KIM CHAN IL

PORTFOLIO

The Impression of Line

Kim, Chanil Education

1995 Graduate School of Fine Arts, State Univ. of New York, at New Paltz. Print Making, (M.A.)

1994 Graduate School of Fine Arts, State Univ. of New York, at New Paltz. Painting, (M.F.A.)

1990 Graduate School of Fine Arts, Hong-Ik University, Painting, (M.F.A.)

1986 College of Fine Arts, Hong-Ik University, Painting, (B.F.A.)

1987 Present : A Professor of Fine Art, Hong-Ik University, Korea

Awards

1996 The 3rd Kong-san Art Festival: A Public Competitive Exhibition in Two-dimension Division, Grand Prix

1996 Moran Grand Prix, Moran Prize

1989 The 8th Korean Art Grand Exhibition, Special Prize

1988 The 7th Korean Art Grand Exhibition, Special Prize

1987 The 6th Korean Art Grand Exhibition, Special Prize

1985 The 8th Joong-ang Art Grand Exhibition, Special Prize

Collection

• National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea

• Seoul Museum of Art, Korea

• Swiss Embassy at the United Nations

• Turkey Embassy

• Argentina Embassy

• Financial Service, U.S.A

• Walker Hill Hotel

• Samsung

• Hyundai I-Park

• Hyundai I Office

• ASEM Tower, Seoul

• Scott Square, Singapore

• Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Taipei

• Le Meridian Hotel, China

Solo Exhibition

2014 Gallery Huue, Singapore

2013 Gallery Shin Hwa, HongKong

2012 Gallery White Block, Heiri.

2010 Gallery Mano, Seoul

2008 Gallery Rho, Seoul

2007 Galerie Bhak, Seoul

2006 Gallery Pfo, Busan

2005 Galerie Bhak, Seoul

2002 Galerie Bhak, Seoul

2001 Gallery S.P, Seoul

2000 Garam Gallery, Seoul

1999 Fusion Gallery, Seoul

1998 Dong Ah Gallery, Seoul

1997 Moran Gallery, Seoul

1996 Kong Pyong Art Center, Seoul

Gallery 2000, Seoul

Gallery Grimshy, Suwon, Korea

1994 College Art Gallery, New York

1991 The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation Art Center, Seoul

Tae Baek Gallery, Taegu, Korea

Gallery Icon, Seoul

1990 Hilton Art Gallery, Seoul

1989 Batanggol Gallery, Seoul

Indeco Gallery, Seoul

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Group Exhibition

2013 New City Art Fair, H.P.F,Taipei

KIAF Korea International Art Fair, Coex,Seoul

Landscape+Nostalgia Gallery Harbour,Hongkong

Pusan International Art Fair, Bexco,Pusan

Re.Now , Gallery Choi,Seoul

Generation, HOma ,Seoul

2012 Art Edition2012 Coex,Seoul

City Garden Posco Gallery, Song Do

KIAF Korea International Art Fair, Coex,Seoul

Mentor,Mentee Hanwon Art Museum,Seoul

HongIk International Art Fair,HongIk Art Center,Seoul

2011 Existence and Change, Donghai University Art Gallery, Taiwan

Seoul Art Association Exhibition,SeMA,Seoul

2010 Busan Biennale, Now ! Asian Artist,Busan Cultural Center, Busan

Shanghai Art Fair ,Shahghai Mart, Chaina

HongIk Univ Professor Works,HongIk Musium of Art,Seoul

KyungKi Art Project KyungKi Art Musium.KyungKi Do

Financial News Art Exhibition,SeJong Art Center.Seoul

2009 Peace Dream Art Festival, Andalucía,Spain

korean Contemporary Art , HanWon Musium, Seoul

korean Contemporary Art by 100 artists,WooRim Gallery,Seoul

Sees a poem from picture inside,Aka Gallery,JeonJu

Yoo Art Space,Seoul

Origin Painting Association Exhibition,HanJeon Art Plaza,Seoul

Korea International Art Fair, COEX, Seoul

* More than 95 times selected for group exhibitions

Kim, Chanil

Since the founding in 2010 as Art On Gallery, we’ve introduced Korean artists to Singapore via an array of enriching exhibits featuring renowned and up-and-coming artists. Now with the new name Gallery Huue, we plan to continue on our journey with a rejuvenated effort, largely thanks to our newly renovated space designed specifically for the purpose of showcasing Korean art. Kim’s artworks effortlessly embody the understated elegance, and we specifically selected Kim due to the fact his artwork captures the artistic direction of our gallery. His works evokes a calm and meditative first impression that eases the mind into a tranquil state. This emotion soon gives way to astonishment as the viewer draws in closer to observe the small pieces of board that have been laboriously erected one by one on the canvas. The juxtaposition of calm then awe brings the viewer into a euphoric state moved by the polar emotions reminiscent of the calm after an earthshaking thunderstorm. The most prominent characteristics of Kim’s work are the irregular contour and unique forms of lines that run across the flat canvas in such