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Mark




Cell (661) 373-9933

Email jinseokchoistudio@gmail.com

Website jinseokchoi.com



Education

2016 — 2018 MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

2013 — 2016 MFA, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, South Korea

2006 — 2012 BFA Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea



Solo Exhibitions / Performances

2024    Before the Last Spike, Art Center Downtown LA, Los Angeles, CA (upcoming)

2019    Tell no lies. Claim no easy victories, Human Resources LA, Los Angeles, CA

2019    I will convince you that I don’t need to convince you, Werkartz, Los Angeles, CA

2018    I Would Rather Be Nowhere, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

2017    Words as screaming, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

2016    The (Patched) Question, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

2015Figurine Out, Vanjiha, Seoul, South Korea



Selected Exhibitions

2024    My shed skin becomes a mask (Two-person exhibition), Art in the Park, Los Angeles, CA (upcoming)

2023    It’s Raining Somewhere, Project Space (Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity), Banff, Alberta, Canada

2023    2023 Open Show, Monte Vista Project, Los Angeles, CA

2021    In Flux, GOBI, Los Angeles, CA

2021    Reunion, 888 N hill St, Los Angeles, CA

2020    Time is Out of Joint, MAK Center The Mackey Apartments, Los Angeles, CA

2019    Workspace Only / No Overnights, Art in the Park, Los Angeles, CA

2019    Augmented Realities: Performance in Real Life, The Reef, Los Angeles, CA

2018    Rattlesnake Bells in the Desert, The Box, Los Angeles, CA

2016    Zeitgeist: -Psychedelic; Blue, Amado Art Space/Lab, Seoul, South Korea



Grants/Awards/Fellowships

2024    CURATORS AWARD (both the curator and a participating artist), Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (upcoming)

2023    Banff Centre Scholarship Fund, Banff, Alberta, Canada

2020    Nominee of Rema Hort Mann Foundation (RHMF)’s 2020 Emerging Artist Grant, Los Angeles, CA

2012    Artist Fellowship, Korean Artists Welfare Foundation, Seoul, South Korea



Residency programs

2023 Banff Artist in Residence Spring 2023, Banff, Alberta, Canada

2022 The Residency Project, Pasadena, CA

2019 Otis College of Art and Design Summer Residency,  Los Angeles, CA

2019 Vermont Studio Center residency, Johnson, VT

2018 Werkartz residency, Los Angeles, CA

2018 MASS MoCA’s Summer residency program, North Adams, MA

2018 SAAS-FEE Summer Institute of Art, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA



Organizing/Programming

2024    Watermarks that Seeped Through Concrete, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (upcoming)

2021 — present     Co-founder, MOTOR (Mobile project space: https://motorla.online), Los Angeles

2016    Arko Emerging Artists and Curators Workshop, Arko Art Center, Seoul, South Korea

2012 — 2013    Co-founder, Space 1(Artist-run space), Seoul, South Korea

Mark