About me

I’m an illustrator currently in my third year on the BA illustration course at Camberwell College of Arts (UAL). My interests are visual storytelling and narrative illustration, book arts, printmaking and community based art practice. My current goal is to get into editorial illustration and I am very open to work in that field! Always open to connect and collaborate - you can see more of my work and get in touch on my instagram @ayshemira.

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• Looking for editorial illustration work
• Is it worth doing an MA in Illustration?

Projects

• Narrative Illustration (Personal Project)A recent narrative illustration I created based on an anti-imperialist feminist confrontation with the border in the city I grew up in, Nicosia. This confrontation was based on a study of what the border represents as a site of imperialism, and how the foreign interventions on Cypriot land have impacted the Eastern Mediterranean region as a whole through the use of the British military bases. The intention of this illustration was to use visual communication methods to make information that is g
• SWANA Storytelling Fundraiser ProjectI curated an illustrative storytelling project in collaboration with queer and/or woman storytellers from the SWANA region (Deniz Demirag, Lujain Mansour, Niki Kohandel, Leandros Farley and Florenza Deniz Incirli). The stories explore themes surrounding women's oral histories, stories connected to the land, and stories centred around female and/or queer mythological figures. The project editor was Deniz Demirag. The riso print outcomes of the project were originally being sold as a fundraiser fo
• The Earth Mother Magic Tarot DeckI created the Earth Mother Magic Tarot (published October 2022), a risograph printed tarot deck based on lesbian embodiments of the Earth through anticolonial lenses of ecofeminism. The figures in the deck include intersectional representations of femininity through a queer "female" gaze. I also created the Earth Mother Magic Tarot Zine, a hand-bound tarot guide zine which is an accompaniment to the deck. My illustrator practice includes providing tarot readings with my deck in women’s and/or qu

Work history

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Artist in ResidenceBurned House Horizon
Oct 2024London, United KingdomFreelance
I am one of eight participant artists in Burned House Horizon, an Arts Council England-funded project with an upcoming exhibition at Mimosa House. I participated in a three-day artist residency at Bidston Observatory Artistic Research Centre (October 2024), and was commissioned to create works specifically for the exhibition and to create illustrated posters and postcards for the project. Press release: https://www.mimosahouse.co.uk/burned-house-horizon
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Small Business OwnerEtsy Shop
Jan 2021London, United KingdomFreelance
I own and operate a successful small business selling a number of handmade art products, having fulfilled over 1500 orders to date with an average rating of 4.9 stars. I regularly vend at art markets or fairs with my small business, and have partaken in events such as What Remains Is Voice (2023), MOODRING (2023), White Sabbath Immersive Art Show & Exhibition (2023), Wellcome Collection Zine Takeover (2023) and Satanic Flee Market (2024). Link to shop: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/theillustrationwitch

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Skills

• Illustration
• Book Illustration
• Adobe Indesign
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Event Graphics
• Book Binding
• Workshop Facilitation
• Visual Communication
• Visual Storytelling

Education

(BA) IllustrationUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
Sep 2022London, United Kingdom
Foundation Diploma in Art and DesignUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
Sep 2021 - Jun 2022London, United Kingdom
Camberwell College of Arts - Illustration Pathway (Distinction)