About

Naomi Hughes was raised by a young, tough-as-nails single mom. Since becoming one herself, she’s stopped trying to funnel all of her creative energy (of which she has buckets) into a single pursuit and embraced a reality she has long fought against: that she’s neither happy, healthy nor truly functional unless she has a pencil behind her ear, a needle in one hand, a paintbrush in the other, one foot on a laptop keyboard, and the other in a can of housepaint. (Ask her how many times she’s painted her bathroom.) Like her upbringing, which was messy, diverse and cross-pollinated amongst an array of cultures and classes, her creative work spans numerous styles and media—from textiles to essays to illustration to design and more. There are, however, connective threads. Naomi brings a high level of craftmanship and attention to detail to everything she does. Her work explores the tension between opposing elements. Tradition and modernity. Symmetry and asymmetry. Abundance and minimalism. Order and chaos.

Naomi is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, was an exchange student at Oxford University and is currently a master’s candidate in Creative Nonfiction at Johns Hopkins University, where she is at work on a collection of personal essays. She has two children, one of whom is officially an adult. She loves kimchi, running, loud music, Dickens, houseplants, and the color black. She prefers big talk to small talk and hates wearing shoes.

Email her: hello@naomihughes.com