Mina Cheon
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Maryland Institute College of Art,
University of Maryland
European Graduate School
Mina Cheon (MJ Standup Korean) | |
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| Born | Seoul, South Korea |
| Alma mater | Ewha Womans University, Maryland Institute College of Art, University of Maryland European Graduate School |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 천민정 |
| RR | Cheon Minjeong |
| MR | Ch'ŏn Minjŏng |
Mina Cheon (born 1973) is a Korean American new media artist and scholar, producer and curator of cultural projects. Since 1997, she has lived between Baltimore, New York, and Seoul. MJ Standup Korean is the comedic stage name of Mina Cheon, a prominent Korean-American "Polipop" (Political Pop) artist, professor, and scholar based in New York.
Cheon was born in Seoul, South Korea.[1] Being the daughter of a South Korean diplomat and cultural attache, she grew up in the cities of Seoul, New York, Copenhagen, and Ottawa.[2]
She received a BFA in painting from Ewha Womans University in Seoul, an MFA in painting from Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), an MFA in imaging digital arts from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). and a PhD in philosophy of media and communications from the European Graduate School, European University for Interdisciplinary Studies, Switzerland in 2008. She is a professor emerita of the Maryland Institute College of Art.[3]
Teaching
One of Cheon's educational contributions has been the international art program and exchange that she has led for American and Korean art, architecture, and design faculty and students. She has directed international art education since 2004, working with universities in Seoul such as Hongik University, Korea National University of Arts, and with Ewha Womans University in 2010, taking students from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)[4] and Morgan State University to South Korea.[5] Cheon expanded her teaching horizons from just art to teaching in the departments of Foundation; Art History; Language, Literature, and Culture; and Interactive Media. She was also the founder and director of the summer study abroad program MICA Korea that was held each summer in Seoul, Korea between 2004 and 2007.[6]
