Gina Choy

She majored in painting during her Bachelor of Fine Art at Griffith University (1999). In 2010, during her honours year at the University of Queensland, she was awarded the Confucius Institute Research Scholarship (CIS) and invited to Tianjin University, China, as a representative of the School of Communication and Arts. There, she deepened her practical and theoretical knowledge of traditional Chinese painting under the direct mentorship of Professor Dong Ya, Head of the School of Art and Architecture.

Choy’s work is intimately shaped by her sustained engagement with Eastern, particularly Chinese, philosophy and practice. Drawing from a life intertwined with cross-cultural experience—including a Chinese-Australian family—her work embodies the lived dialogue between traditions, where history, spirituality, and nature converge. Her scholarly research and creative practice are intimately informed and enriched by this transcultural perspective and her lived experience of this entanglement.

Her commitment to cultural dialogue is reflected in international residencies at prestigious sites such as Toa-Bou Studio in Nakaoyama, Japan (2013); Kouraku Gama, Arita, Japan (2013); Sanboa Ceramic Institute (2013); and The Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China (2013). Choy holds the honour of having her work included in a century-ceiling installation at a Buddhist temple in Hasami, Japan (2014).

Driven by a passion for wisdom and insight, Choy has reached significant professional milestones. She is a former lecturer and program writer in Art and Design at the University of Canberra, and a twice-published author (under her maiden name, Georgina Hooper). Awarded First Class Honours in Art and Design from the University of Canberra (2017), she is now in the final stages of completing a PhD in art and neuroscience at the University of Queensland.

Scholarly research in art and neuroscience deeply informs Choy’s creative practice. She weaves ancient wisdom and cutting-edge technologies—bridging science, art, and medicine—to explore the human, technological, and metaphysical dimensions of existence. Over the past five years, her work has engaged emergent fields such as AI, blockchain, and augmented reality, pushing the boundaries of creative possibility.

Choy’s work has been exhibited globally across traditional and digital art exhibitions, including major events such as NFT Liverpool, NFTNYC, Obscura NFT Bali, and Bloom x MakersPlace NFC Lisbon. Her work was curated into A2 Accelerate Art Homage in Romania; Exquisite Workers x Superchief AI Surrealism in New York City; Museum Week - Réconciliation with the Living in Lisbon; Fusion of Oneness Piuda Art Space in Seoul; and SPACES II: Capturing the Ephemera with Phillips in Hong Kong. Her work lit up 1,000 billboards across Belgium through a collaboration with ArtVerse and illuminated 11 x 8m digital screens in Beijing thanks to Neal and Ninfa Gallery. Choy’s most recent solo exhibition was held in SoHo, New York.

Her work is held in private collections across Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, and Asia, as well as by institutions such as the Arab Bank of Switzerland and the World of Women.