Chanee Choi

Assistant Professor of Studio Art
Department of Art & Art History
Chanee Choi

Contact

Fine Arts 116
Education

PhD, Digital Arts and Experimental Media, University of Washington
MFA, Fiber and Material Studies from the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago
BFA, Craft Design from Dongduk Women’s University, Seoul

About

Dr. Choi is a South Korean-born artist and educator whose practice spans experimental animation, XR, video games and bio-sensor-driven interactive installations. She has exhibited her work internationally at venues such as the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), SIGGRAPH Asia, Blitz Valletta in Malta and the New Mexico Museum of Art–Vladem Contemporary, and has been featured in WIRED, Geek Wire, KUOW/NPR and The Seattle Times.   

She currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Digital Arts in the Department of Art and Art History at the University at Albany, where she teaches courses in digital media, animation and interactive art and contributes to interdisciplinary programming in gaming and immersive technologies. 

Research Interests

Experimental animation, XR, video games, bio-sensor-driven interactive installations, feminist ritual, embodied memory, and diasporic identity with handcrafted materials and emerging technologies. 

Grants/Funding

2024 Women in STEM Award and the Judson-Morrissey Excellence in New Media Award from the New Media Caucus.

Instruction & Advising

Courses

Digital media, animation and interactive art, and contributes to interdisciplinary programming in gaming and immersive technologies in collaboration with CEHC. 

Additional Information

Awards & Honors

Recent honors include the 2024 Women in STEM Award and the Judson-Morrissey Excellence in New Media Award from the New Media Caucus.