Assistant Professor of the Practice, Studio Art
Faculty Advisor, Boston College Art Club
Devlin Hall 421
Telephone: 617-552-8594
Email: sammy.chong@bc.edu
The Art of Portraiture
Courage to Know
Drawing I: Foundations
Drawing the Figure: Observation to Expression
Making Art Through the Ignatian Lens
Painting I: Foundations
Bare Naked Approaches
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.