CV
Jinseok Choi
Email jinseokchoi@alum.calarts.edu
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
2019 Tell no lies. Claim no easy victories (performance), Human Resources LA, Los Angeles, CA, the U.S.
2019 I will convince you that I don’t need to convince you, Werkartz, Los Angeles, CA, the U.S.
2018 I’ll be there although you don’t want me there (performance), The Box, Los Angeles, CA, the U.S.
2018 I Would Rather Be Nowhere, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, the U.S.
2017 Words as screaming, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, the U.S.
2016 The (Patched) Question, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, the U.S.
2015 Figurine Out, Vanjiha, Seoul, South Korea
Selected Exhibitions
2020 Object Subject, Other Places art fair, online exhibition
2020 Time is Out of Joint, MAK Center The Mackey Apartments, Los Angeles, CA, the U.S.
2019 Combined Talents, Florida State University Museum of the Arts, Tallahassee, FL, the U.S.
2019 Workspace Only / No Overnights, Art in the Park, Los Angeles, CA, the U.S.
2019 Augmented Realities: Performance in Real Life, The Reef, Los Angeles, CA, the U.S.
2018 We, Activeast, UCLA New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, the U.S.
2018 INCOGNITO ICA Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, the US.
2018 Rattlesnake Bells in the Desert, The Box, Los Angeles, CA, the U.S.
2018 Between a rock and a hard place, Werkartz, Los Angeles, CA, the U.S.
2018 Unframed, Unstretched, gallery of Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2018 Sustainability and Public Good, Cal State LA fine arts gallery, Los Angeles, CA, the U.S.
2017 I AM ERICA, UCLA New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, the U.S.
2016 Zeitgeist: 非-Psychedelic; Blue, Amado Art Space/Lab, Seoul, South Korea
2014 Project New Town, Seongnam Joongang Park, Seongnam, South Korea
2013 Project Seed, Theory gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2012 Project 72-1, Space Can, Seoul, South Korea
2012 Walk Sideways, Space Can, Seoul, South Korea
2011 Bye And Hello Sangsoo-Dong, A House(154-12, Sangsoo-Dong Mapo-Gu, Seoul), Seoul, South Korea
2010 Fragile, 13.1 Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Residencies
2019 Otis College of Art and Design Summer Residency, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Vermont Studio Center residency, Johnson, VT
2019 Official California Institute of The Arts Residency Program, Valencia, CA
2018 Werkartz residency, Los Angeles, CA
2018 MASS MoCA Summer residency, North Adams, MA
2018 SAAS-FEE Summer Institute of Art(summer residency), Otis college of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Grants/Awards/Fellowships
2020 Nominee of Rema Hort Mann Foundation (RHMF)’s 2020 Emerging Artist Grant, Los Angeles 2018 Provost's Merit Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts
2018 Dean’s Reserve Funds, School of Art, California Institute of the Arts
2017 Dean’s Reserve Funds, School of Art, California Institute of the Arts
2017 Provost's Merit Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts
2016 Dean’s Reserve Funds, School of Art, California Institute of the Arts
2016 Provost's Merit Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts
2012 Fellowship, Korean Artists Welfare Foundation
Workshops
2016 Arko Emerging Artists and Curators Workshop, Arko Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
Press
2019 Sooyeon Oh, “Reconciliation between personal ego and social self”, Korea Daily, Jan 10, 2019. (Url: http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=6884885)
2018 Emma Kamp, “At the CalArts MFA Show, Video Art Delivers Biting Social Critique”, Hyperallergic, June 14, 2018. (Url: https://hyperallergic.com/447527/calarts-mfa-grad-show-2018-the-box/)
2018 Anushka Jain, “Exhibit allows international artists to bring awareness to East Asian struggles”, Daily Bruin, Sep 27, 2018. (Url: https://dailybruin.com/2018/09/27/exhibit-allows-international-artists-to-bring- awareness-to-east-asian-struggles/)
2016 Sun A Moon, “Zeitgeist: 非-Psychedelic; Blue is the first exhibition of Zeitgeist series based on media theory and generation theory and deals with 'art after the internet' and the generation born in 1980s & 1990s.”, Artrabbit, Jun 10, 2016. (Url: https://www.artrabbit.com/events/zeitgeist-非psychedelic-blue)
2016 Shiu Kwon, “<Zeitgeist: 非-Psychedelic>, Art after ruins”, Jipdanochan, June 2, 2016.(Url: http:// jipdanochan.com/72, in Korean)