EDUCATION
2014 M.F.A., Drawing and Painting, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2001 M.F.A., Oriental Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
1999 B.F.A., Oriental Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) Art Fair, Solo Booth with Pentimenti Gallery, New York, NY
2025 Blue Highway, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2024 248 miles, MOCA GA Working Artist Project, Museum of Contemporary Art in Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2022 En Route, Laney Contemporary Gallery, Savannah, GA
2022 The Shape of Distance, Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
2021 Dot Dot Dot, THE END Project Space, Atlanta, GA
2019 Blue Distant, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2018 In-betweenness, Gallery72, Atlanta, GA
2018 In-betweenness, Open Gallery, Nashville, TN
2017 In-Betweenness, Artist-Homes Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2017 Found in transition, Stanley Beaman & Sears 180 Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2015 Self-Structure, Fulcrum Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
2014 Ventricle, Arts Exchange Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2014 A Part of a Whole, Welch Gallery, Atlanta, GA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Art in the Village, curated by Hope Cohn, Buckhead Village, Atlanta, GA
2025 The Turning of the Tide, curated by Jonathan Field, St Clements Arts Centre, Ipswich, United Kingdom
2025 THE END: First Five Years, Westobou Gallery, Augusta, GA
2025 Eye of the Blackbird, Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA
2024 Proximity & Distance, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
2024 Wallflowers, Greene House Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Untitled Art Fair, Namwon Choi and Amy Pleasant with Laney Contemporary Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
2023 Emerging XI: annual Emerging National Invitational, The Macon Museum of Arts, Macon, GA
2023 New Worlds, Georgia Women to Watch, curated by the Georgia Committee, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2020 Art in Embassies, curated by Victoria See, U.S. Embassy, Tirana, Albania
2020 Summer NADA Art Fair week 1: Laney Contemporary Gallery, Savannah, GA
2020 Clerestory, Laney Contemporary Gallery, Savannah, GA
2020 The End is Near, Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
2020 B20: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL
2020 Present Tense, Laney Contemporary Gallery, Savannah, GA
2019 Newly Connected, Washington DC Korean Cultural Center, D.C.
2018 Group Exhibition 2018, Gallery Korea, Korean Culture Center of New York, NY
2018 Drawn to Macon, Macon Arts Alliance, Macon, GA
2017 Hybrid, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, GA
2017 MONOCHROME, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2017 Juried Art Exhibition: One Another, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Chautauqua Annual Juried Exhibition, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
2017 On the move, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA
2017 Blue Willow, Poem 88 Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2016 Savannah/Texas, Gspot Contemporary Art Space, Houston, TX
2016 Heads Up, Artist Homes Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2016 Tallahassee International Juried Competition, Florida State University Museum, Tallahassee, FL
2016 Academy/Academia, State Juried Professor and Emeriti Exhibition, Cobb Museum, Marietta, GA
2015 The Creative Project Fall/Winter Exhibition, Gallery 72, Atlanta, GA
2015 EngageMINT, Mint Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2015 South, Keebee Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2015 Georgia Artist Selecting Georgia Artist, MOCA GA, Atlanta
2015 Painting is Back, The Low Museum, Atlanta, GA
2014 Live Amateurs, 1st Annual Juried Exhibition, MINT Gallery in Atlanta, GA
2014 National MFA Wet Paint Biennial Exhibition, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL
2013 Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL
2013 When painters go crazy, Portal Gallery, Atlanta, GA (two-person show)
2013 Merica, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2012 The 14th Juried Student show (Juror: Nicole Eisenman), Welch School Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2012 GSU Biennial Cultural Competency Exhibition, GSU Student Center Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2011 Face and Persona, Buckhead Library, Atlanta, GA
