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OH HI THERE!

 ​Martina Gleeson, a.k.a i.is.wiv.ya, b. (1992-)  in Australia, is an  Illustrator from Limerick, Ireland. She graduated from the Limerick School of Art and Design in 2014 with a First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art Painting. She was awarded the Tom Fox award for Painting and was granted a printmaking bursary with the Limerick Printmakers and a solo exhibition in the Bell-table in 2015. She then went on to complete a Masters in Illustration in the UK in September 2016. She has written and self-published a book, designed the new One 4 All Gift Cards in Ireland, painted murals for Shannon Airport and created activist illustrations for Everyday Stories.  She was voted top 50 illustrators last year in London where she now works and lives. She is not a natural red head.



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