BEAUTY is GENDERLESS
“I HOPE MY WORK PLAYS A SMALL PART AND PEOPLE START TO ACCEPT THEMSELVES, NO MATTER WHAT SKIN COLOUR OR SIZE THEY ARE”
Born and raised in Leicester, England, Jemisha Maadhavji was introduced to the world of art and design early on in her life. Her ancestors, including her father, made a living from designing, manufacturing, and selling gold jewellery in her hometown, Gujarat. Despite this, the creative fields never really piqued her interest. “I always loved looking at art that other students made, but I couldn’t create a stick figure for myself,” Jemisha laughs. “Surprisingly, I started drawing portraits at the age of 14 and couldn’t stop.”
Then, in 2015, she enrolled into a Fine Art BA at De
