Kaili Chun is a sculptor and installation artist based in Hawaii. Her works address ideas of containment and exposure, agency and restraint. Process and materials transform physical spaces into unique environments commenting on contemporary issues in her work. She often constructs narratives through symbols and objects that address the impact of historical events on the present day. Organic elements are sometimes included in her pieces, and the changes they undergo during the course of an exhibition metaphorically reference the nature of culture as an evolutionary process.

She has been mentored and influenced by two important artists, Toshiko Takaezu, Princeton University, and Wright Bowman, Sr., Native Hawaiian master canoe builder and wood worker.

Kaili has participated in one-person, juried and group exhibitions in Washington, Alaska, Hawai'i, New York and Germany. She has received several awards including, the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant, 2010; the Catherine E.B. Cox Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts (2006) from the Honolulu Academy of Arts; the Individual Artist Visual Arts Fellowship in Conceptual Art (2000) and Folk Arts Apprenticeship Awards (1999,2000,2001) from The Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

Kaili will be featured in the Tenth Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane Australia at the Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art in December 2021.