JooYoung Choi
www.jooyoungchoi.org
Education
Art Institute of Boston, Currently Enrolled in MFA Program
Mass College of Art, Bachelors 2D Fine Arts
Korea National Univ. of the Arts, Exchange Program
Kyunghee University, Summer Program
Ewha Women’s University, Summer Program
Artist Experience
Solo Exhibitions
TJX Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, Framingham, MA. May 2010
Parker Hill Library Solo Exhibition. Roxbury, MA. May 2010
Ko-Root – Ae Ran Won Benefit. Seoul, Korea. November 2009
Vive L’Amour. 100 Bunnies. Jamaica Plain, MA. May 2009
Somerville Library. Art and Adoption. Somerville, MA. February 2008
The Middle East – AIF #005. Cambridge, MA. August 2007
Diesel – AIF #003. Somerville, MA. February 2007
The All Asia – AIF #002. Cambridge, MA. January 2007
Community Church of Boston - AIF #001. Boston, MA. December 2007
Group Exhibitions
MassArt - A.S.S. Des Refuses. Boston, MA. 2010.
All School Show. Boston, MA. 2009
Collaboration, MassArt. Boston, MA. 2009
Calvin Burnett Exhibit, MassArt. Boston, MA. 2008
The Big Gay Show, MassArt. Boston, MA. 2008
Roxbury Open Studios, MassArt. Boston, MA. 2008
Foundation Factory, MassArt. Boston, MA. 2008
DisATTACHMENT, MassArt. Boston, MA. 2006
Speaking Truth to Power, Edna Stebbins Art Gallery, Cambridge, MA 2006
International Women’s Day Celebration – La Rivolta, Boston, MA. 2006
Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA 2004
Awards
UUFP Stanfield Artist Award. 2009
GOA'L Scholarship. 2009
UUFP Stanfield Artist Award.2008
KAFE Ewha Scholarship.2008
UUFP Stanfield Artist Award.2007
Inter-adoptee Scholarship.2007
Somerville Arts Council LCC Cultural Heritage Grant. 2007
Projects
TA-Arts Project. Boston, MA January 2010
Ko-Root Artist in Residency.Seoul, South Korea. June 2009
Ae Ran Won Portrait Project, Seoul, South Korea. December 2009
Artist/Adoptee Lectures
CCB Trans-Racial Adoption and Artist Talk Boston, MA. May 2008
Art and Adoption-Artist Talk. Somerville, MA. Feb 2008
Collections
Ko-Root. Seoul, South Korea
Ae Ran Won “Single Mother Home” Seoul, South Korea
Bibliography
The Arc of the Universe is Long by Leslie Takahashi. 2009
APIC Hot Rice. 2009
Boston Globe “Side Kick”. 2007
Weekly Dig – “Dig This”. 2007
Somerville Journal.2007
Publications
Waxen Wings “Han” (Cover) 2010
Asian American Poetry and Writing – “New Truths” (Cover) 2009
Published in Synapse Magazine. 2005
Media and Online
Good Morning Emerson. 2007
Asian Focus, Channel 7 News with Mary Sit. 2007
www.jooyoungchoi.org. 2005
Commissions
Fallen Arrows. T-Shirt Design.2009
Bruce Belanger. Commissioned portrait. 2008
Justice School. Logo and Website Design. 2005
Lifespan Faith Development. Cover Logo Design. 2005
YRUU Promotional Materials. 2005
Jobs in the Art Field
Private Painting Instructor. Boston, MA. 2009, 2010
Art Teacher at Charter School. Chelsea, MA. 2006
Memberships
Global Overseas Adoptee Link
Asian American Resource Workshop
Fallen Arrows
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
Related Activities:
Volunteer English Teacher for Speakers of Other Languages at Asian Taskforce against domestic violence. Director of Children’s Social Justice Program at the Justice
School. Art Teacher at Phoenix Charter Academy, Youth Programs Specialist for the Unitarian Universalist Association.