Gina Choy (Australian, b. 1978) treats traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy as a system-based, almost algorithmic practice, connecting its ancient mark-making techniques to contemporary neuroscience and digital art.,,She is based on the Sunshine Coast, Australia.,In her own words, “all of my creative work is an exploration of the Chinese philosophical concept of li (cosmic principle or truth) through images of the natural world”.
Choy trained as a painter at Griffith University, graduating in 1999.,She went on to earn First Class Honours in Art and Design from the University of Canberra in 2017 and a PhD in art and neuroscience from the University of Queensland. In 2010 she studied traditional Chinese painting at Tianjin University under Professor Dong Ya, on a Confucius Institute research scholarship.Her 2017 series Liminal Space, developed during her Honours research and exhibited at Onespace Gallery in Brisbane, grew out of Chinese calligraphic strokes treated as a system-based practice tied to the concept of li, or natural order. It comprises ink works on rice paper alongside large-scale oil paintings on linen, later minted as Liminal Space I and Liminal Space II.
Her series Pulse-beat, including Transformation, Momentum, Breath and Without Hesitation, was made with charcoal on ceramic using traditional Chinese painting technique, then translated into digital form through photography after the physical works were destroyed.In 2024 she inscribed the collection Xiě Dòng Huà (Writing Animation) onto the Ethereum blockchain with NINFA Gallery, where it sold out to collectors worldwide. Eleven works from the series were shown on 11-by-8-meter screens at Joy City in Beijing during the 2024 Chinese New Year, curated by NEAL Gallery and NINFA Gallery.That work was also shown at her 2025 solo exhibition “Infinity” at Time to be Happy Gallery in SoHo, New York.,Her 2025 piece Blue Cascade interprets the fluidity and force of water, translating its shifting rhythms into vivid hues and dynamic textures.
