Marc is a graphic designer, artist, and educator whose work examines the role of visual design and communication in the production of personal and collective identities and the identities of shared environments. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at The George Washington University.
His multidisciplinary practice encompasses analog and digital methods, limited-run prints and publications, and client-based projects. He is also a founder of Track and Field, a collaborative publishing initiative whose work often investigates the relationships among personal, public, and geographic histories within the popular American imagination.
Marc holds an MFA in Graphic Design from Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA in Graphic Design from James Madison University.
Happenings
With Dimitry Tetin and other panelists at Riso-Rama in March 2024.
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Rip! Tear! Collage as Critique
Grantee + Exhibitor
Eye Street Gallery
D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities
Washington, D.C.
June–August 2026Seattle Art Book Fair
Exhibitor (as Track and Field)
Washington Hall
Seattle, WA
May 2026Multiple Formats Art Book Fair
Exhibitor (as Track and Field)
Boston University
Boston, MA
March 2026Making/Space: Zines as Tools & Containers
Part of Carceral Renderings: Interdisciplinary Attentions to Death Row
Presenter + Facilitator
Corcoran School of the Arts & Design
The George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
February 2026Collage as Nondeterministic Creative Practice
Presented at SECAC 2025: Flux/Flow
Presenter (with Nidhi Singh Rathore)
Cincinnati, OH
October 2025to free this dream.
Faculty & Staff Exhibit
Exhibitor
Corcoran School of the Arts & Design
The George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
August–December 2025Miss Read: The Berlin Art Book Fair & Festival
Exhibitor (as Track and Field)
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Berlin, Germany
June 2025Multiple Fairs Art Book Fair
Exhibitor (as Track and Field)
Boston University
Boston, MA
March 2025 -
Press Play
Exhibitor (as Track and Field)
Pioneer Works
Brooklyn, NY
December 2024Make a Zine, Make a Scene!
Presented at National Gallery Nights
Facilitator (with Eve Harclerode & Hung Nguyen)
The National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.
November 2024Contain Yourself
Presented at AIGA DC / DC Design Week
Speaker
Corcoran School of the Arts & Design
The George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
September 2024Seattle Art Book Fair
Exhibitor (as Track and Field)
Washington Hall
Seattle, WA
May 2024Time & Place
Presented at Riso-Rama
Exhibitor & Panelist (as Track and Field)
The Weil Gallery
Texas A&M University
Corpus Christi, TX
March 2024Multiple Formats: Contemporary Art Book Fair
Exhibitor (as Track and Field)
Boston University
Boston, MA
March 2024Books! Books! Books!
Presented at Research + Practice: A Conversation Series
Speaker (with Matt Eich and Yuri Long)
Corcoran School of the Arts & Design
The George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
March 2024 -
Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair
Exhibitor (as Track and Field)
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Los Angeles, CA
August 2023Artist Residency at Directangle Press
Artist-in-Residence
Bethlehem, NH
July–August 2023Capital Art Book Fair
Exhibitor (as Track and Field)
Eastern Market
Washington, D.C.
April 2023Multiple Formats: Contemporary Art Book Fair
Exhibitor (as Track and Field)
Boston University
Boston, MA
March 2023Detroit Art Book Fair
Exhibitor (as Track and Field)
Trinosophes
Detroit, MI
October 2022Cincinnati Art Book Fair
Exhibitor (as Track and Field)
CampSITE Sculpture Park
Cincinnati, OH
August 2021Chicago Art Book Fair
Exhibitor (as Track and Field)
Chicago Athletic Association
Chicago, IL
November 2019Short Run Comix and Arts Festival
Exhibitor (as Track and Field)
Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center
Seattle, WA
November 2018
Background
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In addition to his independent creative practice, Marc served as a senior designer on the Experience Design team at the Art Institute of Chicago, where he helped develop strategies to expand the museum’s interactive capabilities and improve both the digital and physical visitor experiences. Notable projects include designing the virtual tour accompanying the Barbara Kruger exhibition, Thinking of You, I Mean Me, I Mean You, as well as visual design for The Language of Beauty in African Art and Morris and Company: The Business of Beauty. Previously, as a consulting designer and art director for The New York Times, he collaborated with teams across the organization to develop multi-channel marketing campaigns and digital product initiatives aimed at audience growth, engagement, and retention.
Select clients: For Freedoms, Condé Nast, J.Crew, Studio Ensemble Theatre, Film at Lincoln Center, the American Folk Art Museum, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, Rhode Island School of Design
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Corcoran School of the Arts & Design
The George Washington University
Assistant Professor
Washington, DC
2022–PresentSchool of Visual Concepts
Instructor
Seattle, WA
2018–2019Maryland Institute College of Art
Adjunct Professor
Baltimore, MD
2015–2017Parsons School of Design
The New School
Adjunct Professor
New York, NY
2013Rhode Island School of Design
Instructor and Graduate Teaching Assistant
Providence, RI
2009–2011
© 2026 Marc Choi
Portrait by Michael King