Lyla Dushas

Lyla Dushas is a painter from Eora/Sydney currently based in London. The foundation of Dushas's “dark cottagecore” stems from a nomadic upbringing, never fully settled between the United States and Australia. Embracing the landscapes and characters who emerge from her deep imagination, Dushas generates dark fairytales that mirror her own navigation of life’s chaos.

Reaching out through her brushstrokes, Dushas enmeshes both domestic and naturalistic fantasy worlds, giving form to the surreality of closeness to people, places, and things that are physically distant, but emotionally bound to us. Dushas received her BFA in painting from the Nationa Art School in Sydney, Australia and is currently completing a Master of Fine Arts from the Royal College of Art in London.

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