Txa Txa Club - Izzy Cho (Spring 2026)

Izzy Cho is an interdisciplinary charm maker based in Chicago, IL. Cho’s work engages with symbolism, semiotics, and visual patterns derived from her Korean American identity, often within the context of superstition, to discuss transnationalism and celebration. Cho is a recipient of the David McCosh Memorial Scholarship in Fine Arts, the Angela and George Paterakis Scholarship, the Margot and Thomas Pritzker Graduate Fellowship, and a finalist for the Luminarts Fellowship. Cho received her BFA in Printmaking from the University of Oregon and an MFA in Printmedia from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 

“I am enchanted by the magic and utilitarianism within the superstitions from my Korean American landscape. Superstition is a sign of cultural persistence, however, the generational burdens that come attached allude to inherited traumas and archaic systems of politeness and obligation. I poke fun yet revere these cultural structures by mimicking manifestations of good luck, such as charms and rituals. My throughlines stay the same: the study of antiquity, ruminations on my mother’s lessons, and my personal diaspora. This synthesis of source material relays my experience with the globalization of Korean culture which has restructured the meaning of cultural objects and imagery.”

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