Mya, known artistically as Myasymi, is a Saint Lucian Artist currently studying in the United Kingdom. Her illustrative work is heavily influenced by anime, Disney, and the fantastical imagery found in the storybooks she loves to read.

She began creating as a way to produce the kind of work she enjoys consuming, reimagined through her own lens; one rooted in girlhood, Caribbean culture, and lived experience. Her illustrations amplify and celebrate feelings of tranquility and joy, centering Caribbean people and those who reflect her own identity. In her practice, representation is both personal and political.

While she primarily draws digitally on her iPad, she is also a multidisciplinary artist. She works with watercolour, acrylic paint, gouache, and pencil, expanding her creative practice beyond the digital space.

She also dabbles in graphic design, pixel art, photography, videography, poetry, crochet, and more, a list that continues to grow as Mya explores new forms of expression.

Mya states, “My artwork has always been about girlhood, and I don’t think it could be anything else, even if I tried.” From drawing anime crushes in her early ‘fangirl’ days, which sparked her artistic journey, to now intentionally centering girls and women in joyful expression, her work has always been rooted in that experience.

For Mya, creating is both personal and collective. She produces the images she needed while growing up—tender, imaginative, soft, and powerful. Within these worlds, she centers Caribbean girls and women, celebrating their presence, identity, and joy.

In doing so, she allows herself to be seen, and in turn, hopes others from the region feel seen as well. Her work often carries a meditative, even utopian quality, reflecting both the girlhood she has lived and the one she continues to imagine. It honors nostalgia, emotional depth, softness, and joy as radical and valuable experiences for Caribbean girls in 2026 and beyond.