BIO - NAMWON CHOI

최남원은 미주에서 활동을 하면서 자신은 한국과 미국 두 사회에서의 지위와 관념이 중간에 끼인자, 즉 소속된자와 소외된 자의 중간 위치에 있음을 인식하고, 시간과 공간을 초월하는 이동성을 가진 이주를 작품의 주 소재로 다루었다. 그녀의 설치 작품 속에 나타나는 타이어와 고속도로, 그리고 그림에서 보여주는 다양한 매체들은 떠나는자와 머무는자를 연결하는 그 '사이'를 이야기 한다.

Namwon Choi is a 2024 The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) Working Artist Project recipient. She was included in New Worlds: Georgia Women to Watch at Atlanta Contemporary in Atlanta, GA. She has had recent solo exhibitions at Laney Contemporary in Savannah, GA; the Moss Art Center at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA; and at THE END Project Space in Atlanta, GA. Her work has been included in exhibitions at the New York City Korean Culture Center, the Los Angeles Korean Culture Center, the Korean Cultural Center in Washington, D.C., and the B20 Wiregrass Biennial at the Wiregrass Museum in Dothan, Alabama. She has had her work included in the Aqua art fair and Untitled art fair in Miami, FL. Her work has been reviewed in the Washington Post, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Frieze magazine. She has been awarded residencies at MASS MOCA in North Adams, MA; the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Amherst, VA; and the Hambidge Center in Rabun Gap, GA. Choi earned a BFA and MFA from Hongik University in Seoul, Korea and an MFA from Georgia State University in Atlanta. She has taught all levels of drawing and painting at the university level since 2012.