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As a child, I wanted to be Sir Edmund Hillary or a bird. When I wasn't up in a tree, or scaling the side of my bunk bed with a rope of my mum's belts, I drew. I drew all over everything— the desks at school, my left hand, the wooden slats under my bed. When I discovered India ink at twelve, I realised I'd much rather draw Everest and my feathery friends. Art became my thing, and five years later, I set off for Rhode Island School of Design, where I earned a BFA in Illustration. In an unexpected turn, I ended up designing ads in San Francisco, where I also managed to pick up some trapezing— I guess the bird thing never left me.
In 2008, I became the eleventh person in the world to have a shoe I designed for John Fluevog's Open Source Footwear chosen to be made into a real shoe— The Mini Zaza. Later that year, I sold nearly all of my possessions and moved to Istanbul, where I've been a freelance illustrator. In my spare time, I participate in six International Moleskine Exchanges, a collaborative art project in which artists around the world swap their Moleskine sketchbooks. I'm also a board member and the Istanbul Correspondent of Urban Sketchers. Exhibitions
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