Biography
Jihun Choi is a multi-media artist who mainly uses video documentation of self-expression to illuminate social injustices that directly affect him, while also investigating and identifying the complexities of humanities and the side effects of a society compartmentalized by identity. He identifies this as social gaze; a product of social construction, that is a tainted lens that everyone subliminally looks through. Jihun's position as an Asian minority artist is to express the lost sense of belonging that was generated from his own experiences and exposure to diverse cultures.
His experience in Western culture unlocked the strong attachment to his nationality. Jihun’s work, often, expresses the lost sense of belonging as a minority. He intends to share his own experience to connect with minorities and to encourage them they are not alone.
Education
BFA – Temple University. 2014 – 2017
- Media Studies and Production
MFA – Syracuse University. 2018 – 2021
(Spring 2021 Expected Graduate Date)
- Video Art (Transmedia)
Service
09.2022. - 06. 2024.
First Fighter Wings, Republic of Korea Airforce (Public Affairs)
Exhibitions
2018
- Producing and Directing Final Screening – Temple University
- Stick and Carrot Unusable Bodies — Syracuse University
2019
- Strangers Are Welcome — Syracuse University
- VIDEO — Syracuse University
- Everson Museum of Art — Syracuse, NY
2020
- Art Video MFA Show — Syracuse University
- Not Normal, Art Rage — Syracuse, NY
- Flux Capacity — Syracuse, NY
- UVP/Everson Museum of Art — Syracuse, NY
- Department of Creative Arts Therapy — Syracuse, NY
2021
- Carrying the Thick Present, MFA Show — Syracuse, NY
- TIMEWARP — Syracuse, NY
- SPHERE World Cinema Carnival