutterkorn ”, Galerie Hengevoss Dürkop, Hamburg (EZ)
Stella Hasse Prize Exhibition, Frize Künstlerhaus
“Bremer Kunstfrühling” with Hengevoss-Dürkop Gallery
2013 “Pure Drawing”, Hengevoss Dürkop Gallery, Hamburg
“ Heiter Tage”, Schallstadt Art Association
“Velada Santa Lucia Remix 2013” ​​Cuborasa, Hamburg
“Grüner Jäger ", Künstlerhaus Cuxhaven
" People on Monday ", Gummi Wörner, Erlangen
" Gotham City VI ", Speicherstadt, Hamburg
2012 " Could be mine ", Kornhäuschen, Aschaffenburg
" Image vs. Literature ", City Gallery, Lauenburg
" Phoenix from the Ashes ", art snack, Westwerk, Hamburg
" Gotham City V ", Speicherstadt, Hamburg
2011 " Hamburg, location-related ", Pluto, Berlin
"Art Terms", Melike Bilir Gallery, Hamburg
"We all love Lüpertz", Kornhäuschen, Aschaffenburg
"Fazebuk", Elektrohaus, Hamburg
"Art Terms", Lab of Powerton Gallery, Hamburg
"Gotham City IV", Speicherstadt, Hamburg
2010 "nominated index" , Kunsthaus, Hamburg
“In Word and Drawing”, Galerie Kramer Fine Art (EZ)
“Painting, Drawings”, Printing Company
“Da Hood II”, Gängeviertel, Hamburg
“Holz”, Linda, Hamburg
“Gotham City III”, Speicherstadt, Hamburg
2009 "Stadtindianer", Am Hochrad 75
"Gotham City II", Speicherstadt, Hamburg
"Die die die die damn all shit artist books", White Trash Contemporary, Hamburg
2008"We call it Hamburg", art association Hamburg
"painting, drawings", art space Heiddorf
"anonymous draftsman / selection", gallery in the city
barn "present perfect / portraits", gallery Martin Asbaek Projects, Copenhagen
"Visible Lifes / Kontemporär", gallery 14 Dioptrien, Hamburg
"Anonymous artist N # 8", meinblau. eV, Berlin
"Gotham City I", Speicherstadt, Hamburg
2007 "Particules libres - nouvelle", Citè Internationale des Arts, Paris
"Unfair '07", Ileana Tounta Gallery, Athens
"Kunst im Keller", Bahrenfelder Str. 9, Hamburg
" no drawing, no draftsman ”, Kunstverein Rügen
2006 “ Art in Hamburg. Today II ”, Hamburger Kunsthalle
"Retrospective", Künstlerhaus, Lauenburg
"arcor", Barcelona
"Lulea Sommer Biennale", Schwerden
"March 18, 2005", Künstlerhaus, Hamburg (EZ)
"pick up and mix", Kaiser-Wilhelmstr. 61, Hamburg
2004 “Art in Hamburg. Today ”, Hamburg art gallery
“ Scholarship holders 2004 ″, Kunsthaus, Hamburg “Bilder”, Westwerk, Hamburg
“20.12.2004”, PROJECTESD gallery, Barcelona (EZ)
“tag.buch. drawing”, Galerie Gruppe Grün, Bremen (EZ)
“ redwine from chile ”, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg (EZ)
“ Index ”, Kunsthaus, Hamburg
“ Greetings from Hamburg ”, Galerie Lutz, Düren
“ The 23rd Art Prize of the Foundation of the Kreissparkasse ”, Esslingen-Nürtingen
2003Gallery PROJECTESD, Barcelona (with Fischli & Weiss and Hans-Peter Feldmann)
"Hamburg scholarship holders pre-selection", Kunsthaus, Hamburg
"sky blue", Kunstverein Rügen (EZ)
"Pigment ohne Zucker", Galerie Art and Henle, Berlin (EZ)
"it fails ",
Art staircase from Hamburger Abendblatt, Hamburg (EZ) " buy art ", Art Frankfurt
2002 " Stand by ", group exhibition, Ruländer gallery, Worpswede
" Dialogue with culture ",
2001 " fell out of my head " in Museum Hameln , Valentinskamp Hamburg
" Far and near ", VIEWPOINT, Hamburger Kunsthalle (EZ)
2000 " Drawings ", Künstlerhaus Hamburg
" Nails with braids ", in the quasi non possidentes, Glückstadt
1999"The Books of the Artists" Library of the Vienna Art Academy
"Similar Grounds", Kampnagel KX, Hamburg
Frankfurt Book Fair (literal drawing, drawing letters, Material Verlag)
"Art in the Stock Exchange", Chamber of Commerce, Hamburg
1998 "Knapp is also wrong", Kunstverein Kehdingen

Publications

2010 publication "ophthalmologist and watchmaker", monograph with diary texts and drawings, Textem Verlag
2014 publication "Dear money", monograph with 11 stories and drawings, Textem Verlag