Sung Ho Choi (

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: 최성호, born 1954 in

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) is a

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artist based in

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degree by

Hongik University Hongik University (, colloquially ''Hongdae'') is a private university in Seoul, South Korea. Founded by an activist in 1946, the university is located in Mapo-gu district of central Seoul, South Korea with a second campus(branch campus) in S ...

in 1980, moving to the United States a year later. In 1984 he was awarded his

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from the

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. In 1990, he founded the SEORO Korean Cultural Network, a Korean American artists collective, and in 1996 was commissioned by

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to create an installation work. Choi has held solo exhibitions at

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and the

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. Choi's artwork reflects his background as an Asian American; having traveled to the United States due to South Korea's political instability, he "realized that the 'American dream' is not so easily achieved for a Korean immigrant," and made a series of works, including ''We the People'' (1990) and ''American Dream'' (1988-92) that reflected his feelings on being exposed to American culture and the intersection between cultures.

References

External links

Sung Ho Choi's websiteSung Ho Choi
on artasiamerica
Sung Ho Choi in the Ahl Foundation's Archive of Korean Artists in America (AKAA)Interview with Sung Ho Choi by Eleanor Heartney

Bibliography

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