Jinchul Kim is a renowned figurative painter and professor of art at Salisbury University. His recent artwork delves into the phenomenology of language, exploring the common ground we discover despite differences in dialects. He often incorporates multilingual text and psychologically intricate cinematic scenes, featuring "ghosts of vision," which disrupt a straightforward reading of his paintings. His work invokes the liminal stage of college life through this calculated mix as he observes it unfolding around him every day. He received his two MFAs from King Sejong University in Seoul and the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He exhibits his work internationally, including shows in Korea, Japan, France, Spain, and the U.S. He has received the Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award twice, in 2006 and 2013. Kim is the head of the painting and drawing areas and director of Senior Exhibition, and he teaches the capstone class, senior exhibition, painting, and drawing classes. In 2008, he earned the University System of Maryland's highest faculty honor: the Regents Faculty Awards for Excellence in Teaching. The same year, he received the Salisbury University Distinguished Faculty Award in Teaching. In 2022 and 2023, the Fulton School of Liberal Arts recognized him as the recipient of the Fulton Faculty Award in Teaching in 2022 and the Excellence in Mentoring Award in 2023.