최 Misty 은주 Choi 




Los Angeles, US (2023-current) 

  1. CuppyBreak: Cup & Drink, 2024 
  2. CuppyBreak: Cups, 2023-ongoing
  3. Hire Me Under the Table (coming)
  4. Road Signs (coming)
  5. Store (coming)


Seoul, KR (2021-2023)

  1. CuppyCafe, 2023
  2. Street Push Cart Project, 2022
  3. Prototype for How to Build a House, 2022
  4. Species of Spaces, 2022


Brooklyn, US (2019-2021) 

  1. The In-Betweens, 2020-2021
  2. Void As Matter, 2021
  3. Bracket {  }, 2021
  4. Space As Heavy As My Body, 2019


Chicago, US (2014-2019)

  1. The Coffee I Drink Everyday Is Different But the Cigarette That the Man Smokes Is the Same, 2018-2021
  2. Exit To/From, 2019
  3. Air as Experience of a Dimension of Space, 2018


London, UK (2016-2017) 

  1. untitled space, 2016
  2. architectural drawings, 2017  



Cup & Drink, 

2024, interactive installation and performance 



With CuppyBreak, I design and sculpt a growing collection of unique cups meant to be experienced as a combination of installation and performance, where participants' experiences vary based on their answers to personal questions.

This past February, I transformed my studio into a makeshift cafe and asked visitors to answer either of the following questions:

“How do you deal with your broken relationships?” or “What is your social tool?”

Visitors would then be served coffee or tea in a unique cup based on their answer, and we would have a conversation about their response. The possibilities of cups ranged from those that were functional (yet misshapen), connected, incomplete, cracked, broken, or dysfunctional. The frustration or disappointment of being served a cup that risked spilling and making a mess soon turned into excitement, laughter, and vulnerability.