Skip to main content

Header Navigation

Artists

Taeyoon Choi

He // Him // His

Artist and educator

Detroit, Michigan

An East Asian man in early 40s, black short hair and glassed. He's wearing a navy work clothes, both hands in his pocket and looking at the camera. He's in an industrial, creative space, with his pink painting on the background. The painting says "We tricked rocks to think." The photo is taken in Detroit in 2026.

Photo by Daniel Ribar.

Taeyoon Choi is a contemporary artist and educator from South Korea, currently based in Detroit, Michigan. With a background in both art and engineering, Choi's work explores the intersections of technology, education, and social engagement. He is committed to expanding access and equity through creative and community-based learning. In 2013, he co-founded the School for Poetic Computation (SFPC) in New York City, a hybrid art school that reimagines the relationships between code, design, and pedagogy. Over seven years, he organized classes and collaborative projects that integrated electronics, coding, and artistic practice, fostering an inclusive culture of critical and poetic approaches to technology. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Digital Art at Wayne State University, where he continues to develop artistic and educational initiatives that bridge art, computation, and civic engagement. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the New Museum and Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea, and Art Sonje Center in Seoul. Choi is a former Processing Foundation advisor and currently serves on the board of AFIELD, a nonprofit supporting artist-led systems change.

This artist page was last updated on: 04.14.2026

Colorful, large paintings with big comic figures. The paintings consist of large swaths of red, green, and blue. The paintings are set in a contemporary art gallery.

We Tricked Rocks to Think by Taeyoon Choi, 2026. Acrylics on canvas, 5.32 × 25.5 feet. Graphic design by Beomjun Kim. Forever Gallery, Seoul,

Photo by H SPACE.

Old monitor displays colorful image of a red rock with a blue and black background. The text reads "We tricked rocks to think". A painting with the same imagery is seen in the background.

We Tricked Rocks to Think by Taeyoon Choi, 2026. Recycled monitor, computer, acrylics on canvas, dimensions variable. Part of "Imbolc" series, Vander gallery, Detroit.

Photo by Daniel Ribar.

Graphic illustration of two person holding hands, guiding each other. The black and orange lines are bold and curvy. Text reads: "Distribution instead of Decentralization, Care instead of Control, Information instead of Data".

Distributed Web of Care by Taeyoon Choi, 2022. Vinyl on gallery wall, dimensions variable. Graphic design by Yena Yoo. Interweaving Poetic Code, Art Sonje Center, South Korea.

Photo by Ian Yang, Courtesy of Art Sonje Center.