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Heehyun Choi is an Assistant Professor in the Photography & Filmmaking Department at Kansas City Art Institute, where she has served as both Visiting Assistant Professor (2023-2025) and current Assistant Professor since 2025. Born in 1994 in Seoul, South Korea, she maintains active artistic practice between South Korea and the United States.
Her educational background includes an MFA in Film & Video from California Institute of the Arts (2021) and a BA in Art & Technology from Sogang University in Seoul (2017). Choi's research explores the physicality and virtuality of projected images, unseen elements beyond the camera frame, and the subjectivity of visual perception through experimental moving image practices.
Choi's filmography reveals a consistent focus on deconstructing visual perception and historical narratives, particularly examining Korean identity through postcolonial and feminist lenses. Her works frequently employ material film techniques while interrogating the relationship between reality and representation, with recurring themes of archival reinterpretation and cross-species visual perception.
- 2025 KAFA (Korea Arts Foundation of America) Award recipient
- Mariam Ghani Juror Award winner at Ann Arbor Film Festival (2022)
- Recipient of The Lightning Fund by LACE and Andy Warhol Foundation
- AHL Foundation Artist Fellowship recipient
- Alison Doerner Fund for Women Pioneers in Filmmaking awardee
As an educator, Choi has held teaching positions at Kansas City Art Institute and California Institute of the Arts, where she served as Post Graduate Teaching Fellow and Teaching Assistant for courses including History of Video Art and Seminar in Black Experimental Film & Video. She currently holds a Charlotte Street Foundation Studio Residency in Kansas City while maintaining an active exhibition schedule with recent screenings at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, and Seoul International Experimental Film Festival.
