Sung-ho Choi

Sung Ho Choi (Korean: 최성호, born 1954 in Seoul, Korea) is a Korean American mixed media artist based in Bergen County, New Jersey.[1] 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.[2] In 1990, he founded the SEORO Korean Cultural Network, a Korean American artists collective,[3] and in 1996 was commissioned by Percent for Art to create an installation work.[4] Choi has held solo exhibitions at University of Massachusetts Amherst,[5] Queens Museum of Art and the Kumho Museum of Art.[6] Choi's artwork reflects his background as an Asian American; having traveled 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,"[2] 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.[7]

In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.

References
  1. "Archive of Korean Artists in America : Individual : Sung Ho Choi 최 성호 [AKAA_SHC]". www.ahlfoundation-akaa.org. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  2. Hallmark 2007, p. 32.
  3. Hallmark 2007, p. 34.
  4. Hallmark 2007, p. 33.
  5. "Sung-ho Choi: Artist Resume". Asian American Arts Centre. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  6. "Sung-Ho Choi". Government of the City of New York. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  7. Kim 1994, p. 48.

Bibliography
  • Hallmark, Kara Kelley (2007). Encyclopedia of Asian American Artists. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0313334511.
  • Kim, Elaine H. (1994). Across the Pacific: Contemporary Korean and Korean American Art. ISBN 0960451447.
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