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EDUCATION
1994-98 MFA, Computer Arts, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1989-92 MA, PaintingEwha University, Seoul, Korea 1985-89 BFA, PaintingEwha University, Seoul, Korea EXPERIENCE 2017-Present Professor Visual Arts Department, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 2007-2017 Associate Professor Visual Arts Department, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 1998 -2007 Assistant Professor Visual Arts Department, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 1998 Instructor Art Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1997 Teaching Assistant (Record of the instructor) Art Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1995 - 96 Research Assistant Research in Art & Technology Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1992 - 94 Instructor Shinyerang Art Institute, Seoul, Korea 1990 - 91 Teaching Assistant Art Department, Ewha University, Seoul, Korea FILMOGRAPHY (Published Animated Films) 2019 In Sturm und Regen 2018 RASA Boxes (Collaborative Project) 2016 Objects of Beauty 2014 Oiseaux Tristes (Sad Birds) 2012 After Swann 2006 Ever After Learning to Play How High the Moon 2005 The Destroyed Room 2004 The Thief 2003 The Fly Sandstorm 2002 Objects of My Obsessions The Labyrinth 2001 Media, Metaphor, Non-locality 1999 Still Life 1997 Confessions SOLO EXHIBITIONS OF PAINTING, DRAWING AND DIGITAL PRINTS (International, National and Regional) 2018 Served in a Women’s Tea Room, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette 2016 Fragments of Images, Jadarm Gallery, Youngju City, Kyungsangbook-Do, Korea 2014 Digital Prints, Coffee House Arabica, Seoul, Korea 2007 Recent Works on Paper, Galerie Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 2006 Fragments of Memory, Gallery On, Seoul, Korea 1997 Cham Whae Rouk (Confessions), Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (MFA Show). 1996 Visual Thinking in Motion, Wheeler Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (Curator). My Life, My Soul, My Sorrow, Student Union Visual and Performing Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (Invitational) GROUP EXHIBITIONS OF PAINTING, DRAWING AND DIGITAL PRINTS International Group Exhibitions 2021 3rd All Women 2021, J. Mane Gallery, Online 2019 6 x 6 x 2019, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY 2018 6 x 6 x 2018, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY 2017 But, Topohaus Art Center, Seoul, Korea 6 x 6 x 2017, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY 2016 Artfesta Ewha, Ewha University, Seoul, Korea 6 x 6 x 2016, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY 2015 6 x 6 x 2015, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY 2014 43rd Ewha Fine Art Exhibition, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea 1991 Contemporary Arts, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea Harmony of Contemporary Arts, Tarae Gallery, Seoul, Korea Experiences, Dole Gallery, Seoul, Korea Shin Ewha, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1990 Painting 1990, Chungnam Gallery, Seoul, Korea Experiences, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea Today and Symbol, Total Gallery, Seoul, Korea Shin Ewha, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1989 Shin Ewha, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea Experiences, Seoul, Korea 1988 Korean Contemporary Printmaking Competition Moonyae-Jinhungwon, Seoul, Korea National Group Exhibitions 2019 STILL, Judy Chang Law Firm, Engelwood Cliffs, NJ 2009 Snap to Grid, LACDA, Los Angeles, CA (National Exhibition) 2008 National Drawing Show, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA 2007 ANA 35, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, USA 2006 19th Annual McNeese National Works On Paper Exhibition, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA 2002 Digital Art 2002, Jackson Hall Gallery, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY Regional and Local Group Exhibitions 2021 Twenty Years of Marais Press: Imprinting a Campus and Collection, University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA 2019 Faculty Miniatures, University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA 2017 One Work One Text, Faculty Exhibition, Fletcher Gallery, UL, LA 2015 Collectors Alley, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA 2015 The UL College of Art Faculty Exhibition, University Art Museum University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 2009 12 X 12 Gallery Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 2008 Louisiana Women Artist Exhibition, River Oak Square Art Center, Alexandria, LA (Invitational Show, Curated by MarkTullos: 12 X 12 Gallery Lafayette, Lafayette, LA Focus on Faculty, Paul & Lulu Hilliard Museum, Lafayette, LA 2007 Being Blown Backwards Toward the Future, Grand Contemporary Art Gallery, Lafayette, LA 2005 Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, University Art Museum University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA Faculty Exhibition 2005, Art Gallery, SLU, Hammond, LA 2004 Festival International Exhibition 2004, Gallery 549, Lafayette, LA 2003 Festival International Exhibition 2003, Gallery 549, Lafayette, LA 1999 Sixteen 99, University Art Museum University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA FILM FESTIVALS/COMPETITIONS International Film Competitions 2008 California International Animation Festival, Modesto, CA Rome International Film Festival, Atlanta, GA AFIA Film Festival, Aarhus, Denmark 2007 ReAnimacja Festival: Animated