C.V.

 C.V.
JOOYOUNG CHOI    
B. 1982, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.        
ADPTD. 1983, CONCORD, NH                          
REUNTD. 2007, ANSAN, SOUTH KOREA
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EDUCATION
Lesley University College of Art and Design, MFA in Visual Art, 2010-2012.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Bachelors 2D Fine Arts, 2006-2010.
Korea National University of the Arts, Exchange Program, 2009.
Kyunghee University, Summer Program, 2009.
Ewha Women’s University, Summer Program, 2008.
Berklee College of Music, 2001.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
ABCD, Lawndale Artist Studio Program Exhibition, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX.
The House on Mango Street, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL.
Time Travelers Redux, LAST Projects Space, West Hollywood, CA.

2014
Eco Myths, LAST Project Space, West Hollywood, CA.
Urban Art: Expressions of an Environment, FCA Council Gallery, Fayetteville, NC.
Raw Paw: Keeping Dreamtime, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX.
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX.

2013
Third Coast National, K Space Contemporary. Corpus Christi, TX.
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center. Houston, TX.

2012
AIB MFA in Visual Arts Graduatuate Exhibition. Boston, MA.

2011
Luke Wing Museum.“BORN INTO IDENTITY:The Asian Pacific American Adoptees Experience,”Seattle, WA.
TJX Head Quarters. “Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month,” Framingham, MA.

2010
TJX Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, Framingham, MA.

2008
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, “Calvin Burnett Exhibit,” Boston, MA.

 2006
Edna Stebbins Art Gallery, “Speaking Truth to Power,” Cambridge, MA.
La Rivolta at CCB. “International Women’s Day Celebration” Boston, MA.

2004
Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Front Gallery, A Strange Paradise, Houston, TX.
Brazos Gallery, Richland College, "C.S. Watson and the Cosmic Womb", Dallas, TX.

2011
International Korean Adoptee Art and Film Festival. “(Choi Show),” Seoul, Korea.

2010
East Meets West. “Speaking the Unspoken,” Cambridge, MA.
Parker Hill Library Exhibition. Roxbury, MA.

2009
Ko-Root “For Ae Ran Won”. Seoul, Korea.
Vive L’Amour. Jamaica Plain, MA.

2008
Somerville Library. “Artdoptee,” Somerville, MA.

2007
The Middle East. “AIF #005,” Cambridge, MA.
Diesel. “AIF #003,” Somerville, MA.
The All Asia. “AIF #002,” Cambridge, MA.

ARTIST TALKS
Lawndale Artist Studio Program Artist Talks, Houston, Texas. 2014.
The Big Slide Show. Houston, Texas. June, 2013.
AIB MFA in Visual Arts Graduate Thesis Artist Talk. Boston, MA. June 2012.
East Meets West Artist Talk. Cambridge, MA. November 2011.
Somerville Library. Somerville, MA. November 2009.

AWARDS
UUFP Stanfield Artist Award. 2009, 2008, 2007.
Inter-adoptee Scholarship. 2007.
Somerville Arts Council LCC Cultural Heritage Grant. 2007.

PROJECTS
Ko-Root Artist in Residency. Seoul, South Korea. June 2009.
Ae Ran Won Portrait Project, Seoul, South Korea. December 2009.

TEXT
Mina Kim, "그림은 나를 찾아가는 긴 여행입니다," Korea News Weekly, 2015.
Catherine Anspon, "Welcome To Wonderland," Paper City Magazine Houston, 2014.
Kayla AE and Axel Severs, "Pleasure Vision," Nat. Brut, 2014.
Martha Vickery, "The Extraordinary in the Mundane," Korean Quarterly, 2013.
Meredith Deliso and Altamese Osborne, "Capsule Art Reviews: The Big Show," Houston Press, 2013.
Dean Liscum, "Dean Liscum:Five Pieces from the Big Show," The Great God Pan is Dead, 2013.
A. Osborne, "Lawndale Art Center's “The Big Show" Drips With Figurative Art, Sculpture," Houston Press, 2013.
"The Power of Art - Adoptee Artist," The Adoption Constellation. 2011.
The Arc of the Universe is Long by Leslie Takahashi. 2009.
Boston Globe “Side Kick”. 2007.
Weekly Dig –“Dig This”. 2007.
Somerville Journal. 2007.

PUBLICATIONS
The Adoption Constellation. "Fearing the Adult Adoptee" by Jae Ran Kim. (Art Work Featured) 2014.
Gardening Secrets of the Dead by Lee Herrick. (Cover) 2013.
Kartika Review Fall Issue. (Cover) 2012.
Outsiders Within, Korean Translation. (Cover) 2012.
Waxen Wings. (Cover) 2010.
Asian American Poetry and Writing – “New Truths”. (Cover) 2009.

MEDIA AND ONLINE
나를 찾는 '그림 여행'…입양인 화가 최주영 씨, YTN (Yonhap Television News, Seoul, South Korea), 2015.
Good Morning Emerson. 2007.
Asian Focus, Channel 7 News with Mary Sit. 2007.