Artist BIO
Based in East Denver, Conner Jhoon Choi is a landscape painter, muralist and arts educator.
Painting primarily en plein air, his masterful handling of gouache and oil paint brings remote places and fleeting moments to rest on paper and canvas. Focusing primarily on the alpine, desert, and coastal environments of the Western US, his work reflects on a personal relationship with place and time. Through a contemporary sense of composition and color, his landscapes inspire close, intentional observation and the calming presence of still moments.
Motivated by a passion for culture, identity, and representation, his mural work fuses Korean motifs with his traditional Western painting education. Often featuring local mountains painted in a traditional Korean style, Choi’s murals generate a sense of local pride paired with a distinctly Asian-American aesthetic.
A regular presence at First Fridays on Santa Fe Dr. as well as CRAFt, an annual exhibition featuring underrepresented creatives, Choi strives for community connection and promotion of social justice through his work. Through community based mural projects, he practices a belief that art offers unique opportunities for social commentary, visual impact, and community placemaking that can connect and uplift all of us.
Managing his own art school as well as volunteering with Cruxing in Color, a non profit org that connects, supports and uplifts climbers of color in the Front Range, Conner shares his knowledge and love of art and outdoor skills with the greater community. When he is not painting you can can find him hiking, gardening, or rock climbing with friends.
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Solo Shows
Nov. 2024 “Still Moments”, Laramie County Community College
Feb. 2023 Movement Golden, Golden, CO
Sept. 2022 Movement RiNo, Denver, CO
May 2019 “Around Town”, High Low Art Space, Portland, OR
Selected Shows
Mar. 2023 Group Show with Aurora Cultural Arts District
Nov. 2021 SAGE 11th Annual National Juried Show, Juror T. Allen Lawson
Aug. 2019 “Modern Youth Identity”, Seattle Artist’s League
Awards
April 2021 Anna L Stacey Scholarship Recipient
Teaching & Jury
2023-2024 Artist Jury Member, Denver Public Art. Installation at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Denver, CO
Nov. 2024 Gouache Painting Workshop, Laramie County Community College
2023 - 2025 Art Instructor at Art Students League of Denver
2019 - 2021 Art Instructor at High Low Art Space
Talks & Interviews
Mar. 2026 Colorado State University, Legacies & Futures
Sept. 2025 Artist Panel on Mental Health, Fort Collins Museum of Art
Nov. 2024 Artist Talk, Laramie County Community College
May 2019 Interview with KGW News for Solo Show “Around Town”
Events
Sept. 2025 Community Roots Art Festival (CRAFt) 2 day art fair featuring BIPOC Creatives in Colorado
Sept. 2023 Community Roots Art Festival (CRAFt) 2 day art fair featuring BIPOC Creatives in Colorado
Aug. 2023 Summerfest Art Fair, Evergreen, CO
Notable Murals & Projects
Aug. 2024 Mural for the City of Denver and the Upper Downtown Neighborhood Association
Sept. 2025 Fort Collins Mural Festival, Fort Collins, CO
Sept. 2025 Colfax Canvas Mural Festival, Aurora, CO
Education
2016 Watts Atelier of the Arts - San Diego, California
2018 Apprenticeship with Artist Nathan Seay
2020 5 week Portrait Workshop with Ramon Hurtado
