Helen Choi
September 22, 2022: Atlanta native Helen Choi is an illustrator and muralist interested in understanding human nature. Her work is inspired by visual arts and life science. Choi defines success not by material achievements nor by distinct finish-lines, but rather as a state of mind, as an ever-changing journey of self-improvement and as a process of making the world a better place filled with joy. Her work reflects the traditional underpinnings of painting with an added layer of modern technology and graphic design. The artist’s subjects include portraits, and subject matter found in the natural world. Many of Helen’s recent murals feature floral patterns with digitally enhanced petals having the appearance of torn paper.
Choi’s journey to become an artist was challenging. As a child, Helen had a love for drawing and painting that continued through high school. However, in deference to her parents, she studied nursing for two years. After being diagnosed with anxiety disorder and depression, she returned to the art that she really loved doing, eventually leaving nursing school. Helen was at a loss for how to turn her love for art into a career and took two years off to travel, to create art, and to save up some money.
Finally, she was ready to enroll in the Savanah College of Art and Design where she earned a B.F.A in Illustration. While working in a coffee shop, she met and was taken in by one of Atlanta’s premiere artist’s collectives, the Lotus Eaters Club. In January of 2020, an invitation to paint a mural with Lotus Eaters Club at the Bakery gave Choi a chance to apply her academic studies and she has been painting murals ever since. In a March 26, 2020 article in ArtsATL, Choi described her association with the Lotus Eaters as follows: “I’ve never met a group of people that I have clicked so well with, and that feel like family.” Helen Choi has been a featured artist for Outer Space Project, Stacks Squares, Forward Warrior, ABV Gallery’s Drink and Doodle, ABV Gallery’s 6×6 show, and the Coca-Cola Mural Project.
Link to Helen Choi’s website: https://www.helenchoi.art/
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