JULIA KIM, BIO 

Julia loves all forms of arts- her passion was ballet when she was a youth.  After her marriage, her flower-arranging hobby became her passion. In 1996, after her first child entered middle school, she began working as a florist at the Renaissance Hotel in Seoul. She studied in the United States at the Frankie Shelton School of Design, the Phil Luigioda School of Design, and the Mercedes-Benz School of Design at Texas A&M. Also, she had a short-term internship at the Disneyland Hotel in Los Angeles. She served as head florist for two years at the opening of the JW Marriott Hotel in Seoul.  She currently works as a floral performer, demonstrator, university lecturer, Peverdi France masterclass instructor, department store display artist, and floral space design expert. With all this experience, she is currently working on floral arrangements for Paris Fashion Week (Opera Garnier) on March 3rd. She also collaborates with fashion jewelry, hanbok, wedding dresses, and food space design.

Julia Kim has taken on many projects, including flower arrangements for 3,000 weddings, F&B banquets, the 2002 FiFA World Cup in South Korea, 2005 APCK, 2010 G20, 2011 World Athletics Championships, 2012, 2013 UN General Assembly, 2013 World Energy Congress, 2015 World Water Forum, and dinner parties for world leaders, as well as flower arrangements for major hotel rooms and event venues.  Her experiences working in the United States, France, Japan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam have led to her own modern designs that blend Oriental and Western cultures. 

Her philosophy regarding flowers is to understand and express the characteristics of nature, to prioritize trends over techniques, and to sublimate the beauty and mystique of nature into art by capturing them in sculptural forms, and to inspire others.

Julia is the author of her books - The Flower Story 1 & 2.