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.

External Links

• Sung Ho Choi on Asian American Arts Centre

Bibliography

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