a way that the forms pop towards the audience. Since his earlier works which used puncture and protruded dots, Kim’s developed a style utilizing the more evolved contoured, uneven lines. Kim’s works consist of the essence of any painting- simple dots and lines. Then he takes these simple forms to the next level by revolting against the status quo concept of ‘painting on a plane’ via literally creating away from the plane. His line series exist somewhere between sculpture and painting, so that critics often refer to the works as ‘post painterly’, ‘drawing objet’. Kim creates his work by first filling the canvas with small black paper board pieces of various heights which are adhered to the plane in regular gaps under a meticulous plan. Next the paper is repeatedly layered then peeled off of oil paint or pigment powder making for an extremely arduous process. Lastly, a layer of metallic monotonous color is carefully laid out for a final touch. What starts as a somewhat busy-looking mass of innumerable lines soon transforms into an intellectually stimulating and elegant display of art. The end result is an artwork with the form of ‘Bas-Relief painting’ that goes beyond a flat plane painting. As such, it can be said that Kim creates something close to three-dimensional structure through an innovative use of a traditional painterly medium. This unique approach is a trademark that Kim has nurtured over the years. The countless short lines, erected meticulously, seem to fall in good order to produce various expressions. In effect this creates distinctive visual illusions of light and dark and of concentration and dispersion, which contrast to form wave-like vibrations that resonate with the primordial visual instincts. His recent paper works, in contrast, makes lines of punctures on paper, which is then covered with corrosive material to make the paper look like metal. The metallic hue births an interesting materialistic variation to the theme of his existing relief painting. The aggregations of lines expressed in various forms are the foundation of Kim’s artworks that evokes figurative imaginations that let the viewer run wild in their interpretations of the art. This solo exhibition showcases not only Chan-Il Kims latest works but a variety of works that he has continuously worked on over the years. We hope this exhibition will serve as a rare opportunity where audiences can immerse into Kim’s evolving artistic world of waves that undulates above and onto the surface of two-dimensional plane. Gallery Huue creative director, Crystal Cho

Director's note

Scott Square, Singapore

Scott Square, Singapore

120x170cm, acrylic,pigment on canvas 2014 01

120x170cm acrylic,pigment on canvas 2014 02

150x150cm, Acrylic pigment on canvas 2014

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110x110cm oil,pigment on canvas 2013

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110x110cm oil,pigment on canvas 2013

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97x145 cm, oil,pigment on canvas 2009 08

140x140Cm oil,pigment on canvas 2008

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140x140Cm oil,pigment on canvas 2014

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40x40cm acrylic,pigment on canvas 2014.

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52x60cm oil,pigment on canvas 2014

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24.25.26 60x60cm acrylic,pigment on cancanvas 2014

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120x120cm oil,pigment on canvas 2010

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200 x140cm oil,pigment on canvas 2007 10

50x150cm Oil on Paper 2012 P 01

Paper works give way to new endeavors. Uneven lines in the canvas have now been illustrated through punctured holes. Conscious effort to create a unique property matter that is close to an objet, through the use of corrosive Materials together with paint, have produced color variation that makes the paper look like a metal plate or a piece of objet. Unevenly contoured lines of punctures combined with the distinct materialistic feel of the paper works will unleash a newly expanded space for imagination by the viewers. “

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50x150cm silkscreen on painted paper 2012

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ASSISTANT CURATOR JERIM KIM

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