Chanil Kim

Kim Chanil explores the use of sculptural objects to attempt a new artistic approach called "relief painting," showcasing the diverse possibilities of painting. His works involve attaching small pieces of varying heights to the canvas with tweezers, representing the most fundamental lines of painting in relief form. The relief-shaped artworks create contrasts between areas that are raised and areas that are recessed, reacting differently to light and the viewer's movement. The waves and energy created by the pieces on the canvas generate a tactile screen through light and shadow, depending on the viewing angle. The artist repeatedly applies paint directly made from pigments and medium, which is not a mixture of conventional paints but rather created through experiments with various materials such as pigments, metal powders, and stone dust. This process results in the artist's distinctive colors, displaying a sophisticated and subtle sheen in monochromatic tones. Through various experiments, the artist incorporates accidental discoveries into his works, twisting and recombining the rules of traditional painting to present his unique and innovative artworks. Kim Chanil graduated from the Department of Painting and the Graduate School of Hongik University, as well as the Graduate School of Painting and Printmaking at the State University of New York. Currently, he serves as a professor in the Department of Painting at Hongik University. Since 1988, he has held solo exhibitions at various venues such as the Batangol Art Museum, Taebaek gallery(1991), Moran Gallery(1997), Park Young Deok gallery(2005,2007), gallery Noh(2008), White Block(2012), Gallery Huue Singapore(2014), Gallery MIGO(2019, 2020), Hongik University Museum of Contemporary Art(2022), and Gallery Mano(2016,2023). Additionally, he has participated in numerous domestic and international exhibitions, including the Busan Biennale Special Exhibition(2010), Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art(2010), POSCO Art Museum(2011), Seoul Museum of Art(2011), National Dong Hwa University Art Museum in Taiwan(2011), Suwon Museum Of Art (2015), and MIZUMA Gallery in Singapore(2018). His works are held in collections at institutions such as the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul Museum of Art, UN Headquarters in Switzerland, Turkish Embassy, Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Taipei, Le Meridien Hotel in Zhengzhou, and Galaxy Hotel in Macau.