2001 M.F.A. Thesis Show, Hongik University Museum, Seoul, Korea
2000 Wawon, Hongik University Museum, Seoul, Korea
2000 The story of us, Gongpyoung Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1999 Hongik University Alumni Exhibition, Gongpyoung Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1999 B.F.A. Exhibition, Hongik University Museum, Seoul, Korea
1999 Pilmook, Jong-Ro Gallery, Seoul, Korea
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2023-24 Atlanta Contemporary Studio Artist Program Award, Atlanta, GA
2023 MOCA GA Working Artist Project recipient, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2020 Finalist, 1858 Prize Contemporary Southern Art Awards, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
2018 Honorable mention, Georgia Artists: A Juried Exhibition, Abernathy Art Center, GA
2017 The Studios at MASS MoCA Residency, North Adams, MA
2017 Artistic Selection Award, Juried Exhibition, The Korean Culture Center Los Angeles, CA
2016 VCCA Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2016 Hambidge Fellowship, The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences, Rabun, GA
2015 River Fellow Summer Resident Artist, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
2014 Creative Community Housing Project Artist in Residence, The Creative Project, Atlanta, GA
2014 Walthall Artist Fellowship, WonderRoot Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
2014 First place, Annual Dean’s Art Award, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2013 Andrew M. West Memorial Art Scholarship, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2013 Kathleen G. Williams Prize, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2012 Kathleen G. Williams Prize, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2012 Welch School Gallery Director’s Choice, Ernest G. Welch Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2011 Honorable mention, Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA
2001 Brain Korea 21 National Project Scholarships, Seoul, Korea
2000 Hongik University Scholarship, Seoul, Korea
1998 Honorable mention, Korean Painting contest, Gwangju Biennale Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
1998 Honorable mention, National College Art contest, Jeonbuk National Gallery, Jeonju, Korea
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023-present Assistant Professor, Painting & Drawing, Augusta University, Augusta, GA
2015-23 Foundation Studies Professor, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2016 Guest Artist, Draw@MOCA, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2015 Visiting Artist Lecture, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
2014-15 Visiting Lecture in Painting, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025 “Back to Basics,” Family Style https://www.family.style/art/new-art-dealers-alliance-fair-new-york-2025
2025 Paddy Johnson,“EP 85: What is killing the New York Fairs, Part two,” Art Problems https://artproblems.podbean.com/e/85-what-is-killing-the-new-york-fairs-part-two/
2025 “Highway To Heaven,” Midbrow https://midbrow.org/highway-to-heaven-2/
2025 “Namwon Choi Joins Pentimenti Gallery’s Roster of Artists,” artsXhibit https://artsxhibit.com/namwon-choi-joins-pentimenti-gallerys-roster/
2024 "Can't-Miss Events During Atlanta Art Week," Hyperallergic hyperallergic.com/955617/cant-miss-events-during-atlanta-art-week-2024/
2024 “Namwon Choi: 248 Miles at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta,” Burnaway https://burnaway.org/daily/namwon-choi-248-miles-at-the-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-georgia-atlanta/
2024 “Namwon Choi maps journeys from Korea to North Georgia at MOCA GA,” ARTS ATL
https://www.artsatl.org/namwon-choi-maps-journeys-from-korea-to-north-georgia-at-moca-ga/
2024 “WALLFLOWERS: Avantika Bawa, Namwon Choi, Zerek Kempf, and Shanna Zentner,” Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/choi-zerek-kempf-shanna-zentner/6344
2023 “Namwon Choi interview with Holly Goldstein, Number:Inc Magazine https://numberinc.org/namwon-choi-in-conversation
2022 New American Painting South Issue 160
2021 “Namwon Choi’s Road Trip Is a meditation on time, painting and perspective,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/namwon-chois-road-trip-is-a-meditation-on-time-painting-and-perspective/W27TEFZOYBEUPGTRYFSWX3FHEE/
