Samuel Hoi

Samuel "Sammy" Hoi is the current president of Maryland Institute College of Art. He was previously the president of Otis College of Art and Design, a position he held for 14 years.

Hoi was born and raised in Hong Kong. His father founded Cathay Arts, a company that specialized in fine traditional Chinese furniture and art objects. He emigrated as a teenager with his family to the U.S. where he attended Columbia College of Columbia University in New York City and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, with a BA in French and psychology. He earned a JD degree from Columbia Law School and became a member of the New York State Bar. Shortly thereafter, he entered Parsons School of Design and received a degree in illustration.

Hoi is an advocate for art and design education and creative professionals in social, economic, and cultural advancement. At Otis, he has shepherded new academic initiatives involving innovative partnerships and community engagement, such as the Otis Integrated Learning Program. Since 2007, Otis has commissioned the annual Otis Report on the Creative Economy of the Los Angeles Region.

Prior to joining Otis, Hoi served as director of the Paris campus of Parsons School of Design. He was then dean of the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, D.C.. While at the Corcoran, Hoi created the Visual Arts Community Outreach Program, serving the inner-city youth of Washington, D.C. from 1991 to 2000. The program received a National Multicultural Institute Award and a Coming Up Taller Award from the President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities.

He has juried numerous exhibitions and served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, Ford Foundation, Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, Surdna Foundation, Wallace Foundation, the DC Commission on Art and Humanities, and the California Community Foundation.

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