NAMWON CHOI

NAMWON CHOI for the past 10 years has made depictions of highways and skies in acrylic and gouache on shaped panels. These paintings begin with iPhone dashboard images painted in blue monochrome but often end with the addition of abstract shapes informed by highway road signs. For the past 10 years Choi has made depictions of highways and skies in acrylic and gouache paintings on shaped panels. These paintings begin with iPhone dashboard images painted in blue monochrome but often end with layers of abstract shapes informed by highway road signs. Choi is a painter who uses photorealist techniques with vernacular abstraction to demonstrate that emotional content and careful technique can exist in the same paintings.

NAMWON CHOI received her BFA and MFA in Oriental Painting from Hongik University and an MFA in Drawing and Painting from Georgia State University. She has exhibited at institutions including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA; Moss Arts Center, Blacksburg, VA; the Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA; Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA; the Korean Cultural Center in Washington, D.C.; Gallery Korea at the Korean Cultural Center of New York, NY; the Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL; the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA; and The Low Museum, Atlanta, GA.

Choi has participated in numerous residencies and received several prestigious awards, including the MOCA GA Working Artist Project, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA; MASS MoCA Residency, North Adams, MA; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) Fellowship, Amherst, VA; River Fellow Summer Resident Artist Program at Columbus State University, Columbus, GA; and the Creative Community Housing Project Artist-in- Residence at The Creative Project, Atlanta, GA. In 2023, Choi was named one of the five “Women to Watch” by the Georgia Triennial Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts.