(NL) BE LONGING

Seungjoo Kim is an Artist from Korea, who specializes in drawing and painting.

They have been drawing for their whole life. Growing up as an artsy kid in Seoul, attending art school at an early age formed their life around art. Feeling stuck in the education system and society, they moved to the Netherlands when they turned 18. Fine Arts at HKU, 2017-2022. After graduation, they had their time at de Nijverheid as an artist in 2023. As an Asian person, and artist who does not have any relatives in the EU, getting a visa to stay in the Netherlands was tough.

Seungjoo is now living in England for 2 years. Not knowing where to live, and how to form life has been the repeating question in recent years.

Art reflects the artist. The story of life. How they are yearning to make a happy life.

The journey to find somewhere they feel truly belong.

“I want to be happier, healthier, and wealthier. 

But how, where?”