The Chosun Family was formed during a pandemic zoom call with artists Kayla Tange, Chuck Hohng, Coffee Kang, and Luka Fisher as the four artists assembled discussed how the virus had uprooted their lives and careers. 

The name evokes both the last and longest lasting Korean imperial dynasty (1392-1910) and the radical potential for queer, chosen families that transcend and trangress the barriers and boundaries between and amongst nations and peoples.