Ahhi's works are created by combining patterns he calls “cells,” which truly resemble living cells.
Sometimes rendered in vivid, colorful tones and at other times finished in monochrome, his uniquely colored works express the subconscious emotions that arise from Ahhi in each moment.
The geometric patterns, which appear complex, are also composed of seven types of cells.
These seven types of cells were not intentionally created to broaden the range of his designs, but were born naturally from his emotions.
At present, he says he does not feel the need for an eighth type of cell.
Ahhi’s work extends beyond canvas to include paintings on driftwood as well as product designs such as shoes and mobile phone cases.
At the solo exhibition held at Whitestone Ginza New Gallery, a collaboration model by Ahhi and L4K3 was exhibited.
Ahhi Choi / Ahi Choi
Born in Hyogo Prefecture in 1983.
The flowing, curvilinear movement seen in Ahi Choi’s work is filled with a sense of floating and ecstasy, expressing the artist’s own inner spirit of adventure.
After gaining recognition through an exhibition in New York in 2014, he has since presented his work internationally in the United States, France, Italy, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere.
Choi’s work reflects his unconscious mind.
While studying abroad in Los Angeles, he traveled extensively along the West Coast, exploring a series of national parks such as Death Valley, the Grand Canyon, and Yellowstone.
There, he deepened the affinity between the grandeur and majesty of nature and his inner self. When he returned home to Kobe, what struck him was the density and confinement of urban life, which had seemed nothing more than nostalgia while he was away.
Drawing inspiration from his own daily experiences, Choi took up the brush and began recording his adventures in the style of an abstract diary.
Guided by bold arm movements, he transforms silhouettes, images, letters, and words drawn from memory into the energetic lines that pervade his work.
Beyond painting, the scope of Choi’s creativity continues to expand, spanning shoes, skateboards, textiles, wine labels, mobile phone cases, CD jackets, and even the making of musical instruments (didgeridoos).
In 2020, he dedicated his work “Nakaima” to Ashiya Shrine.
He also began collaborations with the same shrine on ema plaques (all 200 sold out), as well as hanging scrolls with the long-established Kyoto mounting studio Kano Unkindo. (Quoted from the WHITESTONE website)
