about

ames grew up in suburban Illinois, just outside Chicago. she was eight years old when she moved to the UK. her multi-cultural upbringing helps her reach a feeling of belonging despite not having a concrete place to call home. she moved back to the US and recently graduated from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a BFA in Studio, focused on Illustration and Writing. she currently resides in the UK, post graduation.





artist statement

her visual work and writing go hand in hand and are often merged into a hybrid to create rich and layered artworks. she writes poetry and prose that borders the line between matter-of-fact and nonsensical, finding a middle ground in stream-of-consciousness. illustratively, she’s always been interested in a more semi-realistic to cartoon drawing style and currently, she deconstructs the rules of comics to make panelless, compositional stories using experimental typography. her inspiration comes from the world around me, her chosen friends and family and the ultra-mundane. once her eye has been caught, and it could be the smallest most insignificant thing, she’ll write it out or draw it out using type to express a feeling. life is so rich and full, that even the smallest things, like a ladybird crawling on a window screen, is worth writing about.