Email jinseokchoistudio@gmail.com
Website jinseokchoi.com
Education
2016 — 2018 MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2013 — 2016 MFA Sculpture, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, South Korea
2006 — 2012 BFA Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
Solo Exhibitions / Performances
2026 Collective Witchcraft, Komplex, Seoul, South Korea
2026 I Hear You Better With Noise, Cevera Yoon, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Before the Last Spike, Peter and Merle Mullin Gallery at ArtCenter College of Design, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Repair, Regather, Vares, Valga, Estonia
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
2015 Figurine Out, Vanjiha, Seoul, South Korea
Selected Exhibitions
2026 Tryst 2026, Choice Art Curations/S-gallery, Torrance, CA
2025 ... and a heart pumping blood, Timothy Hawkinson, Los Angeles, CA
2025 Scores, Office Hours, Carson, CA
2025 Ritual to the Sun, a poco art archive, Culver City, CA
2024 Watermarks That Seeped Through The Concrete, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Function–Fiction, GOBI, Los Angeles, CA
2024 My Shed Skin Becomes a Mask (Two-person exhibition), Art in the Park, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Acts of Healing and Repair, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
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: 非-Psychedelic; Blue, Amado Art Space/Lab, Seoul, South Korea
Grants/Awards/Fellowships
2025 Finalist of Core Residency Program, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
2024 Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, NY
2024 Shortlist of Fellowship for Visual Artists, California Community Foundation, CA
2024 CURATORS LAB (both the curator and a participating artist), Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Get Ready Grant, CERF+
2024 Shortlist of the Hopper Prize, Hopper Prize
2024 Shortlist of the NEW WORK LA Grant, Prospect Art, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Banff Centre Scholarship Fund, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, 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
Residencies/Programs
2026 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA (upcoming)
2026 Pedantic, Pittsburgh, PA
2025 — 2026 NEW INC (Year 12), New Museum, New York, NY
2025 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2025 Artist-In-Residence Taipei, Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
2024 Crosstown Arts Residency, Memphis, TN
2024 Vares Architecture Residency, Valga, Estonia
2024 Ucross Residency, Clearmont, WY
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/Talks
2027 Radio From The Other Side Of The Wall (Curation), Subtitled NYC, Brooklyn, NY (upcoming)
2026 Rhapsody Conversation Facilitator, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA (upcoming)
2026 Incense-making workshop: Between Our Palms, ICA LA, Los Angeles, CA
2026 Incense-making workshop: Between Our Palms, New Museum, NYC, NY
2024 Screening curation, Dripping, Staining, Ponding, Wende Museum, Culver City, CA
2024 Artist talk, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2024 Watermarks that Seeped Through Concrete, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Diaspora Roundtable, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 — present Co-founder, MOTOR (Mobile project space: https://motorla.online), Los Angeles
2021 Artist talk, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2021 Artist talk, Artes Plásticas Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia
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
Press
2026 "The Journey of Protecting." BE(ATTITUDE) Magazine, n.d. https://magazine.beattitude.kr/en/visual-portfolio/jinseokchoi/
2025 Sever, Hande. "jinseok choi at Peter and Merle Mullin Gallery." Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, Issue 40 (2025): 60–64.
2025 Lyu, Liuxuan. "Before the Last Spike: Unveiling the Invisible Labor." LA Weekly, May 14, 2025. https://www.laweekly.com/before-the-last-spike-unveiling-the-invisible-labor/
2024 "Jinseok Choi Interview." Hopper Prize, April 16, 2024. https://hopperprize.org/jinseok-choi-interview/
2024 "Shortlist." Hopper Prize, 2024. https://hopperprize.org/jinseok-choi/
2023 Bikman, Margaret. "New Whatcom Museum Exhibit Tackles Themes of Healing and Repair." Cascadia Daily News, November 15, 2023. https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2023/nov/15/new-whatcom-museum-exhibit-tackles-themes-of-healing-and-repair/
2022 "Studio Visit with jinseok choi." GOBI, n.d. https://gobi.la/stories/studio-visit-with-jinseok-choi/
2019 Oh, Sooyeon. "Reconciliation Between Personal Ego and Social Self." Korea Daily, January 10, 2019. http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=6884885
2018 Kamp, Emma. "At the CalArts MFA Show, Video Art Delivers Biting Social Critique." Hyperallergic, June 14, 2018. https://hyperallergic.com/447527/calarts-mfa-grad-show-2018-the-box/
2016 Moon, Sun A. "Zeitgeist: 非-Psychedelic; Blue." Artrabbit, June 10, 2016. https://www.artrabbit.com/events/zeitgeist-非psychedelic-blue
Puplication
2026 Choi, Jinseok. "NEW INC Y12 Creative Science: I Hear You Better With Noise." Biotechnology Design. Cambridge University Press, August 3, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1017/S297790572610016X
2024 Choi, Jinseok, Jisoo Chung, and Woohee Cho. Water Marks Seeping Through Concrete. Fellows of Contemporary Art, 2024.