Jaye is a Libyan-American mixed media artist and recent BA Fine Art graduate from Central Saint Martins. Working across a range of mediums and styles, her practice is rooted in experimentation, world-building, and character design.
Jewellery, piercings, and tattoos are recurring elements in Jaye’s work; these adornments are inspired by her Libyan heritage with jewellery being an integral part of the culture and face tattoos being rooted in North African traditions, particularly among women. Through her art, Jaye celebrates humanity's universal urge to personalize their world, embedding objects, spaces, and bodies with touches that reflect individuality, memory, and sentiment.
Currently, her work engages with themes of consumerism, digital identity, internet culture, and the commodification of self-expression. She examines how identity is constructed, performed, and packaged within a hyper-consumerist, virtual world.
Jaye also specializes in portraiture, food illustration, and fashion illustration.
Alongside her studio practice, Jaye is developing a long-term writing project: a zine and blog that blends fiction, research, and world-building. Rooted in her fascination with storytelling and character-driven narratives, the zine extends her visual work into a literary space. It's where essays, interviews, and fictional stories unfold through imaginative, shifting voices.
Drawing from internet folklore, and the themes and aesthetics of liminality, the zine explores how personal mythology and cultural memory intersect with contemporary media. It also serves as an ongoing performance work: a fictional diner with a rotating cast of characters who also “serve” posts themselves, transforming the zine into a playful, immersive experience.
The zine expands Jaye’s practice beyond the visual, offering readers another entry point into the evolving worlds she builds.