Suhyun Choi is a Korean non-binary third-culture kid. They were born in Hong Kong with Korean parents, lived in South Korea, the Philippines, Canada, and the US. Growing up in different contexts has given them first-hand experiences in understanding the complexity of globalisation, capitalism, colonialism and how the macro affects the micro levels of human ontology and relationships. They are particularly interested in solidarity work amongst BIPOC (especially Queer and Trans) people across borders. Their work in BUFU, a collective they are a co-founder of, has been covered by publications such as the Village Voice, NYLON, Hyperallergic, the Fader and many more. For BUFU’s programming, they have worked with institutions such as the Brooklyn Museum, Queens Museum, New Women Space, the New Museum, Abrons Art Center and School for Poetic Computation. This work has resulted in the YBCA 100 Honoree award that is given to activists and artists such as Tarana Burke, Janelle Monae, Janet Mock and many more. They are a current artist-in-residence at Brooklyn Community Foundation Incubator Project and a past artist-in-residence at Eyebeam, New York. They have been a guest speaker at Art Basel Hong Kong 2018 for Tai Kwun Contemporary’s talk titled ‘Labor and Privilege’ as well as the Metropolitan Museum’s ‘Career Lab: Art and Activism’ in 2017.
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Photo: Maya Tanaka