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YOUR LOVE,
YOUR STORY

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Karen’s Art Journey

  • Trained in the disciplined beauty of Chinese traditional arts since 6 yrs old 

  • Admitted by Sichuan Fine Arts Academy in High School

  • Refined through European aesthetics (BA Environmental Art Design at Southwest Jiaotong University, China; Full 3 years Photography studies in the FOTOfactory Amsterdam; Realist painting at Dutch Atelier of Realist Art,Haarlem)

  • A mother who believes spilled paint can be poetry and bedtime stories can inspire galleries

The Heartbeat of Miset Art

"Miset" – a playful name gifted by my son, he calls me 'Miset' out of nowhere.

but when I name it for my Art classes, 'with MIssion to reSET your Art experience' came into my mind. Conbinning with Chinese Language:

MisetArt= Me思si爱ai=I miss you, and love you..

'MisetArt' then became a symbol of curiosity and reinvention. Just as he reimagined the world through his first words, we strive to reset how art is seen, felt, and lived..raising up a simple truth: Art thrives where love and curiosity collide.


Every brushstroke in this studio carries our shared laughter,
Every photoshoot remembers how he taught me to see wonder in spilled paint.
This is our artistic home, open to all seeking beauty in nurture connections - between parent and child, East and West, memory and imagination.

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In art we float, and ground
Photography with Intercultural Soul
  • Family Chronicles: Blend Dutch golden-hour light with symbolic Chinese props for expat families

  • Cultural Portraiture: Document the quiet magic of "in-between" identities – like a cheongsam worn to a windmill picnic

  • Commercial Storytelling: Craft visuals where Asian minimalism meets European boldness

Art Education Programs
  • Miset’s Little Explorers (Ages 4-10):
    ✧ Bilingual classes mixing Chinese ink play + Mondrian geometry
    ✧ "Dragon & Tulip" parent-child workshops

  • Teen/Adult Training:
    ✧ East-West fusion techniques: Gongbi brushwork × Dutch still-life painting
    ✧ Portfolio preparation for international art schools

2025 onwards
  • Miset Gallery: Rotating exhibitions celebrating immigrant artists’ hybrid narratives

  • Art Therapy Initiatives:
    ✧ "Brushstrokes of Belonging" – Healing through ancestral art forms
    ✧ Community murals bridging generational stories

  • and much more

Whether you seek:
→ A family photoshoot weaving Hakka embroidery into Rotterdam’s modern skyline
→ Art classes where your child learns Van Gogh’s swirls using Chinese calligraphy brushes
→ A future gallery space to voice your cross-cultural journey

This is your artistic home. 

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MAY THIS BE THE BEGINNING OF A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP

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