2021 “Namwon Choi: Blue Distant,” November Issue ARTPULSE Magazine
http://artpulsemagazine.com/namwon-choi-blue-distant
2021 “Namwon Choi:3 Questions”, Digital Series, Art In Embassies, U.S. Department of State
https://art.state.gov/portfolio/3q-namwon-choi/
2020 Fifth artist in 30th anniversary art series, Sept/October Issue Savannah Magazine
2020 Close Look: “Clearstory” at Laney Contemporary, July Issue BURNAWAY Magazine
2020 Korean Cultural Center in D.C. x Hillyer Gallery in D.C.: Virtual Korean Artist Talk Series, The Korean Cultural Center,
Washington, DC https://youtu.be/I0BwOtFRjoc
2019 New American Painting South Issue 142
SYMPOSIA & PANEL DISCUSSIONS:
2025 ‘Art in the Village’ Panel Discussion curated by Hope Cohn, Buckhead Village, Atlanta, GA
2024 'Asian in the Arts' Panel Discussion at Emory University’s Asian Pacific-Islander Desi American Activists (APIDAA), Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2024 Artist Talk: 248 Miles at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta
2023 Creating Culture: A Panel Discussion About the Atlanta Arts Ecosystem, Eyedrum
Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2023 SeekATL Studio Visit, public Presentation, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2023 Artist Talk: New Worlds, Georgia Women to Watch, curated by Georgia Committee National Museum of Women in the Arts, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2022 Artist Talk: Namwon Choi and Shin-il Kim, The Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb8NuZyEMEo&t=124s
2020 “THE END IS NEAR!” panel discussion with Avantika Bawa, Cayse Cheatham, Namwon Choi, Marissa Graziano, and Joe Hadden;
hosted by Atlanta Contemporary https://atlantacontemporary.org/events/the-end-is-near-talk
COLLECTIONS
2025 TD Bank Art Collection
2024 Museum of Contemporary Art in Georgia
2024 Agnes Scott College Permanent Collection
2022 Microsoft Art Collection
2021 Microsoft Art Collection
2021 Fidelity Art Collection
2019 Coca-Cola Corporate Collection
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
2024-Present Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2019-Present Laney Contemporary Gallery, Savannah, GA
2014 M.F.A., Drawing and Painting, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2001 M.F.A., Oriental Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
1999 B.F.A., Oriental Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) Art Fair, Solo Booth with Pentimenti Gallery, New York, NY
2025 Blue Highway, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2024 248 miles, MOCA GA Working Artist Project, Museum of Contemporary Art in Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2022 En Route, Laney Contemporary Gallery, Savannah, GA
2022 The Shape of Distance, Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
2021 Dot Dot Dot, THE END Project Space, Atlanta, GA
2019 Blue Distant, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2018 In-betweenness, Gallery72, Atlanta, GA
2018 In-betweenness, Open Gallery, Nashville, TN
2017 In-Betweenness, Artist-Homes Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2017 Found in transition, Stanley Beaman & Sears 180 Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2015 Self-Structure, Fulcrum Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
2014 Ventricle, Arts Exchange Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2014 A Part of a Whole, Welch Gallery, Atlanta, GA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Art in the Village, curated by Hope Cohn, Buckhead Village, Atlanta, GA
2025 The Turning of the Tide, curated by Jonathan Field, St Clements Arts Centre, Ipswich, United Kingdom
2025 THE END: First Five Years, Westobou Gallery, Augusta, GA
2025 Eye of the Blackbird, Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA
2024 Proximity & Distance, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
2024 Wallflowers, Greene House Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Untitled Art Fair, Namwon Choi and Amy Pleasant with Laney Contemporary Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
2023 Emerging XI: annual Emerging National Invitational, The Macon Museum of Arts, Macon, GA
2023 New Worlds, Georgia Women to Watch, curated by the Georgia Committee, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2020 Art in Embassies, curated by Victoria See, U.S. Embassy, Tirana, Albania
