Kim Chigi is an abstract painter based in Northern California. Her work has been featured in regional & local juried exhibitions, open studios, and magazines, including Art and Color 365 Magazine’s 2025 Abstract & Semi-Abstract Competition's 2nd place winner, Art Trails Sonoma County, and Sausalito Center for the Arts SCA Open. Drawing inspiration from daily sketchbook explorations and travel, her paintings reflect a dialogue between place, memory, and material. Kim’s studio practice emphasizes process and experimentation, seeking a timeless simplicity through abstraction
Statement
My paintings are explorations of atmosphere and the residue of experience. The marks, sounds, and sensations that linger after a moment passes. Through improvisational layering and restraint, I work to create visual spaces that invite reflection and stillness through disruption. Each composition balances intention with chance, allowing texture and tone to reveal a quiet tension between what is remembered and what is felt.
Color often acts as both structure and emotion in my work. I’m drawn to the subtle transitions between surfaces where depth, rhythm, and silence meet. My practice is rooted in curiosity, process, and the pursuit of translating the intangible.