Hailing from Tbilisi, Georgia, illustrator Ana Miminoshvili infuses her work with the culture surrounding her, carefully considered textures and forms, and a delight for the weird. “[One] defining characteristic of my work so far has been its kind of surrealistic nature,” she explains. “I enjoy bringing something eerie into my art and commissions, which is always a lot of fun.” Having an innate love of creativity from her childhood, Miminoshvili thought she would have to pursue fine arts until she discovered the worlds of graphic design and illustration. “Growing up in Tbilisi, I didn’t have access to that world before, so the internet opened a whole new path for me,” she says. “I started scanning my sketches and experimenting with Photoshop, which led me to get hired at a local creative agency when I was 20.” After a few years of working there as a multidisciplinary designer, learning from some of the best creative minds in her city, Miminoshvili decided to pursue a career as a freelance illustrator, citing a desire to inspire other Georgian women to become illustrators as well. To keep her practice fulfilling, she balances her commissions with drawing for the pure enjoyment of it. “My main thing is not to limit myself in any way,” Miminoshvili says. “I love creating idea-driven, conceptual artwork, but I also utterly enjoy drawing a cup that just sits on a desk in front of me without any intention other than to just have fun drawing. I never want to lose this joy.”