b. 1994
www.heehyun.com
heehyunchoiart@gmail.com
Education
2021 Master of Fine Arts in Film&Video, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2017 Bachelor of Arts and Science in Art&Technology, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea
Filmography and Festivals
This Isn’t What It Appears (이것은 보이는 것과 다르다, Super 8, color, sound, 19 min. 34 sec., 2022)
2023 Mur Murs Film Series curated by Rebecca Baron and David Dinnell, Los Angeles, CA
2023 The Margins of Dream Language - Contemporary Korean Female Experimental Filmmakers, co-presented by LA Filmforum, LAND, and GYOPO,
Los Angeles, CA
2022 DMZ국제다큐멘터리영화제 DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, South Korea
2022 AHL Foundation Artist Fellowship Exhibition: When Attitudes Become Positions, New York, USA
2022 Film Diary NYC, New York, USA
2022 제 48회 서울독립영화제 Seoul Independent Film Festival, South Korea
Birdsaver Report Volume 2 (버드세이버 보고서 제 2장, HD, color, sound, 11 min. 28 sec., 2021)
2022 Mariam Ghani Juror Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA
2022 Images Festival, Toronto, Canada
2022 Vienna Shorts International Short Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
2022 Holding Binoculars, Pointing a Camera: A Cinema of Birdwatching, The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, USA
2021 Seoul Independent Film Festival (제 47회 서울독립영화제 새로운선택 부문), Seoul, South Korea
2021 25 FPS Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
Birdsaver Report Volume 1 (버드세이버 보고서 제 1장, 16mm to HD, color, sound, 7 min. 40 sec., 2020)
2022 Holding Binoculars, Pointing a Camera: A Cinema of Birdwatching, The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, USA
2021 A Concrete Cloud, The Nightingale Cinema, Chicago, United States
2021 Onion City Experimental Film+Video Festival, Chicago, United States
2021 Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival (ICDOCS), Iowa City, United States
2021 CalArts School of Film/Video Showcase, Los Angeles, United States
2020 Seoul Independent Film Festival (제 46회 서울독립영화제 본선경쟁 단편부문), Seoul, South Korea
2020 San Diego Underground Film Festival, San Diego, United States
2020 Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media Festival (Nemaf, 서울국제대안영상예술페스티벌 네마프), Seoul, South Korea
The Blue Curtain (블루 커튼, HD, color, sound, 7min. 32 sec., 2020)
2022 Images Festival, Toronto, Canada
2021 AT THE FRINGE International Arts Festival, Tranås, Sweden (Online)
2021 Filmfort, Boise, United States
Origami Tutorial (종이접기 튜토리얼, SD, color, sound, 6min., 2019)
2021 Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
2020 Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, UK
2020 ULTRAcinema, Tepic, Mexico
2020 32 Girona Film Festival, Girona, Spain
2020 Festival ECRÃ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2020 IndieForum (제 24회 인디포럼 신작전), Seoul, South Korea
2020 Oxford Film Festival Project(ions), Oxford, United States
2020 "Indie Picnic" Seoul Independent Film Festival Tour Screening (서울독립영화제 순회상영회 인디피크닉 2020), South Korea
2019 Seoul Independent Film Festival (제 45회 서울독립영화제 본선경쟁 단편부문) Seoul, South Korea
2019 San Diego Underground Film Festival, San Diego, United States
Between the Eyes 2 (눈 사이 2, 16mm to HD, color, sound, 3 min., 2019)
2020 ULTRAcinema, Tepic, Mexico
2020 Laterale Film Festival, Cosenza, Italy
2020 Moviate Underground Film Festival, Harrisburg, United States
2020 BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Bilbao, Spain
2020 32 Girona Film Festival, Girona, Spain
2020 Oxford Film Festival Project(ions), Oxford, United States
2020 Onion City Experimental Film+ Video Festival, Chicago, United States
2019 International Experimental Film Festival "The Unforeseen" Belgrade, Serbia
2019 Yoni Fest, Los Angeles, United States
2019 San Diego Underground Film Festival, San Diego, United States
2019 CalArts School of Film/Video Showcase, Los Angeles, United States
Group Exhibition
2022 AHL Foundation Artist Fellowship Exhibition: When Attitudes Become Positions,
AHL Foundation, New York, USA
2022 < 거울속에는소리가없소 Unsounded Mirror > 탈영역우정국 Post Territory Ujeongguk, Seoul, Korea
2021 < ( )는 모든 것의 고유한 울림을 In its Own Resonance >, 임시공간 Space Imsi, Incheon, Korea
2020 스페이스 결 개관기념 릴레이전 Space Kyeol Relay Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea
Awards and Honors
2023 The Lightning Fund by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions and Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Mariam Ghani Juror Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA
2022 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, New York, NY
2021 AHL Foundation Artist Fellowship, AHL Foundation, New York, NY
2021 Post Graduate Teaching Fellowship, School of Film&Video, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2020 Alison Doerner Fund for Women Pioneers in Filmmaking, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2019-2020 The Hollywood Foreign Press Association Scholarship, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2018-2021 Lillian Disney Scholarship, CalArts, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2017 Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea
Teaching/Production Experience
2023 Lecturer, Filmmaking Department, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2022 Adjunct Faculty (Post Graduate Teaching Fellow), New Structuralism, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2021 Teaching Assistant to Chris Hill, History of Video Art, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2021 Teaching Assistant to Jheanelle Brown, Seminar in Black Experimental Film&Video, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2019 Teaching Assistant to John Hawk, 16mm Film Production Workshop, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2019-2020 Video Lab Technician, CalArts, Valencia, CA