JINCHUL KIM

Jinchul Kim is a distinguished figurative painter and professor of art at Salisbury University. His most recent work explores the phenomenology of language, specifically the common ground we are able to find despite differences in dialects. He combines multilingual text and psychologically complex cinematic scenes with “ghosts of vision” that disrupt an easy reading of his paintings. His work evokes the liminal stage of college life through that 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 teaches the capstone class, Senior Exhibition, Painting, and Drawing classes as head of the painting and drawing areas. In 2008 he earned the University System of Maryland’s highest faculty honor: The Regents Faculty Awards for Excellence in Teaching. He also received the Salisbury University Distinguish Faculty Award in Teaching the same year.