Chunghi Choo

[1] She moved to the United States in 1961 to study metalsmithing, weaving, and ceramics at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where she received an MFA in 1965.

[9] Her work, Blooming Vessel, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.

[12] Despite growing up in the era of Japan's occupation of Korea, Chunghi Choo's family remained in relative safety after relocating from Busan.

Chunghi Choo's early education played a great role in shaping her art practice and worldview.

Choo is also well recognized for her work in metal, most notably her silver and copper vessels made using raising and forging techniques.

Her desire to achieve fluid, organic shapes in metal caused her to study electroforming processes with Stanley Lechtzin at Tyler School of Art in 1971.