WON CHOI
Email wonchoisc@gmail.com
www.choisculpture.com
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
1997 White Flint Center, North Bethesda, MD
1989 Gianetta Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1988 Pindar Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007- The Sculpture Mile at Madison (CT). Location: New Alliance Bank Courtyard.
2006- The Sculpture Mile at Madison (CT). Location: New Alliance Bank Courtyard.
2005- The Sculpture Mile at Madison (CT). Location: Wachovia Bank
2005 - Grounds for Healing at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in partnership with
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ. (Permanent installation)
2004 - 2nd Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, New Hope, PA
2002 - Philadelphia Sculptors & Hungarian Sculptors Exchange Show, Janos Pannonios
University Museum, Pecs, Hungary
Critic’s Choice, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA. Juror: Gerrit Henry
2001 - Wayne Art Center Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery, Wayne, PA
2000 - Five Philadelphia Sculptors, Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA
National Small Sculpture Exhibition 2000, Hattiesburg, MS. Juror: Ed McGowin
1999 - Old World/New World-Common Ground, Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1999/1998 - Five Philadelphia Sculptors DiLeonardo Siano Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998 - Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
Diverse Origins Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
1998 - “Annual Show”, Camden County Cultural & Heritage commission, Haddon, NJ
Judge: Douglas Paschall, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
1997 - Material/Sign/Object, Han Won Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Transferring Energy, Washington Square Show, Juror: Isaac Witkin Metamorphosis,
Constance Lindholm Fine Art, Milwaukee, WI.
1992 - Carspecken-Scott Gallery, Wilmington, DE
1987 - Pindar Gallery, New York, NY
Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ
University of Maryland at College Park, Baltimore, MD
1986/87 - National traveling metals exhibition, shown at:
Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ.
National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
Wichita Art Association, Wichita, KS
Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL. Juried.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2004 - Honorarium James A. Michener Art Museum Solo Outdoor Sculpture Show
2003 & 1999 - Leeway Foundation’s Window of Opportunity award
1998 - Juror’s award, “Annual Show”, Camden County Cultural & Heritage Commission,
Haddon Heights, NJ.
1993 - Scholarship awarded for doctoral studies at NYU on the relationship between religious
and artistic experience, Episcopal Diocese of PA, Philadelphia, PA
1983/84 - Scholarship awarded for MFA studies, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
EDUCATION
1990-95 - New York University, FINE ARTS Department, Doctoral Program, Studio Art,
NYC, NY.
1985 - Metalsmithing & Sculpture, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1972 - M.F.A. Metalsmithing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
1970 - B.F.A. Woodcraft & Applied Art, Hong Ik College, Seoul, Korea
PUBLIC AND SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, DE
Mrs. Joan DuFault, New York, NY
Mr. Charles Lederman, Philadelphia, PA
Prof. Rodger Mack, Syracuse, NY
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rothfeld, New York, NY
Mrs. Mildred R. Levinstone, West Orange, NJ
Mr. Jeff Lerro, Clementon, NJ
Mrs. Seung Won Park, Seoul, Korea
Ms. Suzanne Squires, Kennett Square, PA
Mrs. Betty Feinberg, Syracuse, NY
Mr. Simon Packe-Drury, Leicestershire, UK
Prof. Lawson Smith, Syracuse, NY
Gabrielle J. Sellei, Esq., Philadelphia, PA
Mrs. Ana Rowe, Brooklyn, NY
Prof. Chung Mok Chung, Seoul, Korea
BIBLIOGRAPHY (Catalogues and reviews)
“Through the Eyes of a Sculptor”, in Pennsylvania Humanities Council, Commonwealth Speakers 2004-2005(Publication)
“Critic’s Choice”, in Art Matters, March 2002
Zero One, Philadelphia Sculptors at Wayne Art Center, Philadelphia, PA 2001(catalogue)
“Wayne Art Center exhibits local sculptors”, in Antiques & Galleries, Main Line Life, 1/31/01
“R. B. Strauss, “An act of courage, An act of art”, in Art, arcade, 2/1/01.
Old world/New World, Common Ground, Philadelphia Sculptors and Hungarian Sculpture Association, Budapest 1999(catalogue)
Philadelphia Sculptors Exhibition, Grounds for Sculpture, Johnson Atelier, Hamilton, NJ 1998(catalogue)
Edward Sozanski, “Philadelphia Artists at Sculpture Park”, in Museum/Galleries Review, weekly column Philadelphia Inquirer 8/98.
Gerard Brown, “Uncommon Grounds”, in Art column, A & E, 8/5/98.
Gall T. Boatman, “Park gives sculpture lovers grounds for celebration”, in Outlook, Burlington County Times, 7/19/98.
Burton Wasserman, “Philadelphia Sculptors shine at Grounds for Sculpture”, Art Matters, 7/98.
Edward Sozanski, Museum/Galleries Review, weekly column Philadelphia Inquirer, 7/11/97.
MEMBERSHIPS
Philadelphia Sculptors, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ
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