Spotlight on Jennifer Choi
Jennifer Choi is a participating artist in Out Front 2026, an exhibition celebrating outstanding visual arts major works by students from the Northern Beaches, presented at Manly Art Gallery & Museum.
Jennifer’s work Virtual Daydreams conveys the concept of escaping reality through the digital world, exploring the continuous cycle of seeking a comforting escape and facing the struggles of reality. Jennifer was inspired by London based illustrator Anna Mill and Seoul based illustrator Jinhwa Jang.
Virtual Daydreams invites the audience to look deeper within the painting and examine how elements of reality are represented under the vivid and whimsical facade, exploring the positive and negative outcomes of digital escapism. This is reflective of how digital media consumption is one of the most common forms of escapism in this modern day and age.
Our Local Creatives
Each month we showcase some of the talented people who live and work in our community, exploring the diversity of artistic and creative practices on the Northern Beaches.
Our creative community
The Northern Beaches is home to a higher than average percentage of artists, creatives and cultural workers.
Our local creative community generated $915 million in value added for the Northern Beaches in 2022/23. This is 6.1% of total Gross Value Added, above the Greater Sydney average (5.1%). Our artists and creatives are the drivers of a vibrant local economy.
Architectural Services was the top employing Creative and Cultural industry in the Northern Beaches, and Advertising Services was the top industry for employed residents living in the Northern Beaches. Book and magazine wholesaling employed 2.8 times more people than the Greater Sydney average, and photography was the largest specialised occupation with 2 times more people employed than the Greater Sydney average.
Our creative economy supported 6,992 local jobs (6% of total jobs in the LGA) and provided employment for 11,832 residents (7.4% of all employed residents) in 2022/23.
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