Choin
Choin’s work attends to queer atmospheres that are damp, or that slowly seep in. Here, queerness is understood less as a fixed identity or a clearly defined difference, and more as a subtle sense of foreignness that arises when the world reaches the body. Like laundry that never quite dries, damp shoes, fogged-up glasses, or weather brushing past as one turns their head, their work focuses on the conditions of the surrounding atmosphere and the body’s minute adjustments in response to them. These sensations do not appear as distinct events, but become embodied within the everyday: slowing one’s steps, weighing down the body, and leaving it to remain slightly out of sync with its surroundings.
Choin is a Seoul-born artist currently based in Glasgow, United Kingdom. They received an MFA from The Glasgow School of Art. Working primarily with installation and found objects, their practice explores queer atmospheres that linger in everyday life through humidity, air, and weather. Recent exhibitions include Soft Mechanics at Pai 32, London; Quiet Gaze at The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow; and SWATCHEDxmidnight at Strange Field, Glasgow. In 2026, Choin was awarded First Place for the Outer Spaces Postgraduate Prize and was shortlisted for The Arthouse Award 2026.