Kim Chun-hwan has unwaveringly continued his paper work for over 30 years,
creating a unique and clear world of art. The paper that Kim uses as material for his works is printed matter such as magazines and advertisements. Printed materials are used as a symbol of this information era, where an enormous amount of information is created, consumed, and disappears quickly. Various printed materials function as a representative medium of the information era, but most of them expire within a short period of time after their creation and are destined to be discarded or put away somewhere. Printed materials that have already lost their function or are on the verge of extinction are brought back to life through the artist’s hands.

Kim Chun-hwan is mainly based in Korea and France and is recognized for his unique work that is “difficult to criticize as being similar to anyone else.” Paper is used as the main material in his works. There are many artists who work with paper, but it is rare to find an artist who utilizes paper in a unique way that has never been seen before like Kim.

After majoring in fine arts at an art university in Korea and settling in Paris in 1995, we can say that his encounter with paper as a basis for his work was fateful. He himself says that his connection with paper began during his childhood in his father's wood mill. The textures and breaths he experienced while playing in piles of woodchips and sawdust during his childhood were embedded in his unconscious and were revived in Paris, a place unfamiliar to him. The feel of the sawdust passing through his fingers is transferred to the act of tearing or cutting a piece of paper and becomes a new work of art on his
canvas.