2020 Summer NADA Art Fair week 1: Laney Contemporary Gallery, Savannah, GA
2020 Clerestory, Laney Contemporary Gallery, Savannah, GA
2020 The End is Near, Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
2020 B20: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL
2020 Present Tense, Laney Contemporary Gallery, Savannah, GA
2019 Newly Connected, Washington DC Korean Cultural Center, D.C.
2018 Group Exhibition 2018, Gallery Korea, Korean Culture Center of New York, NY
2018 Drawn to Macon, Macon Arts Alliance, Macon, GA
2017 Hybrid, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, GA
2017 MONOCHROME, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2017 Juried Art Exhibition: One Another, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Chautauqua Annual Juried Exhibition, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
2017 On the move, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA
2017 Blue Willow, Poem 88 Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2016 Savannah/Texas, Gspot Contemporary Art Space, Houston, TX
2016 Heads Up, Artist Homes Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2016 Tallahassee International Juried Competition, Florida State University Museum, Tallahassee, FL
2016 Academy/Academia, State Juried Professor and Emeriti Exhibition, Cobb Museum, Marietta, GA
2015 The Creative Project Fall/Winter Exhibition, Gallery 72, Atlanta, GA
2015 EngageMINT, Mint Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2015 South, Keebee Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2015 Georgia Artist Selecting Georgia Artist, MOCA GA, Atlanta
2015 Painting is Back, The Low Museum, Atlanta, GA
2014 Live Amateurs, 1st Annual Juried Exhibition, MINT Gallery in Atlanta, GA
2014 National MFA Wet Paint Biennial Exhibition, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL
2013 Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL
2013 When painters go crazy, Portal Gallery, Atlanta, GA (two-person show)
2013 Merica, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2012 The 14th Juried Student show (Juror: Nicole Eisenman), Welch School Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2012 GSU Biennial Cultural Competency Exhibition, GSU Student Center Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2011 Face and Persona, Buckhead Library, Atlanta, GA
2001 M.F.A. Thesis Show, Hongik University Museum, Seoul, Korea
2000 Wawon, Hongik University Museum, Seoul, Korea
2000 The story of us, Gongpyoung Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1999 Hongik University Alumni Exhibition, Gongpyoung Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1999 B.F.A. Exhibition, Hongik University Museum, Seoul, Korea
1999 Pilmook, Jong-Ro Gallery, Seoul, Korea
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2023-24 Atlanta Contemporary Studio Artist Program Award, Atlanta, GA
2023 MOCA GA Working Artist Project recipient, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2020 Finalist, 1858 Prize Contemporary Southern Art Awards, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
2018 Honorable mention, Georgia Artists: A Juried Exhibition, Abernathy Art Center, GA
2017 The Studios at MASS MoCA Residency, North Adams, MA
2017 Artistic Selection Award, Juried Exhibition, The Korean Culture Center Los Angeles, CA
2016 VCCA Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2016 Hambidge Fellowship, The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences, Rabun, GA
2015 River Fellow Summer Resident Artist, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
2014 Creative Community Housing Project Artist in Residence, The Creative Project, Atlanta, GA
2014 Walthall Artist Fellowship, WonderRoot Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
2014 First place, Annual Dean’s Art Award, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2013 Andrew M. West Memorial Art Scholarship, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2013 Kathleen G. Williams Prize, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2012 Kathleen G. Williams Prize, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2012 Welch School Gallery Director’s Choice, Ernest G. Welch Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2011 Honorable mention, Atlanta Artist Center, Atlanta, GA
2001 Brain Korea 21 National Project Scholarships, Seoul, Korea
2000 Hongik University Scholarship, Seoul, Korea
