After receiving her MFA in Illustration Practice from Maryland Institute College of Art, she began teaching illustration at MICA where she realized her love for teaching. Growing up, she bounced back and forth from Busan, South Korea and Durham, NC. Seo Kim is an award winning illustrator, designer, educator and lover of all things natural, organic, and textural. A distinctive story that weaves together threads of family life, community and culture, the natural world, and the power of stories. Though age separates them, Paj Ntaub’s accounting of everyday details reaches Bob-and gives voice to the child’s experience, too. When Ruth dies in the winter, and Paj Ntaub notices Bob grieving come spring, she chalks a wealth of previously regarded details on his driveway-“a map into the world,” she explains. debut, draws all the things that Paj Ntaub sees: gingko leaves (“yellow like apricots”), winter snow, a worm. Publishers Weekly Review: … In lovingly detailed spreads, Kim, making her U.S. As this curious girl explores life inside her house and beyond, she collects bits of the natural world.

She moves into a new home with her family and encounters both birth and death.

Synopsis: As the seasons change, so too does a young Hmong girl’s world. A Map Into The World, by Kao Kalia Yang and illustrated by Seo Kim, Assistant Professor of Illustration & Area Coordinator of Illustration from the Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education.

A map into the world by kao kalia yang