Piety Choi
http://theinteriorcastle.blogspot.com/
piety.choi@gmail.com

Curriculum Vitae

Education & Career:
8/2007-Present: Consultant, Art Class at Senior Center, Lutheran Settlement House, PA
8/2007-9/2007: Instructor, Drawing Class for Children, H Open Cultural Center, PA
5/2007-Present: Member, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, PA
3/2007-Present: Member, The Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2/2007-Present: Instructor, Watercolor for Adults, H Open Cultural Center, PA
9/2005-5/2007: MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Thesis Advisor: Dr. Kevin Richards
1/2007-5/2007: Teaching Assistant under Professor Renee Foulks, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
9/2006-12/2006: Teaching Assistant under Professor Scott Noel, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
9/2005-5/2007: Digital Lab Monitor, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
9/2004-5/2005: Post-Baccalaureate, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
9/2003-5/2004: Oil Painting & Art History, Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA
Easter Term, 2003: Photograph & Illustration, Hills Road Six-Form College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Fall 2002: Oriental Painting & Watercolor, Coleridge Community College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
1/2001 - 5/2002: Fine Arts, Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ
Spring 1994: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ
3/1975-2/1979: B.A. in Education & Psychology, Seoul Women’s College, Seoul, Korea
3/1975-6/1978: Photographer, Illustrator, and Copy Editor for College Newspaper
2/1979: High School Teaching Certificate, Ministry of Education, Seoul, Korea
3/1972-2/1975: High School Diploma, Ewha Girls High School, Seoul, Korea

Honors/Awards: (Highlights)
2007: Anne K. Allison Prize, 67th Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum
2004: Best of Show Award & First Prize, Oil Painting, Annual Exhibition, Montgomery County Community College (MCCC)
2004: 3rd Place, Art Exhibition on “Freedom”, Human Association, MCCC
2002: Outstanding Student Award, Art Department, Glendale Community College.
2002: First Place Award (oil painting), Second Place Award (watercolor), Honorable mention (life drawing) in Student Art Show, Glendale Community College.
2001: Honorable mentions (drawing, watercolor), The Traveler magazine
1979: Outstanding Thesis Award, Seoul Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
1978: Faculty Award for Academic Excellence, Seoul Women’s University, Seoul, Korea

Exhibition
7/25-8/28/2008: Granted Invitational Exhibition (forthcoming), the Art Association of Harrisburg, PA
4/4-27/2008: Duo Show, Highwire Gallery (forthcoming), Philadelphia, PA
2/15-3/18/2008: “Betsy Meyer” Memorial Exhibition (forthcoming), Main Line Art Center, PA
1/26-3/9/2008: 68th Annual Juried Exhibition (forthcoming), Woodmere Art Museum, PA
1/4-27/2008: Photography Exhibition, Blink Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1/4-25/2008: Rewired Part 3, “Circuit Breakers”, 4 people show, Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
12/7-28/2007: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Class of 2007 Alumni Group Show at the Blink Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
11/2-30/2007: Solo Exhibition, “Encounters”, Blink Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
6/8-7/11/2007: HighWire Gallery Group Show, Seeber Fine Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
6/2-6/30/2007: 2007 The Philadelphia Sketch Club Members Exhibition, Newman Galleries, PA
6/1-6/30/2007: Solo Exhibition, the First Friday Main Line-June Event, the Jewel of India, Sponsored by Main Line Art Center, PA
5/11-6/3/2007: MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition & 106th Annual Student Exhibition, PAFA
4/2-4/23/2007: 144th Annual Juried Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, PA
3/22-4/12/2007: Digital Works Juried Exhibition, PAFA
2/14-2/28/2007: Group Exhibition, LNC Gallery, Upper Darby, PA
1/28-3/04/2007: 67th Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, PA
1/15-2/12/2007: Fellowship-Sponsored Open Juried Exhibition, PAFA
5/13-6/10/2006: Faculty & Alumni Invited Exhibition, Multiple Choice Gallery,
Montgomery County Community College
3/24-4/8/2006: Graduate Student Group Exhibition, Pure Gallery, Harrisburg PA
2/2006: Graduate Program Student Exhibition, Gallery 1301, PAFA
1/2006: Fellowship Sponsored Juried Student Exhibition, Gallery 1301, PAFA
12/2005: Juried Student Exhibition, Gallery 1301, PAFA
11/2005: MFA & Post- Baccalaureate Student Exhibition, Gallery 1301, PAFA
2/2005: MFA & Post- Baccalaureate Student Exhibition, Gallery 1301, PAFA
11/2004: MFA & Post- Baccalaureate Student Exhibition, Gallery 1301, PAFA
6/2004: Solo Exhibition, 10th Anniversary of Princeton Korean Dance Troupe, Princeton Theological Seminary
5/2004: Juried Annual Student Show, Multiple Choice Gallery, MCCC.
4/2002: Juried Annual Student Show, Glendale Community College, AZ
4/2001: Juried Annual Student Show, Glendale Community College, AZ