Acrylics on canvas

17.25 x x 21.25 inches

Liliya Rattari is an award-winning editorial illustrator from Dubai, UAE, currently based in San Francisco, CA. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration with an emphasis in Children’s Books from Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. Her main areas of interest include mental health, pop-culture, and graphic novels. Her work is recognized by American Illustration, Communication Arts, Society of Illustrators, and 3x3 Illustration.

As an illustrator, Liliya Rattari works in a variety of traditional and digital mediums; her style is representational and highly detailed, abundant in textures and natural patterns. Rattari highlights the magic of everyday life, both the tangible and the imagined, often exaggerating the extraordinary subtleties that make each subject unique. Aside from editorial commissions, her personal practice is a recollection of happy places, fierce personalities, timeless charm, and nostalgia.