Tsunami Hee Ja is a neurodivergent artist and illustrator living and working on Kaurna land.
She is best known for her anime and manga style artwork which has appeared in a number of collective exhibitions across Adelaide as well as several solo shows. Her artistic career spans two decades during which she has worked on jobs ranging from flight patches to phonics book illustrations, constantly kept on her toes by a diverse range of client briefs.
Tsunami has a genuine passion for increasing the creative confidence of young people, and is often contracted by schools, libraries and festivals to host workshops teaching children how to draw characters in her style.
