Jinchul Kim is a renowned figurative painter and professor of art at Salisbury University. His recent artwork delves into the phenomenology of language and explores the common ground we discover despite the differences in dialects. He often incorporates multilingual text and psychologically intricate cinematic scenes with "ghosts of vision," which disrupt an easy 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. 

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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. 

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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 Distinguished Faculty Award in Teaching the same year. In 2022 and 2023, the Fulton School of Liberal Arts recognized him as the recipient of the Fulton Faculty Award in Teaching (2022) and the Excellence in Mentoring Award (2023).