Painters and Illustrators

Emma Ahmed

Painter | Illustrator | Graphic Designer

Emma has been a freelance artist since 2016. A self taught painter, she ventured into digital illustration in 2018. Her favorite things to paint are portraits and the natural world.

Shafrin Islam, MFA

Animator, Painter, Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Storyteller

Shafrin graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) with her MFA in 2024 and has since taught illustration, painting, an animation at MCAD. She has produced work that has been exhibited and screened both locally in Minnesota and internationally, including at the Parkway Theater, Gallery 148, Homewood Studios, Jatra, ARKA Gallery, Moar and so on.

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