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Erika Choe is an interdisciplinary artist interested in preserving our humanness in a time of rapid technological innovation. Her work sits at the intersection of technology and bodies, expressed through unexpected forms ranging from performance, site-specific installation, video, and interactive sculpture. Erika earned her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2023, and her BA in Interdisciplinary Studies at University of Virginia in 2015.

Her installation works have received Best of Schools Award by NYCxDESIGN at the ICFF + Wanted Design Festival in 2022, and been shortlisted for the 2023 Global Design Graduate Showcase in collaboration with Gucci. Her products have been selected by the MoMA Design Store for production, shortlisted for D&AD Future Impact Award, and featured on online publications like Haackster.io. Her choreographic pieces have been commissioned and selected by various platforms such as San Francisco Conservatory of Dance Residency, Chicago DanceChance Showcase, Charlottesville Ballet Company, and ACDA Gala Performances. As a movement artist, she has been invited to perform for Studio Drift’s EGO installation at the Shed in 2021. She has also performed with world-renowned choreographers such as Akram Khan, Alejandro Cerrudo and Yin Yue. As a strategic design lead, she has worked closely with startups, VC firms and creative agencies like New Lab-based company 10XBeta, Javits Center, Boscia, and more. Her work in the commercial realm has informed her deepening dedication to question the capitalist and exploitive nature of the systems we exist in.