Jasmina Charleston was born in 1978 and is from the unceded traditional Musqueam territory (Vancouver, BC). Her father is from Bosnia and Herzegovina and her mother is from Honduras. As immigrants, her parents gave her a unique lens to see the world as they mixed Muslim and Catholic cultures, as well as the Bosnian and Spanish languages. Jasmina’s first love (besides animals) was putting pencil to paper. Her kindergarten teacher noticed this and wrote she had a “special ability in art.” There were a lot of detailed stories and flourishing imagination that needed to be shared by this shy child. Jasmina realized when she was older that she could make a vocation out of her creativity. After years picking up knowledge from UBC, the Emily Carr University of Art + Design, and the Art Institute of Vancouver, she launched her career as graphic designer by working in print shops, design studios and eventually freelance. A more uninhibited and imaginative pursuit was bubbling under the surface, however, when in 2023 she expanded her art to be more of a reflection of nature, animals, and things organic. Additionally, she has incorporated themes of identity, narrative and her internal world. Her current medium of choice is drawing with ink on paper and digitizing her drawings in Adobe Illustrator. Currently based in the unceded traditional Semiahmoo territory (South Surrey/White Rock), Jasmina enjoys walking her dog through the forest, drawing nature, and watching movies with her husband and four children.…Jasmina Charleston was born in 1978 and is from the unceded traditional Musqueam territory (Vancouver, BC). Her father is from Bosnia and Herzegovina and her mother is from Honduras. As immigrants, her parents gave her a unique lens to see the world as they mixed Muslim and Catholic cultures, as well as the Bosnian and Spanish languages. Jasmina’s first love (besides animals) was putting pencil to paper. Her kindergarten teacher noticed this and wrote she had a “special ability in art.” There were a lot of detailed stories and flourishing imagination that needed to be shared by this shy child. Jasmina realized when she was older that she could make a vocation out of her creativity. After years picking up knowledge from UBC, the Emily Carr University of Art + Design, and the Art Institute of Vancouver, she launched her career as graphic designer by working in print shops, design studios and eventually freelance. A more uninhibited and imaginative pursuit was bubbling under the surface, however, when in 2023 she expanded her art to be more of a reflection of nature, animals, and things organic. Additionally, she has incorporated themes of identity, narrative and her internal world. Her current medium of choice is drawing with ink on paper and digitizing her drawings in Adobe Illustrator. Currently based in the unceded traditional Semiahmoo territory (South Surrey/White Rock), Jasmina enjoys walking her dog through the forest, drawing nature, and watching movies with her husband and four children.WWWW…