Film Panorama, LODZ, Poland Red Stick International Animation Festival, LASM Auditorium, Baton Rouge, LA 2006 Tirana International Film Festival, Tirana, Albania Portland Indy Animation Festival, Hollywood Theatre, Portland, Oregon Mediterranean Environmental Award, Kemer, Antalya, Turkey Red Stick International Animation Festival, Manship Theater at Shaw Center, Baton Rouge, LA Streaming Festival {The Hague}, The Hague, Netherlands 2005 Calgary International Film Festival, Globe Theatre-Screen2, Calgary, Canada Red Stick International Animation Festival, Manship Theater at Shaw Center, Baton Rouge, LA Calgary Asian Film Festival, Calgary Science Centre, Calgary, Canada International Festival of Cinema and Technology, Remote Lounge, NYC, NY 2004 Brooklyn International Film Festival, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY Morbegno Film Festival, Cinema3, Morbegno, Italy 2003 RenderFest, Townhall Theater Toronto, Ontario, Canada Arizona International Film Festival, Downtown Screening Room, Tucson, AZ 1998 International New Media Design Festival, Tishman Auditorium, Parsons School of Design, New York City, NY National Film Competitions 2008 Artsfest Film Festival, Harrisburg, PA 2006 Blue Plum Animation Festival, Johnson City, TN Not Still Art Festival, Micro Museum, Brooklyn, NY 2006 San Francisco's Women's Film Festival, SF Women’s Building, San Francisco, CA The 2004 Quittapahilla Film Festival, Leedy Theater, Annville, PA 2003 Beecher Center Digital Animation Competition, Zona Auditorium and Gallery, Beecher Center, Youngstown, OH 1998 Multicultural Film Festival, Herter Auditorium, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Regional and Local Film Competitions and Screenings 2019 Celebration of Marthe Reed, The Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA 2012 After Swann. Animation Screening with Live Poetry Reading, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA 2007- 2008 2007-08 Short Circuit Film Festival-Tour of Short Films (High Point, NC/ Louisville. KY/ Hollywood, FL/ Charleston, SC/ Lake Charles, LA/ Jackson, MS/ Huntingdon, TN/ Asheville, NC/ Clemson, SC ) 2006 The Women, Part 1, Deep South Writer’s Festival University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Fletcher Hall, Lafayette, LA 2003 15th Louisiana Video Shorts Festival, Orphuem Theatre, New Orleans, LA 2001 Louisiana Video Shorts Festival, NOCCA/Riverfront, New Orleans, LA EXPANDED AND TELEMATIC CINEMA (Selected Cable, Web and Multimedia Screenings): International, National, Regional 2017 ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community Online Gallery, featured online 2016 ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community, featured online 2014 Truck, Online Literary Blog 2011 Ekleksographia, Wave 4: At the Atchafalaya’s Edge, Online Poetry Magazine 2008 Time Warner South Carolina On Demand, Time Warner Cable-South Carolina 2007 Cortitalia Produzioni web eventi, CortoonsTV, Italy 2006 Submarine Channel, Online Animation Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands FILM AWARDS, ART EXHIBITION AWARDS AND GRANTS International, National, Regional Film Festival Awards 2008 Rome International Film Featival, Atlanta, GA (Best Animation Prize) 2006 Blue Plum Animation Festival, Johnson City, TN (Best Animation Award) 2006 San Francisco's Women's Film Festival, SF Women’s Building, San Francisco, CA (Best Advocacy Award) 2003 15th Louisiana Video Shorts Festival, Orphuem Theatre New Orleans, LA (Second Prize) 2003 Beecher Center Digital Animation Competition, Zona Auditorium and Gallery, Beecher Center, Youngstown, OH (Second Prize) 2001 Louisiana Video Shorts Festival, NOCCA/Riverfront New Orleans, LA (Silver Award) 1998 International New Media Design Festival, Tishman Auditorium, Parsons School of Design, New York City, NY (Honorable Mention) Art Exhibition Awards 2021 3rd All Women 2021, J. Mane Gallery, Online (Honorable Mention Award: Juried Exhibition: International) 2006 19th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA (Purchase Award, Juried Exhibition: National) Grants 2019 Artist Mini-Grant, Division of the Arts, LA State 2017 ArtSpark, Individual Artist Stipend Funding Program, Louisiana 2003 LA Artist Fellowship, Division of the Arts, LA State PUBLICATIONS After Swann (2012), 2012, NTSC, Color, 18 mins. (DVD) Animation by Yeon Choi, 2009, NTSC, Color, 30 mins. (DVD) COLLECTIONS Kentucky State University, Digital Image Archive, Computer Lab Library, Frankfort, KY KMI: Knight Media Inc, Lake Charles, LA Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA BIBLIOGRAPHY/ INTERVIEWS/ FILM REVIEWS 2004-Presnt IMDB (The Internet Movie Data Base) Yeon Choi, Director, Animation Department 2014 Truck (The Internet Literary Blog) “Yeon Choi, Four Visuals” by Jerry McGuire 2012 Animation Career Online Magazine “The University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Yeon Choi on Creating Well-Rounded Animators”, Interview 2006 Streaming Festival {The Hague}, The Hague, Netherlands “An Interview with Yeon Choi” 2006 Not Still Art Festival, Micro Museum, Brooklyn, NY “Not Still Art Festival Review on Learning to Play How High the Moon” by Carol Gross 2006 The Korea Times, South Korea Fragments of Memory by Yeon Choi 2005 The Advocate, Baton Rouge News Paper Cited “ Animation Festival Draws Attention to Another Economic Growth Opportunity” by Ned Randolph 2002 La Louisiane, The University of Louisiana at Lafayette Magazine “Advanced Abracadabra” by Kathleen Thames AFFLIATIONS ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community, Member Society for Animation Studies, Member |
