CHELSEA KINCH

Chelsea Kinch is an abstract painter from Rhode Island based in Maui, Hawaii. Her paintings explore themes of disposability and ephemerality, especially as they relate to being a woman. For her, the process of painting is more than just that - it is an act of surrender, a catharsis, and a journey into herself. Kinch’s solo shows include Clean Sweep, 2020, Graceful Anger, 2021, and Moving In, 2022. Her work was most recently selected for the group show Artists of Hawai’i 2023, the state’s longest running juried exhibition.

I make art to digest and make peace with the human experience. I use paint to explore profound emotions and my relationship to existing in a corporeal form. My work and process are inextricably linked to play and physicality – painting for me is like dancing and the more of my body that I can involve in the work, the more vital it feels. Nature, place, and environment are important influences on my work. I use my practice to fuse the internal and external landscapes that I feel torn between. They come together through color and gesture in a visual expression of the many facets of my experiences in this body, on this planet.

Chelsea Kinch is making her debut with Cynthia Corbett Gallery at Art Miami 2023.

Chelsea Kinch | Art Miami 2023