“Osheen Siva is an illustrator and artist from South India, currently based in Goa. Her works revolve around themes of femininity, sexuality and gender and its intersection with technology and society. Through the lens of surrealism, speculative fiction and science fiction and rooted in mythologies and her dalit and Tamilian heritage, Siva imagines new worlds of decolonized dreamscapes, futuristic oasis with mutants and monsters and narratives of feminine power generally lacking in popular art and culture. 

Past clients have included – Gucci, Vans, Converse, Levis, LennyLetter, Dr.Martens, Verve Magazine, Royal Enfield, Sofar, Medium, Decolonize Fest among others.” –

osheensiva.com/about

I absolutely fell in love with Osheen Sivas work the first time I saw it. I love the way she blends elements of Indian traditional art styles, mythology and Indian commercial work with a more contemporary illustrative style which bares many resemblances to western comic book artwork or even pop art, especially the work of Roy Lichtenstein. Some of her work even has sci-fi or psychedelic quialities to it which is a really interesting fusion and a clever way to explore topics of gender and sexuality.

Her use of line and colour are so clean and blocky that it is, at times, difficult to decipher what has been has been produced digitally and what has been hand painted. Siva does use a mixture of digital illustration and hand painting and has also added subtle animation to her digital work. I really like the way the animations add some emphasis to her drawings without becoming the entire feature.