Namwon Choi
Lives and works in Savannah, Georgia
choinamwon@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
2014 M.F.A., Drawing, Painting & Printmaking, 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 EXHIBITION
2018 In-betweenness, Open Gallery, Nashville,TN(Forthcoming)
2017 In-Betweenness,Artist-HomesGallery,Berlin,Germany
2017 Foundintransition,StanelyBeaman&Sears180Gallery,Atlanta,GA
2015 Self-Structure,FulcrumGallery,ColumbusStateUniversity,Columbus,GA
2014 Ventricle, Arts Exchange Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2014 A Part of a whole, Welch Gallery, Atlanta, GA
SELECTED EXHIBITION
2018 GroupExhibition2018,GalleryKorea,KoreanCultureCenterofNewYork,NY
2018 Drawn to Macon,MaconArtsAlliance,Macon,GA
2017 Hybrid, Alexander Hall Gallery,Savannah,GA
2017 MONOCHROME,ManifestGallery,Cincinnati,OH
2017 23rdJuriedArtExhibition:OneAnother,KoreanCulturalCenter,LosAngeles,CA
2017 Chautauqua 60th 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,GspotContemporaryArtSpace,Houston,TX
2016 FallAnnualSCADFoundationFacultyOpenExhibition,AndersonHall,Savannah,GA
2016 Group Exhibition, Heads Up, Artist Homes Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2016 Tallahassee International Juried Competition, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, FL
2016 Academy/Academia, A State Juried Professor and Emeriti Exhibition, Cobb Museum of Art, GA
2015 SmallWorks2015,GutsteinGallery,Savannah,GA
2015 TheCreativeProjectFall/WinterExhibition,Gallery72,Atlanta,GA
2015 EngageMINT, Mint Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2015 Fall Annual SCAD Foundation Faculty Open Exhibition, Anderson Hall, Savannah, GA
2015 Self-Structure, Fulcrum Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
2015 South,KeebeeGallery,Atlanta,GA
2015 Women in Art, B’nJ Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2015 Georgia Artist Selecting Georgia Artist, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA
2015 Painting is Back, The Low Museum, Atlanta,GA
2015 Asian Artists Exhibition, WonderRoot Art Center,Atlanta,GA
2014 Nick O Time, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2014 Little Things Mean A Lot, Swan Coach House Gallery,Atlanta,GA
2014 A Southern Thang, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2014 Live Amateurs, 1st Annual Juried Exhibition, MINT Gallery inAtlanta,GA
2014 National MFA Wet Paint Biennial Exhibition, Zhou B. Art Center,Chicago,IL2013Aqua Art Miami Show, Aqua Hotel, Miami,FL
2013 When painters go crazy,PortalGallery,Atlanta,GA(twopersonsshow)
2013 Scratching the underbelly,Underground Atlanta,Atlanta,GA
2012 Merica, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2012 The 14th Juried Student show (Juror: Nicole Eisenman), Welch School Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2012 GSU 5th Biennial Cultural Competency Exhibition, GSU student Center Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2010 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/GRANTS
2018 Honorablemention,Georgia Artists: A Juried Exhibition, Abernathy Art Center, GA
2017 The Studios at MASS MoCA Residency, North Adams,MA
2017 ArtisticSelectionAward,23rdJuriedExhibition,The Korean Culture Center LosAngeles,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 for the Visiting Artists and ScholarsProgram, 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,3rd 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
1999 Honorable mention,Korean Painting contest,Gwangju Biennale Gallery,Gwangju,Korea
1998 Honorable mention,National College Art contest,Jeonbuk National University Gallery,Jeonju,Korea
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016- FoundationStudiesProfessor,SavannahCollegeofArtandDesign,Savannah,GA
2016 GuestArtist,Draw@MOCA,The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia,Atlanta,GA
2015 Visiting Artist Lecture,Columbus State University,Columbus,GA
2014 Visiting Lecture in Painting, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Lives and works in Savannah, Georgia
