Aysha Pennerman’s art is a light in the world, turning what’s ordinary or overlooked into a colorful and culturally relevant source of pride. The Atlanta-based artist has been exploring the arts since childhood: sketching cartoon characters while her mom did her hair, drawing flowers with her grandmother, and watching her aunt make black dolls. In college, Aysha served as the design editor for Georgia State University’s newspaper, designed books and other graphics for the APEX Museum, and assisted Chloe x Halle with design projects for their competition in Radio Disney’s Next Big Thing (which they won). After graduating with a B.A. in Fine Arts and working in the corporate world, she realized her calling to impact through her art. Aysha took a leap of faith and transitioned to full-time freelancing as an artist. Combining more than 10 years as a graphic design artist with her paintings on murals and canvases, Aysha’s current work uses typography, color symbolisms, or silhouette figures to inspire. From back when she rebranded The Signal into a first-place, award-winning college newspaper to her present-day public and commissioned artwork, Aysha has a long history of making people proud of who they are and where they’re from through art.