Namwon Choi

Namwon Choi is an artist based in Savannah, GA. Choi acquired her BFA and MFA in Traditional Korean Painting from Hongik University in Seoul, Korea in 2002, and her MFA in Drawing and Painting at Georgia State University in Atlanta in 2014. 

Choi’s work has been exhibited at the New York City Korean Culture Center, the Los Angeles Korean Culture Center, Aqua Art Miami, at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Georgia in Atlanta and, B20 Wiregrass Biennial at the Wiregrass Museum in Dothan, Alabama. 

She is currently a professor of Foundation Studies at Savannah College of Art and Design.

Education

Choi’s art training began at age 5 under the tutelage of her artist father, which led to her attending Kyawon High School of Arts in Seoul. There she learned classical drawing from the performance artist Neung Kyung Sung. Following that, Choi studied at Hongik University in Seoul from 1995 to 2001 where she earned both a BFA and an MFA in Oriental Painting. 

While Choi benefited from her early years in Seoul, she moved to the United States in 2002 to expand her art education and connect with the American art world. In 2014 she completed an MFA in Drawing & Painting from Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA.

Notable Exhibits

Most recently, Choi was a 2024 Working Artist Project recipient which culminated with her solo exhibition, titled 248 Miles, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, GA in Atlanta, GA.

In 2022 she had a solo exhibition at the Moss Art Center at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, VA and at Laney Contemporary Gallery in Savannah, GA. 

In fall 2021 her solo exhibition Dot Dot Dot at THE END Project Space in Atlanta, GA was reviewed in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Recognition

Her work in the “New Connections” exhibition at the Korean Cultural Center in Washington D.C. was reviewed in the Washington Post.

In 2020, she was one of three finalists selected for the most recent 1858 Prize Contemporary Southern Art Award at the Gibbes Museum in Charleston, South Carolina.

248 Miles was featured in Hyperallergic magazine’s list of “can’t miss” events during the 2024 Atlanta Art Week. The exhibition was reviewed by both ArtsAtl and Burnaway magazines.

The exhibition catalog for Choi’s 248 Miles will be published in early 2025 and will be the first bilingual exhibition catalog in MOCA GA’s history.

Contact

Website: https://www.choinamwon.com