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Sammy Chong

Assistant Professor of the Practice, Studio Art

Studio Art

Biography

Sammy Chong is an interdisciplinary artist who practices mainly in drawing and painting. Chong has an academic background in philosophy and theology, and obtained his MFA in Studio Art from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2012). Chong has exhibited in the US and in South America. In the past, he has taught courses in the History of Christian Art, and Theology and Film, at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador. Currently he teaches Portraiture, Figure Drawing, and Bare Naked Approaches (Figure Painting) among other studio art courses at Boston College. Chong's studio practice builds on the notion of individual identity and transcendental meaning in contemporary society.

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3.89 / 5

Based on 167 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

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