Jinchul Kim Painting Award

This gift has been established by Professor Jinchul Kim to provide funding for current art students at SU. He was born in South Korea and came to the U.S. in 1989. He earned a BFA and MFA from King Se-Jong University in Seoul Korea, concentrating in painting. In 1993 he received another MFA from 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 had over 20 solo exhibitions in New York, Florida, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Seoul, and over 300 invitational group exhibitions. He has received the Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award twice, in both 2006 and 2013. Kim teaches 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. The same year he also received the Salisbury University Distinguish Faculty Award in Teaching. In 2022, a very special honor as Kim was chosen to paint the official portrait of Yumi Hogan which was displayed at the Government House in Annapolis, MD.