john Klif

I have a very strong passion for fashion, I started sketching when I was 13. I had no idea how to sketch and I would see people do circles to draw figures, but that confused me, so I found my own way and it worked. My year 8 Arts teacher would critique my sketches during lunch and with each critique I challenged myself to create something new and I would see familiar designs on runways time after, which made me extremely excited to sketch more. I attended an illustration workshop at Whitehouse Institute of Design, Australia back in 2021 when I was still in High School and that was when I met the owner of Whitehouse. After hearing her story, I made it my goal to be one of her students. Subsequently, I was given the opportunity to complete a certificate III at VET course Whitehouse during the holidays, which I immediately accepted. This was during covid, and I was doing online classes rather than mainstream for high school. I wanted to hasten my acceptance at Whitehouse, so I applied for a Bachelor of Visual Culture at Curtin University, which meant I had to leave High School and the certificate ||| after completing a trimester there and at 16 years of age I transferred to Whitehouse. Currently I’m in my final year at Whitehouse and interning for Akira Isogawa.