Night Photography nominee

“Painting the Dark” is my second on going series that I’ve started in 2009. It goes back to my childhood as to how I got to start this series. I have an extensive background of painting as a child. I was discouraged to paint as I got older and I stopped painting or making any types of art for a while. My dad got me a camera and it became a new medium that substituted painting. From my history of painting, I saw the darkness at night as a black canvas. The act of lighting up something in the dark is like painting (coloring) to me. The act of doing so is giving it a life and showing how I perceive the landscapes. I am fascinated by how lights can affect the darkness and how different you can make the landscape look with lights. The landscape becomes my canvas.

Bio

Carli Choi is an artist who lives in San Francisco, CA. She is currently attending San Francisco Art Institute. Her work is mainly focused on seascape and night photography. Her favourite place to photograph is the small secluded island. Carli Choi has shown her work in San Francisco, Leeds(Britain) and Seoul(Korea). Select exhibitions include Diego Rivera Gallery, Still lights Gallery in San Francisco, Exhibition Gallery at Blenheim Walk in Leeds, and Gwanggyo Gallery in Seoul.




Education

• Oolee Institute of Photography – Seoul, Korea 2009-2011
• San Francisco Art Institue – San Francisco, CA 2011-2015



Awards and Academic Honors

• The 3rd Daum Junior Photographer Festival
• Visionary Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
• Mac-On-Campus, Featured Student, USA
• Grand Prize Winner, PDNedu, USA


SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2013
• Nectar, DIS gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Concentrate, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2012
• SFAI Blenheim Walk, Exhibition Gallery at Blenheim Walk, Leeds, UK
• The Perfect Exposures Top 100 images exhibit, Los Angeles, CA
2011
• International Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• International