Staff

Founder and CEO:

ArTrio was initiated by Julie Jung-Sil Lee, Ph.D. She overviews three departments of ArTrio as a Art Director. She received her doctoral degree in Art History at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, with the dissertation titled “The Intersection of Nationalism and Religion: The Burghers of Calais of Auguste Rodin in the French Third Republic.” She has a Master's degrees in Art History and French Literature from Ewha Woman’s University in Seoul, Korea and a B.A. in French literature from Ewha University. She studied D.E.A. in French Art History at the Université de Nice. She is a recipient of the Cantor Rodin Foundation and was awarded the UMMF scholarship, and author of various books and articles.

Currently, Jung-Sil is an adjunct Professor at the Corcoran College of Art & Design since 2006 and Towson University. She has taught various art history courses at the University of Maryland and Washington Baptist University and has also worked as an art critic and columnist for the Korean Times in Washington D.C. Her career entails extensive experience working as a curator, dealer, museum fellow, researcher, journalist, and correspondent to a cultural event organizer. Now, she holds several positions including; Vice President of The Washington Coalition for Comfort Women Issues (WCCW), Art Committee Chair at Christian Television System (CTS), Art Committee of Korean Woman International Network (KOWIN), and Advisor of Hanmee Art Association as well as the Korean Cultural Center (Korus), D.C. 

ArTrio Staff:

Moon Jung Choi is administrating ArTrio DC in its management and strategic matters as a DC Coordinator. She holds M. Ed. from the University of Manchester, UK, and B.A. from Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, Korea. She is a candidate for Ph.D. in Education in DaeJeon University, DaeJeon, Korea.

Daye Kim is developing art business as a NY Coordinator. She graduated SUNY Purchase, majoring in Mass Communication and Graphic Design. She is currently studying in the graduate program of Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York in preparation for the international art enterprise as an auctioneer.

Yookyoung Choi is the ArTrio Senior Researcher in contemporary art. She is a Ph.D candidate in Art History in the University of Maryland at College Park, MD, and M.A. in Museum Studies at the George Washington University, Washington D.C. She holds an M.A. in Art History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, and M.F.A. and a B.F.A. in Art Theory and Studio Art in Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. She is currently an adjunct faculty member at the Corcoran College of Art & Design, Washington D.C.

ArTrio Advisory Board:

Jae Heup Kim, Ph.D.
CEO/President of Cogent Biotechnology, Inc. Representative Advisor

June Hargrove, Ph.D.
Professor of the University of Maryland, Research Advisor