1998 Honorable mention, Korean Painting contest, Gwangju Biennale Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
1998 Honorable mention, National College Art contest, Jeonbuk National Gallery, Jeonju, Korea
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023-present Assistant Professor, Painting & Drawing, Augusta University, Augusta, GA
2015-23 Foundation Studies Professor, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2016 Guest Artist, Draw@MOCA, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2015 Visiting Artist Lecture, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
2014-15 Visiting Lecture in Painting, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025 “Back to Basics,” Family Style https://www.family.style/art/new-art-dealers-alliance-fair-new-york-2025
2025 Paddy Johnson,“EP 85: What is killing the New York Fairs, Part two,” Art Problems https://artproblems.podbean.com/e/85-what-is-killing-the-new-york-fairs-part-two/
2025 “Highway To Heaven,” Midbrow https://midbrow.org/highway-to-heaven-2/
2025 “Namwon Choi Joins Pentimenti Gallery’s Roster of Artists,” artsXhibit https://artsxhibit.com/namwon-choi-joins-pentimenti-gallerys-roster/
2024 "Can't-Miss Events During Atlanta Art Week," Hyperallergic hyperallergic.com/955617/cant-miss-events-during-atlanta-art-week-2024/
2024 “Namwon Choi: 248 Miles at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta,” Burnaway https://burnaway.org/daily/namwon-choi-248-miles-at-the-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-georgia-atlanta/
2024 “Namwon Choi maps journeys from Korea to North Georgia at MOCA GA,” ARTS ATL
https://www.artsatl.org/namwon-choi-maps-journeys-from-korea-to-north-georgia-at-moca-ga/
2024 “WALLFLOWERS: Avantika Bawa, Namwon Choi, Zerek Kempf, and Shanna Zentner,” Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/choi-zerek-kempf-shanna-zentner/6344
2023 “Namwon Choi interview with Holly Goldstein, Number:Inc Magazine https://numberinc.org/namwon-choi-in-conversation
2022 New American Painting South Issue 160
2021 “Namwon Choi’s Road Trip Is a meditation on time, painting and perspective,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/namwon-chois-road-trip-is-a-meditation-on-time-painting-and-perspective/W27TEFZOYBEUPGTRYFSWX3FHEE/
2021 “Namwon Choi: Blue Distant,” November Issue ARTPULSE Magazine
http://artpulsemagazine.com/namwon-choi-blue-distant
2021 “Namwon Choi:3 Questions”, Digital Series, Art In Embassies, U.S. Department of State
https://art.state.gov/portfolio/3q-namwon-choi/
2020 Fifth artist in 30th anniversary art series, Sept/October Issue Savannah Magazine
2020 Close Look: “Clearstory” at Laney Contemporary, July Issue BURNAWAY Magazine
2020 Korean Cultural Center in D.C. x Hillyer Gallery in D.C.: Virtual Korean Artist Talk Series, The Korean Cultural Center,
Washington, DC https://youtu.be/I0BwOtFRjoc
2019 New American Painting South Issue 142
SYMPOSIA & PANEL DISCUSSIONS:
2025 ‘Art in the Village’ Panel Discussion curated by Hope Cohn, Buckhead Village, Atlanta, GA
2024 'Asian in the Arts' Panel Discussion at Emory University’s Asian Pacific-Islander Desi American Activists (APIDAA), Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2024 Artist Talk: 248 Miles at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta
2023 Creating Culture: A Panel Discussion About the Atlanta Arts Ecosystem, Eyedrum
Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2023 SeekATL Studio Visit, public Presentation, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2023 Artist Talk: New Worlds, Georgia Women to Watch, curated by Georgia Committee National Museum of Women in the Arts, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2022 Artist Talk: Namwon Choi and Shin-il Kim, The Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb8NuZyEMEo&t=124s
2020 “THE END IS NEAR!” panel discussion with Avantika Bawa, Cayse Cheatham, Namwon Choi, Marissa Graziano, and Joe Hadden;
hosted by Atlanta Contemporary https://atlantacontemporary.org/events/the-end-is-near-talk
COLLECTIONS
2025 TD Bank Art Collection
2024 Museum of Contemporary Art in Georgia
2024 Agnes Scott College Permanent Collection
2022 Microsoft Art Collection
2021 Microsoft Art Collection
2021 Fidelity Art Collection
2019 Coca-Cola Corporate Collection
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
2024-Present Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2019-Present Laney Contemporary Gallery, Savannah, GA
