Hi, I’m Roshi! a British-Iranian illustrator creating socially-conscious artwork focused on women’s empowerment, gender equality, and social justice. I work across editorial illustration, books, and visual campaigns, using storytelling and thoughtful design to bring meaningful ideas to life.
I also run art & craft workshops for kids and communities, helping them explore creativity, build confidence, and express themselves through fun, hands-on projects.
For job inquiries, collaborations, or just to say hello,roshanak.r@gmail.com or find me on Instagram.
Selected Client List:
Sephora, Guardian, New Yorker, Mubi, Locarno Film Festival, Amnesty International, Neon, Oxford University Press, Macmillan Publishers, The Washington Post, Die Zeit, Project Everyone (Global Goals), Eater, Duckworth Books, Courrier International, Doha Debates, Period Futures, Bologna Jazz Festival & more.
Features:
2025: Creative Boom
2022: Creative Boom, Design Week, Nowruz Journal, The Washington Post 2021: A portfolio of illustrations, International Women’s Day
2021: Middle East Images, ZH Magazine, designers of colour
2020: Middle East Eye, Creative Boom, Pathways (Book of the week), Long-listed for World Illustration Awards 2020, Ms. Magazine, Women’s March San Diego Covid19 resources, the University of Hertfordshire School of Creative Arts Alumni showcase
2019: Interview about my book “50 Inspiring Iranian Women”, BBC Persian, IDI website for Social Awareness, Uppercase Magazine, issue 42, Selected website as one of the best online New Blood portfolios in New Blood Festival, Runner-up in Creative Quarterly 56, Honorable mention in 3x3 International Illustration Show No.16 - Student Show, Shortlisted in The Brightness Awards 2019 (Editorial Category)
Talks:
“On migration and identity”, about my book: Migrated Keepsakes, SOAS University, 8 March 2025
“Iran: Woman, Life, Freedom”, Wimbledon Book Festival, 14 Oct 2023
“Woman, Life, Freedom: Voices and art from the women’s protests in Iran”, Rich Mix, 15 Sep 2023
“Woman, Life, Freedom; The Sounds of A Revolution”, Coventry Cathedral, 20 May 2023
“Woman, Life, Freedom: Artists in Solidarity”, SOAS University, 18 Mar 2023
“Women, Life, Freedom', and the Arts”, V&A South Kensington, 17 February 2023
“Iranian female artists’ works and the Women, Life, Freedom revolution”, Royal Drawing School, 25 January 2023
“Art in Migration”, UCL Iranian colloquium, UCL campus, 13th November 2015
“Nude vs. Pornography?”, UCL Iranian colloquium, UCL campus,16th May 2013
Exhibitions:
Solo show, Amnesty UK, London, March 2025
Group show, Bolognia Jazz Festival, Italy, 2023
Group show, Women, Life, Freedom, Saarland Museum - Modern Gallery, Germany, 2023-24
Group shows in light of Women, Life, Freedom movement, US and Italy, 2022-23
Group show, Au Nom Des Femmes, Galerie Le Bocal, Toulouse, France, June 2021
Group Show, The Blooming Apples, The Burge House, London, UK, August 2019
Group show, Latuvu Gallery, Bages, France, 12-28 April 2019
Group show, Galerie Zone d’Art, Strasbourg, France, 9-24 March 2019