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최인석 (崔仁碩)
Inseok Choi
Artistic Educator & Interdisciplinary Visual Artist based in the U.S. and South Korea
Education
2023 – MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2020 – B.S., National Institute for Lifelong Education, South Korea
Academic Appointments
The University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College
Department of Media Communications & Technology
Assistant Professor, 2025 - present
The University of Illinois Chicago
Department of Art
Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2023-2024
Instructor of Record, 2022-2023
Courses Taught
AMEC 2040C - Video Production I, 3 sections (Face-to-face) 2025
AMEC 1071 - Media Aesthetics and Criticism (Face-to-face) 2025
ART 160 - Introduction to Digital Photography, 2 sections (Face-to-face) 2023-2024
ART 160 - Introduction to Digital Photography (Face-to-face) 2022-2023
Selected Solo Exhibition
2025 – The Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, Ohio (forthcoming)
Selected Group Exhibition
2025 – Photography Triennial 2025 - Galesburg Community Art Center, Galesburg, Illinois (forthcoming)
2024 – Nature Exposed - LoosenArt, Rome, Italy
2024 – 12TH Annual Art Competition (Finalist) - Bridgeport Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois
2023 – The Portfolio, Seoul (Review Program) - The Photographic Arts Center, Seoul Museum of Art Pre-opening Program, Seoul, South Korea
2023 – Borders & Boundaries Redefined - The Art Center Highland Park, Highland Park, Illinois
2023 – The Curated Fridge Summer Show - virtual exhibition & Culture Lab LIC, Long Island City, New York
2023 – VICINITY 2023 - Perspective Gallery, Evanston, Illinois
2023 – CTRL + histories - Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2022 – Far Away Places - Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2022 – Small Works, Big Show - South x Southeast Gallery, Molena, Georgia
2021 – Favorite Photograph Exhibition - Lenscratch, Virtual exhibition
2021 – Black & White III - Auburn Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Publications
2023 – Of Covid: Collective Trauma, +KGP and HUMBLE, Queens, NY (Link)
2022 – Random Access Zine Vol.1, Random Access Gallery, Syracuse, NY
2017–2018 – Visual Essay Series: Moving Story, Webzine MUGU
Artist Talks & Presentations
2023 – Visiting Artist, Graduate Seminar (Prof. John Neff), UIC, Chicago, IL
2023 – Artist Talk, Borders & Boundaries Redefined, The Art Center Highland Park
2023 – Artist Talk, VICINITY 2023, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL
2023 – Artist Talk, CTRL + histories, Gallery 400, UIC