Sung-ho Choi

Sung-ho Choi is a Korean-American mixed media artist. Born in Seol, he was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree by Hongik University in 1980, moving to the United States a year later. In 1984 he was awarded his Master of Fine Arts from the Pratt Institute.[1] In 1990, he founded the SEORO Korean Cultural Network, a Korean-American artists collective,[2] and in 1996 was commissioned by Percent for Art to create an installation work.[3] Choi has held solo exhibitions at University of Massachusetts Amherst,[4] Queens Museum of Art and the Kumho Museum of Art.[5] Choi's artwork reflects his background as an Asian-American; having travelled to the United States due to South Korea's political instability, he "realized that the 'American dream' is not so easily achieved for a Korean immigrant',[1] and made a series of works, including We the People (1990) and American Dream (1988-92) that reflected his feelings on being exposed to American culture and the intersection between cultures.[6]

References
  1. Hallmark 2007, p. 32.
  2. Hallmark 2007, p. 34.
  3. Hallmark 2007, p. 33.
  4. "Sung-ho Choi: Artist Resume". Asian American Arts Centre. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  5. "Sung-Ho Choi". Government of the City of New York. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  6. Kim 1994, p. 48.

Bibliography
  • Hallmark, Kara Kelley (2007). Encyclopedia of Asian American Artists. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 031333451X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Kim, Elaine H. (1994). Across the Pacific: Contemporary Korean and Korean American Art. ISBN 0960451447.
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