choinamwon@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
2014 M.F.A., Drawing, Painting & Printmaking, 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 EXHIBITION
2018 In-betweenness, Open Gallery, Nashville,TN(Forthcoming)
2017 In-Betweenness,Artist-HomesGallery,Berlin,Germany
2017 Foundintransition,StanelyBeaman&Sears180Gallery,Atlanta,GA
2015 Self-Structure,FulcrumGallery,ColumbusStateUniversity,Columbus,GA
2014 Ventricle, Arts Exchange Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2014 A Part of a whole, Welch Gallery, Atlanta, GA
SELECTED EXHIBITION
2018 GroupExhibition2018,GalleryKorea,KoreanCultureCenterofNewYork,NY
2018 Drawn to Macon,MaconArtsAlliance,Macon,GA
2017 Hybrid, Alexander Hall Gallery,Savannah,GA
2017 MONOCHROME,ManifestGallery,Cincinnati,OH
2017 23rdJuriedArtExhibition:OneAnother,KoreanCulturalCenter,LosAngeles,CA
2017 Chautauqua 60th 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,GspotContemporaryArtSpace,Houston,TX
2016 FallAnnualSCADFoundationFacultyOpenExhibition,AndersonHall,Savannah,GA
2016 Group Exhibition, Heads Up, Artist Homes Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2016 Tallahassee International Juried Competition, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, FL
2016 Academy/Academia, A State Juried Professor and Emeriti Exhibition, Cobb Museum of Art, GA
2015 SmallWorks2015,GutsteinGallery,Savannah,GA
2015 TheCreativeProjectFall/WinterExhibition,Gallery72,Atlanta,GA
2015 EngageMINT, Mint Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2015 Fall Annual SCAD Foundation Faculty Open Exhibition, Anderson Hall, Savannah, GA
2015 Self-Structure, Fulcrum Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
2015 South,KeebeeGallery,Atlanta,GA
2015 Women in Art, B’nJ Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2015 Georgia Artist Selecting Georgia Artist, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA
2015 Painting is Back, The Low Museum, Atlanta,GA
2015 Asian Artists Exhibition, WonderRoot Art Center,Atlanta,GA
2014 Nick O Time, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2014 Little Things Mean A Lot, Swan Coach House Gallery,Atlanta,GA
2014 A Southern Thang, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2014 Live Amateurs, 1st Annual Juried Exhibition, MINT Gallery inAtlanta,GA
2014 National MFA Wet Paint Biennial Exhibition, Zhou B. Art Center,Chicago,IL2013Aqua Art Miami Show, Aqua Hotel, Miami,FL
2013 When painters go crazy,PortalGallery,Atlanta,GA(twopersonsshow)
2013 Scratching the underbelly,Underground Atlanta,Atlanta,GA
2012 Merica, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2012 The 14th Juried Student show (Juror: Nicole Eisenman), Welch School Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2012 GSU 5th Biennial Cultural Competency Exhibition, GSU student Center Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2010 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/GRANTS
2018 Honorablemention,Georgia Artists: A Juried Exhibition, Abernathy Art Center, GA
2017 The Studios at MASS MoCA Residency, North Adams,MA
2017 ArtisticSelectionAward,23rdJuriedExhibition,The Korean Culture Center LosAngeles,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 for the Visiting Artists and ScholarsProgram, 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,3rd 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
1999 Honorable mention,Korean Painting contest,Gwangju Biennale Gallery,Gwangju,Korea
1998 Honorable mention,National College Art contest,Jeonbuk National University Gallery,Jeonju,Korea
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016- FoundationStudiesProfessor,SavannahCollegeofArtandDesign,Savannah,GA
2016 GuestArtist,Draw@MOCA,The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia,Atlanta,GA
2015 Visiting Artist Lecture,Columbus State University,Columbus,GA
2014 Visiting Lecture in Painting, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
