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
2017 In-Betweenness, Artist-HomesGallery ,Berlin,Germany
2017 Found in transition,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 EXHIBITION
2018 In-betweenness, Gallery72, Atlanta,GA (two person show)
2018 Group Exhibition 2018,Gallery Korea, Korean Culture Center of NewYork,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,G spot Contemporary Art Space,Houston,TX
2016 Fall Annual SCAD Foundation Faculty Open Exhibition,Anderson Hall,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 SmallWorks,Gutstein Gallery,Savannah,GA
2015 The Creative Project Fall/Winter Exhibition,Gallery72,Atlanta,GA
2015 EngageMINT, Mint Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2015 Annual SCAD Foundation Faculty Open Exhibition, Anderson Hall, Savannah, GA
2015 Self-Structure, Fulcrum Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
2015 South,Keebee 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,IL
2013 Aqua Art Miami Show, Aqua Hotel, Miami,FL
2013 When painters go crazy,Portal Gallery,Atlanta,GA (two persons show)
2013 Scratching the under belly,UndergroundAtlanta,Atlanta,GA
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/GRANTS
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 Fellowship,The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences, Rabun,GA
2015 River Fellow Summer Resident Artist for the Visiting Artists and Scholars Program,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
2014 Grand Prize,2014 Cumming FUMC Festival of Arts,Cumming FUMC,Cumming,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 University Gallery,Jeonju,Korea
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016- 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 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
2017 In-Betweenness, Artist-HomesGallery ,Berlin,Germany
2017 Found in transition,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 EXHIBITION
2018 In-betweenness, Gallery72, Atlanta,GA (two person show)
2018 Group Exhibition 2018,Gallery Korea, Korean Culture Center of NewYork,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,G spot Contemporary Art Space,Houston,TX
2016 Fall Annual SCAD Foundation Faculty Open Exhibition,Anderson Hall,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 SmallWorks,Gutstein Gallery,Savannah,GA
2015 The Creative Project Fall/Winter Exhibition,Gallery72,Atlanta,GA
2015 EngageMINT, Mint Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2015 Annual SCAD Foundation Faculty Open Exhibition, Anderson Hall, Savannah, GA
2015 Self-Structure, Fulcrum Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
2015 South,Keebee 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,IL
2013 Aqua Art Miami Show, Aqua Hotel, Miami,FL
2013 When painters go crazy,Portal Gallery,Atlanta,GA (two persons show)
2013 Scratching the under belly,UndergroundAtlanta,Atlanta,GA
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/GRANTS
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 Fellowship,The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences, Rabun,GA
2015 River Fellow Summer Resident Artist for the Visiting Artists and Scholars Program,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
2014 Grand Prize,2014 Cumming FUMC Festival of Arts,Cumming FUMC,Cumming,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 University Gallery,Jeonju,Korea
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016- 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 Visiting Lecture in Painting, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
