Working with emotion, heritage, and curiosity. Youbin Kim is a versatile artist who is currently based in the Netherlands.
ABOUT
Youbin Kim currently lives in the Netherlands. She is South Korean and graduated in art from New Zealand, and studied fashion and design in the Netherlands. Her passion for textiles and design led her to enter the fashion creation world. She finds it fascinating how textiles and patterns reshape on the human body during the creation process. She continued to work as a freelance fashion designer and artist/illustrator after studying Textile & Fashion Technology in addition to Art. She is not afraid to learn new knowledge and skills to achieve her vision and mission, and is always eager to learn more to improve. Her creative and art direction is based on emotions, feelings, life, environment, nature, and visualized in a contemporary style.
BIOGRAPHY
2014
Bernina Fashion Awards winner (student ready-to-wear) in New Zealand
2014
Art painting Graduation student exhibition in New Zealand
2015
Bernina Fashion Awards winner (student art-wearable) in New Zealand
2015
Hettanz Fashion Awards winner (student art-wearable) in New Zealand
2015
Selected Art Academy, located NorthTech Whangarei in New Zealand
2015
GAMUT | Group expo. Curated and organized by Lisa Clunie in New Zealand
2015
Graduation
2017
Admission in to AMFI, Amsterdam Fashion Institute.
2018
Honours programme (AMFI, Hogeschool van Amsterdam)
2018
Exhibition at MINA ART ROOM gallery
2021
Internship at Bonne Suits (Amsterdam), ***6 months internship***
2022
Omakase Vest Launched (Bonne Suit x UNDERCOVER)
2022 - 2023
Freelancer designer at Alt Plus