Jem Yoshioka

[1][2] As a young child she was always interested in storytelling and drawing, and as a teenager, she started creating her own stories and worlds.

[6] Other influences on her work comes from her love of photography, video games, traditional Japanese printmaking, fashion, animation, film, fine art, dance and novels.

[6] She began in her teens and early 20s with creating long-form webcomic publishing, but switched to short comics.

[1] An Opal Dream Cave, inspired by a poem by Katherine Mansfield of the same name and images from the photograph collection of the National Library, won the Supreme Remix Award in the 2010 Mix and Mash competition.

[3] In 2017, Yoshioka's work was featured as part of Satellites, a series of exhibitions across Auckland showcasing contemporary Asian artists.