About Namwon Choi

Namwon Choi (b. 1976, Seoul, South Korea) is an Atlanta-based painter known for blending photorealism and abstraction to explore emotion and precision. For the past decade, she has painted highways and skies on shaped panels using acrylic and gouache, inspired by iPhone dashboard photos and highway signage.

A 2024 Working Artist Project recipient, her solo show 248 Miles at MOCA GA was featured in Hyperallergic, ArtsAtl, and Burnaway. Its bilingual catalog will be published in 2025.

Choi earned BFA and MFA degrees in Oriental Painting from Hongik University and an MFA in Drawing & Painting from Georgia State University. Her work has been exhibited at Laney Contemporary, Moss Art Center, Atlanta Contemporary, and the Korean Cultural Centers in New York, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C., and reviewed by The Washington Post.

She is an Assistant Professor of Painting & Drawing at Augusta University and lives in Marietta, GA.