I am a Toronto-based illustrator and product designer. As a life-long artist and designer, I’m interested in visual communication, making ideas and processes more accessible, and working in areas where design has a meaningful impact in people's lives. Previously, I’ve worked as a surface designer and currently have a full-time illustration practice where I create work for editorial, advertising, children’s books, and more. When not consumed by Figma or Photoshop, I can be spotted drawing, reading, attempting to bake, and making obscure pop-culture references.
Feel free to contact me with
projects, questions, or to simply
say hello!
CONTACT ME AT:
aliyaghare@gmail.com
AWARDS
2023 Future Classic, Bookstagang Best of 2023
2023 National Magazine Award, Illustration, Honorable Mention
2023 Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, Nominated, Journey of the Midnight Sun
2022 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Award, Journey of the Midnight Sun
2022 Best Muslim Non-Fiction Book, Muslim Bookstagram Awards 2022
2021 National Magazine Award, Illustration, Honorable Mention
2018 Society of Illustrators 61, Book and Exhibit
2018 Applied Arts, Student Award
2018 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 15, Merit
2018 401 Richmond Career Launcher Prize, OCAD University
2018 Project 31 Award, OCAD University
2018 American Illustration 37, Chosen
2017 Adobe Design Achievement Awards, Semifinalist
2017 Adobe Design Achievement Awards, Semifinalist
2017 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 14, Merit
2012 Ada Slaight Scholarship, OCAD University
EXHIBITIONS
2019 Society of Illustrators 61, Museum of American Illustration, New, NY
2018 103B: A Year In Review, Toronto, ON
2018 OCAD GradEx, Toronto, ON
2017 Homework, Artscape, Toronto, ON
2016 The Magic Gumball Machine of Fate, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
2012 Great Masters Art Show, Wexford CSA, Toronto, ON
2011 Great Masters Art Show, Wexford CSA, Toronto, ON
2011 Papermill Art Show, Toddmorden Gallery, Toronto, ON
SELECTED CLIENTS
OCAD Student Union; Ripple Foundation; Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship; The Strand Magazine; Demetres Desserts; Smithsonian Magazine; UHN Centre for Living Organ Donation; University of Toronto iKids Centre; Toggl; Culture Trip; THIS Magazine; The Georgia Straight; AUDI; RBC; Orca Book Publishers; Sleeping Bear Press; Reader’s Digest Canada; New Trail; The Walrus; Cottage Life Magazine; The Vancouver Foundation; Chatelaine.
PRESS
Publisher’s Weekly - Fall 2023 Children's Sneak Previews
Shortlists for the 2023 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards
Demetres
The Globe and Mail
CBC Books
CBC Northbeat April 27, 2022
National Magazine Awards 2021
Alberta Magazine Awards 2021-2022
Kirkus Reviews
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs - Middle East Books and More