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Jeffrey Choy is a designer, writer, and artist whose work delves into cultural and political biases, exploring themes of censorship, propaganda, and populist consciousness in relation to colonisation and class disparity.
His diverse practice spans print, physical, and digital mediums, including publications, video arts, installations, and immersive interactive new media works.
1/6 of Hidden Keileon,
an artist collective imagining futures with justice and freedom for all, by dreaming up and leading multidisciplinary, life-affirming cultural projects.
(photo credit: Jane Lam)
Bio
Jeffrey Choy is a designer, writer, and artist whose work delves into cultural and political biases, exploring themes of censorship, propaganda, and populist consciousness in relation to colonisation and class disparity.
Previously worked in graphic design and spatial design for a decade in the commercial sector, his artistic journey began after witnessing his hometown Hong Kong's political upheaval from afar.
Jeffrey Choy’s practice spans print, physical, and digital mediums, including publications, video arts, installations, and immersive interactive new media works.
1/6 of Hidden Keileon, an artist collective imagining futures with justice and freedom for all, by dreaming up and leading multidisciplinary, life-affirming cultural projects.
Coverage
As the lead curator and author of a political art book "Umbrella Uprising" which has been featured by prominent media outlets such as Libération, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Free Press, and Stand News.
Jeffrey’s visuals and theatre works have been presented with organisations such as Edinburgh Fringe, Factory International, VAULT Festival, British Library, Streatham Space Project London, Old Fire Station Oxford, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Tai Kwun Hong Kong, Goldsmiths CCA and more.
Publication
Umbrella Uprising (2020)
Author & Project Lead
Protest art archival project.
Sold over 7000+
copies internationally.
Produced, curated,
designed and published by Jeffrey Choy.
Art Residencies
Metal Peterborough Artist-In-Residence (2024)
Arcola Theatre Pomegranate Programme (2024)
Seminars & Talks
Full Transparency: The Artist vs AI (2024)
Venue: Battersea Arts Centre
Performative lecture and Expert panel
The Intimacy Between Migrants Lived Experiences Global Geopolitics,
and Cross-Disciplinary Decolonial Work (2024)
Venue:
Pushkin House
Panel discussion and Social Evening
How do we radically redefine growth (2023)
Venue: City Lit
Panel discussion and Q&A
Exhibitions
Life | Death | Preserve | Oblivion (Group Exhibition)
20th May - 13th June 2024
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Home Ideal (Group Exhibition)
23th May - 24th May 2024
NGO DEI, Westeinde 25, 2512 GS, Den Haag
Dream in the Rain (Designer)
6th June - 11th June 2022
Omnibus Theatre, London, UK