Jaechung KIM(Born in 1976, south korea) studied stage arts at Korea University’s Department of Korean Literature. He debuted in 2009, selected for the Next Generation Artist Support Program by the Korea Arts & Culture Foundation (AYAF), receiving national support from the outset. Every work he has written and directed has been selected as a supported project by prestigious organizations such as the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, and Chungcheong Province Cultural Foundation.

His musical theater piece ECLIPS was selected as the only outstanding domestic work at the National Theater Festival, and his dance film ‘Black Shadow’ won the Excellence Award at the Seongnam International Dance Festival. Kim has written and directed numerous works including the musical theater piece MUNG, contemporary dance piece The Sea Does Not Exist, the plays Red Harbor, Six Rooms, the musical Consolation After 145 Years, the opera Time Spider Web, and the three-part opera Kalea, which have been featured at festivals like the Chuncheon International Mime Festival and Jeju Heavyche Art Festival. As an art director and producer, he was involved in the feature art films Land of Scarecrows, The Last Meal, July 32, and Eve's Temptation. These films have been invited to major international film festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Rotterdam, Sydney,  Toronto, and Busan, among the top 10 film festivals in the world.

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Selected as a resident artist at the Incheon Art Platform, Kim directed performances with renowned groups such as Jeonggaakhoe, Quartetto Su, Kyle Yoon Band, and Lee Chang-seon’s Daegum Band, while continuing the writing and research of Opera Time Spider Web. As the general planner for the Zelkovar Music Festival at Seongnam Arts Center, he directed six large-scale outdoor performances. Kim has been selected as a theme writer for collaborations with the Arko Creative Academy, the National Ecology Institute, and the Toji Culture Foundation, and his works have been performed at prestigious venues such as the IBK Hall of the Seoul Arts Center, the National Theater of Korea, Art Center Incheon, Mapo Art Center, and Daehangno Arts Theater.

He gathered fellow classical music artists and participated as the sole Asian artist in the 2025 Artist Action Programme of the UN Ocean Decade. Through international online classical music performances and musical exhibitions in art museums, he has offered a poetic and critical depiction of the current social reality concerning the ocean and humanity. He is currently writing the libretti/scripts for opera and oratorio works centered on the theme of the ocean.